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We recommend the following books on allergies:
Praxisbuch Lebensmittelallergie: Practical solutions to food allergy problems
The safest path to correct diagnosis and optimal treatment of food allergy and intolerance.
by Anja Costien, Dr. Imke Reese und Christiane Schäfer
If apples cause a scratchy throat, or a delicious restaurant meal gives you hives, you might suffer from a food allergy.
Costien, Reese and Schäfer give detailed information and practical tips for surviving daily life with allergies. From diagnosis to therapy, this book is an useful companion for the allergy-afflicted.
Food allergy and food intolerance, pseudoallergies, lactose intolerance, fructose malabsorption, coeliac disease – for many patients, words from a foreign language. This book helps decode the language of allergies. Each topic is thoroughly explained. Foods that commonly cause problems are described in "allergen portraits." The book concludes with numerous suggestions on managing allergies and tips on alternative food items. The reader is left with hope for a good quality of life is possible in spite of food allergy or intolerance.
The authors have years of experience as nutritional advisors and therapists.
More information is available on the website www.suedwest-verlag.de
Nahrungsmittelallergie - Ein Leitfaden für Betroffene: Food Allergies - A Manual for Patients
By Karin Buchart with Christian Binder, Ute Körner, Imke Reese and Claudia Thienel
The nutrition expert Katrin Buchart fills the gap between doctor's office and patient's kitchen with her "Manual for patients" – 70 recipes prove that allergy-friendly cooking doesn't have to come at the expense of flavour.
In addition, the book provides information on the diagnosis and symptoms of various food allergies.
More information is available from www.studienverlag.at
Allergien - Diagnose, Vorbeugung, Behandlung: Allergies - Diagnosis, Prevention, Treatment
Stiftung Warentest Berlin, Verbraucherzentrale Nordrhein-Westfalen, Ingrid Füller. Expert advice from: Prof. Dr. med. Ulrich Wahn, Clinic for Pediatric Medicine, Division of Pulmonology und Immunology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
There are no miracle cures for allergies, but this book shows allergy patients how to get their allergies under control and improve their quality of life.
More information on www.stiftung-warentest.de
Richtig einkaufen bei Nahrungsmittelallergie – mehr Sicherheit beim Einkauf, im Restaurant und im Ausland: Shopping with food allergies - more security in shopping, in restaurants and abroad.
by Reese, Constien, Schäfer
This all-encompassing shopping guide for people with food allergies is a useful traveling companion. It offers translations and the various allergens in different languages. It includes a menu of typical foods in different holiday destinations, and lists the allergens frequently found in these local dishes.
The shopping guide was written by expert nutritionists. The author Dr. Imke Reese works as a dietician and nutritional advisor with a focus on allergies.
Anja Constien (Dietetic assistant) and Christina Schäfer (Nutritionist) are co-authors.
Download an excerpt of the table from the book (with the kind permission of MVS Medizinverlage Stuttgart).
More information is available from www.medizinverlage.de.
Download information on allergies
ECARF offers brochures on many different allergies.
Click here to download.
Delicious, allergy-friendly meals
Star cook Leander Roerdink-Veldboom has created allergy-friendly menus for ECARF. Click here to see the recipes and start cooking!
Ostseebad Baabe: The allergy-friendly community
For the first time ever, a holiday destination is certified as allergy-friendly.Click here to learn how the beach community Baabe has made vacationing easier for people with allergies.
