Food Allergy Talk

On this episode of Food Allergy Talk, I welcome Dr. Zachary Rubin.  Dr. Zachary Rubin is a double board-certified pediatrician and allergist/immunologist who practices at Oak Brook Allergists in the Chicago area. A nationally recognized medical educator and public health advocate, he shares evidence-based, accessible advice on allergies, asthma, and vaccines with over 4 million followers under the...

On this episode of Food Allergy Talk, I welcome Tristan Tierce of Allergy Voyage.  Tristan is Co-Founder and CEO of Allergy Voyage, graduated from Barrett, the Honors College at Arizona State University in 2024 with a double major in Business Entrepreneurship and Art Studies. He had his first anaphylactic reaction at ten months old, diagnosed with EOE at 4 years old. He has outgrown a vast number...

On this episode of Food Allergy Talk, I welcome Amy Graves, author of The Hidden Consumer: Uncovering the power of health-conscious buyers. Amy is allergic to mold, grass, birch, pet dander... as well as foods, including both corn and soy. When discovering her allergies she was living in MN but due to not being able to buy food in grocery stores had to move to CA. Her journey of discovering her al...

On this episode of Food Allergy Talk, I welcome Patrick Manning, Founder of Alio, the allergy friendly protein bar company. He stays away from certain foods and his brother is allergic to peanuts and tree nuts. This is the reason he built Alio. He is solving the need for a high protein allergy friendly snack bar that anyone can eat. He was actually on the road to medical school, and stopped right...

On this episode of Food Allergy Talk, I welcome Dr. Ahmar Iqbal is a physician and senior leader at Genentech, a pharmaceutical company.  At Genentech, Dr. Iqbal is the Therapeutic Area Lead for Respiratory and Influenza, where he has been leading medical initiatives for nearly a decade. Recently, he worked closely with the National Institutes of Health and the Consortium for Food Allergy Research...

On this episode of Food Allergy Talk, I welcome Meg Nohe of Allergy Amulet. Meg has a child with peanut and tree nut allergies and she manages her own intolerances to dairy, gluten and citrus.  She has been a team member at Allergy Amulet for almost 8 years, and is a Certified AllerCoach – she used to own a food allergy and intolerance coaching business where she trained commercial kitchens, resta...

On this episode of Food Allergy Talk, I welcome Dr. Elizabeth Hawkins. ABOUT DR. HAWKINS: Elizabeth has spent the past 20+ years helping individuals, families, and communities develop and practice greater psychological flexibility and resilience. Educated at the University of Washington and UC Berkeley, she has a broad base of training in cognitive-behavioral therapies, attachment theory, family s...

On this episode of Food Allergy Talk, I welcome Jennifer Togal. Jennifer is mom to Adina, the spark behind The ADINA Act, which will require all OTC and RX medications to be labeled with any applicable food allergens and/or gluten ingredients and related information. Jennifer carries an EpiPen herself and Adina has Celiac disease, a dairy allergy, and they both have EoE. They live in the Minneapol...

On this episode of Food Allergy Talk, I welcome Sarah of Food Allergies OTG. She is also co-founder of a food allergy family camp called, Camp Bumblebee. She has 2 children with food allergies, and manages a combination of food allergens including: milk, egg, peanut, walnut, chestnut, hazelnut, and sunflower seeds.  @foodallergiesOTG on IG  @foodallergiesOnTheGo on TikTok @camp_bumblebee CampBumbl...

On this episode of Food Allergy Talk, I welcome Seely, of Mouse Ear Memories. She focuses on the Orlando Theme Parks for food allergies and gluten free options. Seely lives in Orlando and visits Disney World weekly to cover on her website, socials and ebooks. She has three ebooks, the Disney World Food Allergies Made Easy guide, the Disney Food Allergy Snack Guide, and the Gluten Free Disney World...

On this episode of Food Allergy Talk, I welcome Allie Bahn of Miss Allergic Reactor. Allie is a writer, content creator, educator and consultant who shares travel through the lens of severe allergies. Her social media, blog, consulting services, distial resources and online courses empower others to embark on allergen-safe journeys worldwide.  She is an adult with food allergies allergic to 4 of t...

On this episode of Food Allergy Talk, I welcome Debbie Nichols and Candice Matthis of Two Alpha Gals. Debbie and Candice both live in southwest Virginia and were diagnosed with alpha-gal syndrome a few months apart in 2019. After several scary and frustrating incidents, they set out to raise awareness and help others navigate this complicated and under-diagnosed condition.  In addition to Alpha Ga...

On this episode of Food Allergy Talk, I welcome Michael Suhy of the Allison Rose Foundation. Michael is Co-Founder of the Allison Rose Foundation and also the Fire Chief at Cuyahoga Heights Fire Department in Ohio. He’s a food allergy advocate, paramedic, and has had a loved one with food allergies.  Today we will speak with Michael about his experience both raising and losing a child with food al...

On this episode of Food Allergy Talk, I welcome food allergy mom and advocate for people with food allergies – especially when it comes to kids – Natalie Rice who is well known on social media as the Food Allergy Detection Dog Handler for Detective Harley! Natalie can often be seen alongside Harley as she sniffs out the mysteries of food allergies, and they educate, empower, and encourage empathy...

On this episode of Food Allergy Talk, I welcome Dr. Omar Waqar. Dr. Waqar is a board certified allergist that practices right in New York City. He is a self-proclaimed foodie that  appreciates the fact that our culture revolves around food, and he wants his patients to feel comfortable knowing what they are allergic to and not feel ostrasized for having allergies. He wants them to be able to recog...

Welcome back to the Food Allergy Talk Podcast. If you’re living it or have a question about it, we are talking about it. I’m your host Lisa Horne of Food Allergy P.I.  On this episode of Food Allergy Talk, I welcome Paige L. Freeman, Ph. D. Dr. Freeman is a food allergy psychologist who has navigated her child’s food allergy for the last 16 years. She is also a frequent FARE contributor, a Behavio...

On this episode of Food Allergy Talk, I have several updates for you! The Food Allergy Talk Podcast is in it’s second season and over 30 episodes talking about all things allergies! Guests that include parents, business owners, entrepreneurs, cooks and recipe creators, children, teens, young adults, care givers, authors and of course allergists.  Today I’m going to share with you a little about wh...

On this episode of Food Allergy Talk, I welcome Lindsay Stippich, well-known and loved on social media as Allergy Friendly Mama. Lindsay is a food allergy mama that loves to help other moms on similar journeys.  Her daughter Emma is allergic to peanuts, dairy and tree nuts. Emma was diagnosed when she was just a baby. They found out as soon as they started feeding her solids.  If you happen upon L...

On this episode of Food Allergy Talk, I welcome Jamie Festa – food allergy mom, and food allergy business owner of Trio Fudge. She has two young children ages 6 and 4, both with life-threatening food allergies. Her children’s experiences have been her first with allergies in general, so she is learning. She is also the owner of a nut and sesame free allergy friendly business – Trio Fudge, located...

On this episode of Food Allergy Talk, I welcome JJ Vulopas, author and founder at The Land of Can! He is an adult thriving with lifelong food allergies to both milk and nuts. He lives and works in the finance industry in New York City! Today we will chat with JJ about growing up as a child with food allergies, the teen years dating and navigating into adulthood, college, and entering the workforce...

On this episode of Food Allergy Talk, I welcome Amanda Orlando of https://www.everydayallergenfree.com Amanda has authored 3 cookbooks: with her latest - Easy Allergy Free. She has an events company called Free to Be Me with a retreat happening in April. She is also a new mom that manages food allergies herself as an adult since childhood.  We will talk to Amanda today about her life experience gr...

On this episode of Food Allergy Talk, I welcome Katie Holl, author of – Charlie Learns About Her Food Allergies. She lives in Iowa and is the mother of 3 children, all of which have multiple food allergies and her oldest has asthma. Between her three children, they manage: dairy, egg, peanut, shrimp, and tree nut allergies (can have coconut).  She just published her children’s picture book, with t...

On this episode of Food Allergy Talk, I welcome Emily Duty, author of “Can you?: A Food Allergy Story”. Emily is an adult with food allergies, the mother of 2 sons with food allergies and an author and advocate in the food allergy community. She is also a freelance writer, having recently been published in Allergic Living magazine. Today we will talk writing a children’s book geared to the food al...

On this episode of Food Allergy Talk, I welcome the two oldest of my 5 children – Stetson and Isabella. Stetson is 14 going on 15, and anaphylactic to 9 foods. Isabella is 12 and as far as we know she has no known food allergies. The reason we say as far as we know, this Spring we purchased a giant box of peaches and while enjoying one of her favorite fruits she had a slight reaction. We aren’t su...

On this episode of Food Allergy Talk, I welcome back my oldest child, Stetson Horne. Stetson is anaphylactic to 9 different foods. He has homeschooled preschool through 8th grade.  This year as part of our religion, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, he started taking seminary class with the local High School students, he also registered as a dual enrollment homeschool and high schoo...