May Contain

I'm joined by Ellie Silvey a fitness blogger and allergy advocate. It was great to finally sit down with Ellie to talk about managing her nut allergy, working abroad on work trips, copying with allergy anxiety, and the journey behind setting up her fitness and allergy page. Do you're food shopping online head over to FoodLama - https://bit.ly/3FBjR1U Topics we talk about: - Managing her nut allerg...

I'm excited to be joined by Alexei the Founder of Lexi's treats. It was great to finally have Alexei on the May Contain podcast to share his journey of creating snacks in his kitchen during lockdown to finally seeing it in the top supermarkets across the UK. Lexi’s treats are currently on trial in Asda, it only has four weeks left. Please make sure to head down to your local Asda and check it out!...

Liljia Polo-Richard is an allergy mum and founder of Allergy Companions, a platform that helps its easier and safer to eat out with an allergy. It's been labeled as the trip advisor for food allergies. It was great to finally sit down with Liljia to talk openly and honestly behind the story of finding out about she recognised and found out that two of child have severe allergies, and the different...

Danielle Price is a content creator, who took the tiktok world by storm by sharing her allergy food challenges and documenting the whole process online. It was great to have Danielle on the podcast to share her story of growing up with severe food allergies and the journey and story behind documenting her food challenges. I’m also super excited to announce the podcast is sponsored by FoodLama. Foo...

Sarah Knight is an allergy mum of two and Founder of The Allergy Team. We discuss a lot of interesting touch points on the podcast which will be really helpful for parents, but also those living with severe allergies.   Topics we discuss: - Allergy Bullying - Finding the right school - Taking on the responsibility  - Journey behind The Allergy Team - Allergy Anxiety   If you could please spare a m...

In these 'bitesize' episodes of my podcast. I’ll be sharing my best moments from previous episodes of the May Contain Podcast. In this week's episode of May Contain, I'm joined by my two friends from University. We discuss travelling around Europe together with my severe nut allergy, living in Amsterdam, Google Translate & M&M's. Follow May Contain on Instagram and Twitter: @_maycontain Allergy Bl...

I’m joined by Merrill Debbs, the Founder of Red Sneakers for Oakley. She tragically lost her 11 year old son due to fatal anaphylaxis shock on thanksgiving day. Oakley didn't have a reaction until over an hour later and tragically lost his life a few days later. It's so sad to hear about this tragedy that Oakley and his family have had to endure. Over the last 5 years, Merrill has been campaigning...

I’m joined by Jess from the allergy account @AllergyBubble. She started her allergy page during lockdown and it’s gone from strength to strength over the last year! Jess is such a positive influence in the allergy community, it was great to hear her experiences from travelling, dating, going to Canada (she met Amanda from everydayallergenfree 😄) and the first time she came across a satellite kitc...

I'm joined by Virginia Lensi, a professional ballet dancer from New York. Virginia lives with multiple food allergies however she is not defined by her allergies and has accomplished her dreams of becoming a professional ballet dancer traveling the world. We covered a lot of topics from traveling, dating, allergy anxiety and the cultural difference of her experience being brought up in Milan in co...

I'm joined by Doctor Yas. She has a PhD in Immunotherapy and studied Food Induced Anaphylaxis for her Masters. It was so interesting speaking with Yas to get a much better understanding of food allergies.  We touch upon so many different topics on the podcast such as: What was Yas biggest learning studying Food Induced Anaphylaxis for her Masters? What is the Gold standard of allergy testing? Is t...

I'm joined by Marice Cumber, Founder of Accumulate Charity empowering homelessness through creativity. The charity now independently fundraises to provide creative workshops at eight hostels across London. These workshops, covering photography, film making, creative writing, illustration, textile printing and jewellery. I was absolutely honoured to have Marice on the podcast as she had such a posi...

I'm joined by Lauryn, Founder of Plantivore Kitchen sharing healthy plant based recipes. We met on clubhouse when I was searching for allergy blogger to connect with, it was great to finally get Lauryn on the podcast to share her story.   We touch upon so many different points on the podcast such as: ▪️Planted Based Diets  ▪️How she quit her job to follow her passion ▪️Top tips for growing an audi...

Kyle Dine is the founder of Equal Eats, Food Allergy & Celiac translation cards in over 50 different languages. I met Kyle at my first ever Allergy Free from Show in London a few years ago, it is great to finally get the opportunity to have him on the podcast to share his story. We discussed Kyle's experience traveling around Morocco and China with his allergies, and the story behind starting equa...

Sara Roberts is the Founder of Healthy Nibbles. I loved how open and honest Sara was on the podcast, I felt so empowered after hearing her speak about her life and different challenges she has faced and overcome. We spoke about the following topics on the podcast.  Mental health and how we cope with it Story behind setting up Healthy Nibbles and setting up an allergy free snack box The influence o...

Zak Marks is the founder of Ana Allergy Care, an anaphylaxis prevention and treatment system for public spaces. It was great to speak with Zak on the podcast, as there are not many guys online talking about their allergies. We discussed what it was like going to University for the first time, moving away from home, managing our allergies, our experiences of our first lads holiday and how we manage...

I'm joined by Jo Frost, most of you will know her as "Super Nanny'" Jo Frost is a global parenting expert and family advocate, bestselling author and television personality. It's such an insightful episode and brings so much value. We touch upon so many different points on the podcast such as: ▪️Parents dealing with a child who has allergy anxiety ▪️Social media and allergy bullying ▪️Supernanny S...

On this week's podcast special, I'm joined by my mum, good friend Matty & my girlfriend. We discuss everything from being in Lockdown, struggling with allergy anxiety abroad & the difference between going abroad with Matty & Mara. Allergy Mum makes a return to the podcast to share her experiences of how she managed my allergies growing up and answers some of your questions you've sent in. The wine...

On this week's podcast episode, its an emotional podcast episode sharing my journey so far, and what happened after all the dots aligned when I founded May Contain. I hope by sharing this personal podcast episode with you, it will help other people find their passion, but more importantly, believe in themselves. Please write me a review if you enjoyed this podcast episode. Please make sure to Subs...

I'm joined by Charles Burn, appeared on The Apprentice in 2017, entrepreneur, and is the Founder of an Allergy App called Allergi. It was great to have Charles on the podcast to talk about the inspiration behind his allergy app, and how he wants to help the customer find allergens more easily. We spoke about the importance of always bringing up your allergy when you eat out in a restaurant, why st...

I'm joined by Emma Amoscato, she is an author, writer, speaker and allergy mum! Not only this, but she is also an amazing allergy advocate and runs her own blog called Free from Farm House. I found this podcast episode with Emma really insightful to hear about the link between eczema and allergies, why she wanted to publish another allergy book aimed at children, & journey managing allergies for h...

I'm joined by Amanda Orlando from Everyday Allergen-Free Blog! It was amazing to get a chance to speak with Amanda to find about her allergy journey from going to University, eating out in different restaurants and finding a job that took her around the world! It was great to hear Amanda insight into how she managed growing up with so many allergies and how she navigated it throughout the years. M...

I'm joined by 8-time world record holder, five-time Olympian and one of Britain's most respected sport media personalities, Mark Foster. It was a great honour to have Mark Foster on the podcast to share his story about his good friend and athlete Ross Baille who sadly died from Anaphylaxis in 1999 shortly after having lunch following a training session. Since Ross’s tragedy, Mark has become a Patr...

In this week's episode of May Contain Podcast. I’m joined by my very good friend Aaron. It was great to have Aaron on the podcast to discuss what it was like growing up together, going on our first lads holiday, eating out with an allergy, and how we managed my allergies in my teenage years. A few years later both of his younger brothers got diagnosed with allergies, it was interesting to hear Aar...

I’m joined by Julianne Ponan, founder of Creative Nature and one of Forbes “30 Under 30 to watch”. It was great to have Julianne on the podcast to find out about her upbringing living with so many severe allergies, and how she started an allergy-free brand when all the odds were against her. When Julianne bought Creative Nature it was losing over £56,000 she turned the brand around, and made it a...

I’m joined by Nathalie Newman, most of you would know her as the Intolerant Gourmand, she is a massive allergy advocate, writer, speaker, and now podcaster. We talk about her young boy Callum who lives with over 28 severe allergies and she manages Callum allergies on a day to day basis. Also, talk about her how the allergy-free market is only getting bigger, and why she decided to start an Allergy...