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• The Problem with Testing for Food Allergies

  It turns out you may not need to buy that expensive hypoallergenic formula after all. After years of steadily rising allergies in kids, pediatricians are beginning to acknowledge that it might be the allergy tests, not the food, that’s the problem.The rise in false allergy diagnoses is due to a little something called modern convenience. Read More... Posted Feb 03 2009, 04:30 PM by Hannah Tennant-Moore with | with 5 comment(s) Filed under: children, kids, food, picky eaters, soy, eating, families, blood test, allergies, dairy, food allergies, antibodies, milk, pediatricians, inaccurate results, food challenge, hypoallergenic formula, false positives, allergy tests, your kid may not be allergic, faulty allergy tests, allergies on the rise, inaccurate allergy tests, allergic kids, lower allergy risk, early exposure to peanuts, over-diagnosing allergies, misdiagnosed allergies, limiting foods, shellfish