title: The Parent's Guide to Food Allergies: Clear and Complete Advice from the Experts on Raising Your Food-Allergic Child
author:  Marianne S. Barber 
description: Few things are scarier than witnessing a child having an allergic reaction, whether it manifests itself as wheezing or life-threatening anaphylaxis. Parents will do anything to avoid having their child suffer such a reaction again, but treading the line between being prepared and being paranoid can be tricky. <i>The Parent's Guide to Food Allergies</i> was written by a team of people who shared their expertise from the medical lab and the kitchen; two M.D.s and one Ph.D. collaborated with author Marianne Barber, the mother of a food-allergic son, who writes with a personal slant so often absent from medical guides. Barber understands the daily coping skills that are needed when living with an allergic child, from banning particular foods entirely to reading ingredient labels.
zlib_text: ADVANCE PRAISE FOR
  Food Allergies: A Complete Guide for Eating When Your Life
  Depends on It
  “An indispensable book for anyone who has food allergies or any parent
  of a child with food allergies. As an allergist treating food-allergic
  patients every day, I keep this book within easy reach on my bookshelf.
  It’s a unique source of knowledge for those of us who treat such
  patients.”
  PHIL LIEBERMAN, M.D.
  Clinical Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics
  Division of Allergy and Immunology
  University of Tennessee College of Medicine
  “A must-read for teens and adults with food allergies, and for anyone
  living with or caring for someone with food allergies. Here they will find
  answers to many of their questions as well as interesting case histories
  and essential principles of diagnosis and treatment, including a realistic
  overview of future approaches.”
  F. ESTELLE R. SIMONS, M.D.
  University of Manitoba
  Past-President, American Academy of Allergy, Asthma &
  Immunology
  Past-President, Canadian Society