Reduce Anxiety Around Holiday Eating

Don't let food allergies dampen your party spirit during holiday gatherings. Here are a few tips:

🎄 Communicate with your host; remind your host of your food allergies before you go; you could even help your host with the planning, shopping, and cooking

🎄If possible, you be the host

🎄If you’re not the host, bring your own safe meal or eat a filling meal before you go

🎄Watch what you drink; mixed drinks could contain your allergen

🎄Not a time to experiment; stick to what is safe or carry your own food

🎄To avoid cross-contact, serve yourself first

🎄Encourage your host to label all allergy-friendly foods

🎄Always carry TWO epinephrine auto-injectors and make sure that at least one other person at the gathering knows how to use it