I have chronic eczema, otherwise known as atopic dermatitis. The severity of my eczema changes and avoiding foods high in nickel is one of the best ways to treat / reduce my eczema flare ups. In...
All summer long I grow zucchini in my garden. This year I grew 7 zucchini plants and enjoyed harvesting it nearly every week! Zucchini is one of my favorite foods, high in folate, vitamin A, vitamin...
Dining out with a nickel food allergy can be quite a challenged! The majority of restaurant and culinary kitchens are full of stainless steel cookware, which is all high in nickel. I am lucky. My...
Now that you know what foods I avoid, recently I was about what I do eat? Avoiding foods with nickel continues to be the best method to treat my nickel food allergy. This tactic is otherwise known as...
While browsing in a local bookstore, I found myself in the food allergy section. Can you believe even small bookstores now have allergy and food allergy sections within their stores? Picking up the 7...
On hot summer days I love to make this fresh and cool nickel free summer drink. My partner calls it the “drink of summer.” It’s really simple and only requires a blender, watermelon, water and lime.
Recently I was asked about the statistics of nickel food allergies...The number of people newly diagnosed with my same nickel food allergy surprises me. I don’t know how many people participate in...
Please welcome my first guest blogger – Marjon Scheffer! She is a nickel free jewelry designer and maker from the Netherlands and who sells her jewelry on Etsy as Nonita Jewelry.
Today I am going to a potluck. My favorite dish to bring to any event is zucchini bread! However, it’s starting to get really hot and I live in a place without an air conditioning. So I decided...
Insatiably curious I wish I knew exactly how and why certain foods contain high concentrations of nickel than other foods. The first place to look is in our soil, water, and air. Nickel occurs both...
Albert Stwertka, author of A Guide to the Elements Third Edition, writes about the element nickel saying "Nickel is a German word for Satan, and the element is thought to be have been named for the...
I can relate to how challenging finding beautiful and nickel free jewelry can be. I hardly wear any jewelry because of my severe nickel allergy. But no one should have to go without a wedding ring...