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...
Today I proudly accept my LIEBSTER Award from Nickely Challenged. I love to blog and I can get side tracked with everything else going on – including reading others stories. Great bloggers and my...
I have experienced hay fever and other seasonal allergies my entire life. Until recently, I would treat it with drinking excessive amounts of water and a box of tissues and sometimes eye drops. For...
Dining out with a food allergy is very challenging. I must remain hyper vigilant about reading the menu for dishes that include ingredients high in nickel. It requires me peppering the server with...
Understanding and accepting my unique food allergy, enables me to think differently about food and what I eat. Finding creative substitutions for foods high in nickel has changed my thinking about...
When I was first diagnosed with my allergy, I only considered being aware of all the food I ate that could have traces of nickel. I never considered how the tap water I drink could be a “trigger,”...
Sometimes I am so focused on my food allergy, and what I can or cannot eat, that I forget that I have eczema. My food allergy and eczema (specifically known as atopic dermatitis) are interrelated...
When I first started the low-nickel diet I began realizing all the colorful foods no longer in my diet. I worried whether or not I was still getting all of the necessary minerals and vitamins in my...
The fact that so much of the heavy metal nickel is in our food should be alarming! We all need to be able to make informed decisions about what we are eating. Labeling genetically modified foods is...