Allergic Girl: Adventures in Living Well with Food Allergies - Hardcover

by Sloane Miller (Author)

An indispensable guide for living a full life with food allergies--from an Allergic Girl who lives it

Millions of Americans concerned about adverse reactions to food are seeking the advice of medical professionals and receiving a diagnosis of food allergies. Allergic Girl Sloane Miller, a leading authority on food allergies, has been allergic since childhood. She now lives a full, enjoyable life full of dining out, dating, attending work functions, and traveling. With tested strategies and practical solutions to everyday food allergy concerns, Allergic Girl shows how readers can enjoy their lives too. Informed by personal narratives laced with humor and valuable insights, Allergic Girl is a breakthrough lifestyle guide for food-allergic adults, their families, and loved ones. In Allergic Girl, you will discover:

• How to find the best allergist and get a correct diagnosis
• How to create positive relationships with family, friends, and food
• How to build a safe environment wherever you are
• Real-world scenarios scripted from the author's life as well her work with clients and other leaders in the field

Enjoy your food-allergic life to the fullest. Let Allergic Girl show you how.

Front Jacket

Sloane Miller is allergic to tree nuts, salmon, eggplant, and many types of fruit. Overcoming these challenges, she grew from a shy girl with food allergies into a confident, take-charge Allergic Girl who enjoys a full and exciting life. With tested strategies and practical solutions, this book shows how you can, too.

In Allergic Girl, Sloane Miller shows how a food-allergic person can live a life not constrained by what she or he can't eat. Drawing upon her real-life experiences, her work with clients, and the wisdom of other leaders in the field, Miller shares the secrets of living happily and well with food allergies. You'll learn how to communicate your food-allergic needs clearly, identify your options, and get what you require with a minimum of trouble. You'll gain the tools to strengthen bonds with your friends, your family, and your partner.

In the pages of Allergic Girl, Sloane Miller is the sympathetic and supportive friend you need beside you every step of the way as you discover how to:

Find the best allergist and get the correct diagnosis

Create a safe environment wherever you are--at home, traveling, or dining out, and during holidays and celebrations

Handle everyday food-allergy concerns and issues

Build positive relationships

Learn to love food again

Increase the joy in your life

From dining out and dating to traveling, work functions, and more, Miller will help you expand your horizons while remaining food-allergy safe. Her insights and poignant stories explore the realities of food-allergic living, revealing how you can find the positive side to every challenge. Miller's expertise and inspiring encouragement inform every page of this breakthrough lifestyle guide.

Back Jacket

enjoy your food-allergic life to the fullest

"Food allergies affect nearly 12 million people in the United States, including 1 in 17 children under the age of three. Allergic Girl offers the reader excellent practical and helpful advice for identifying and coping with food allergies. Sloane Miller's anecdotal commentary about her own food allergy trials and tribulations teaches and directs readers how to live well with food allergies. A great resource."--Bill McLin, President and CEO, Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America

"As a chef, restaurant owner, father, and food allergy advocate, I believe Allergic Girl is a great guide for anyone with food allergies who wants to dine out safely."--Ming Tsai, James Beard Award-winning chef and author of Simply Ming and Simply Ming One-Pot Meals

"Sloane Miller is a force of nature. Her passion for feeding people well no matter what their food allergies inspires everyone who meets her. After you read Allergic Girl, you will walk into the world more confidently, with Sloane holding your hand." --Shauna James Ahern, author of Gluten-Free Girl and coauthor of Gluten-Free Girl and the Chef

"Sloane Miller is a trusted and knowledgeable resource on living with food allergies, and Allergic Girl is a comprehensive guide to living joyfully with food allergies."--Mary Jane Marchisotto, Executive Director, Food Allergy Initiative

"Allergic Girl is a revelation and a full-fledged guide to embracing life rather than allowing food allergies to run the show. Sloane Miller shares a lifetime's worth of knowledge on how to dine, date, and travel safely in spite of life-threatening allergies. Her words will get you, right in the gut." --Gwen Smith, Editor, Allergic Living magazine

Author Biography

Sloane Miller, M.S.W., L.M.S.W., is ablogger, advocate, consultant, and authorityon food allergies who manages multiplefood allergies herself. Her hugely successfulblog, Please Don't Pass the Nuts (allergicgirl.blogspot.com), was the first blog dedicatedto food-allergic adults. A licensed psycho-therapeutic social worker since 2000, Miller opened a private coaching practice in 2007 for the food-allergic community. She has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the Huffington Post, New York magazine, and the New York Daily News, and on cnn.com, abcnews.com, and other websites.