Useful websites:

These are given purely for information, and should not be used to replace professional advice.

http://dialspace.dial.pipex.com/town/park/gfm11/ UK based site for those with dairy sensitivities.

http://www.aaem.com American Academy of Environmental Medicine (Referrals to doctors near you who treat food allergies are available from this site). -

http://www.allallergy.net/allallergy Gateway site to many other allergy websites, created initially by a South African doctor.

http://www.allergicchild.com Created by the parents of an allergic child. Useful information and links (USA)

http://www.allergy.co.uk YorkTest UK site – for RAST and ELISA tests

http://www.allergy-clinic.co.uk Surrey Allergy Clinic (UK)

http://www.allergyuk.org Leading Medical Charity for Allergies and Sensitivities (UK). Has lists of products that have been recalled.

http://www.allergyUSA.com Information and resources (USA)

http://www.anaphylaxis.org Anaphylaxis Campaign (Canada)

http://www.anaphylaxis.org.uk Anaphylaxis Campaign (UK)

http://www.baronmoss.demon.co.uk/food.htm Personal Website of Helen Stephenson, who has several food intolerances; contains many useful links (UK)

http://www.choclat.com Kosher pareve chocolates and other dairy-free confections (USA)

http://www.ctpa.org.uk and http://www.dge.eudra.org European Commission inventory of substances used in cosmetics, toiletries and perfumes.

http://www.epdallergy.com American EPD Society

http://www.equip.nhs.uk Electronic Quality Information for Patients (UK – West Midlands)

http://www.fedupwithfoodadditives.info Food Intolerance Network (Australia)

http://www.food.gov.uk/healthiereating/allergyintol/ Food Standards Agency (UK)

http://www.food-allergy.org Allergy Adapt Inc. (USA)

http://www.foodallergy.org/ Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network (USA)

http://www.foodallergyinitiative.org Non-profit Organisation dedicated to a strategic, comprehensive, multi-discipline approach to food allergies and research. (USA)

http://www.foodcanmakeyouill.co.uk Food Intolerance Site (UK)

http://www.foodsmatter.com UK Magazine for patients with food allergies and intolerances.

http://www.glutenfree.com US bakers with a wide range of products and recipe booklets

http://www.lactose.co.uk/index.html Primarily about lactose intolerance, but with lots of other useful links, and E-Numbers (UK). Cheaper lactase.

http://www.lactoseintolerance.co.uk UK Allergy Network website with dairy bias

http://www.nuttinwithnuts.com Business for people with severe nut allergy.

http://www.peanutallergy.com USA based site, which does exactly what its name says it does.

Books

The Complete Guide to Food Allergy and Intolerance, Professor Jonathan Brostoff and Linda Gamlim, (Bloomsbury, 1998)

Allergy Solutions, Suzannah Oliver, (Pocket Books, 2001)

Food Allergy/Food Intolerance, The Difference!, Maureen Jenkins, (Sussex Allergy Service, Feb 2000)

Dealing with Food Allergies, Janice Vickerstaff Joneja, PhD, RDN, (Bull Publishing Company, 2003)

Gwynne Davies, Overcoming Food Allergies, (Ashgrove Press Ltd, 1996)

Food Allergies, Tanya Wright, (Class Health, 2001)

Was it something you ate? John Emsley and Peter Fell (Oxford, 2001)

First Aid at Work (St John Ambulance, 2002)