Hayfever and pollen allergies can ruin a perfect spring day. Fortunately, a few lifestyle tweaks can help you survive -- and maybe even enjoy -- the season.

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Asthma will get worse for most people as Fall approaches. Learn some simple ways to improve your respiratory health and how to decrease the number and severity of your asthma attacks.

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Phil Lempert has the scoop about the forthcoming Burger King potato chips, plus the latest in food safety and labeling. Also in the news: a peanut butter for those allergic to nuts, teeth whitening strips that work in a flash, new water bottle labeling that reveals the true place of the water's origin and more. 

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Phil talks about the 5 things you need to know about food allergies.

Looking to add something new to your repertoire? We've got the perfect recipes to woo a new love, mend a broken heart, treat yourself, keep the flame alive & fill your family with love. So this Valentine's Day, dare to try something new. Make a romantic brunch for one! Fill your diet with natural aphrodisiacs like bananas, chocolate, honey, peaches, oats, onions, carrots, celery, and alcohol (in moderation, too much has the opposite effect). Rev your libido and mix it up this V-day, with some healthy comfort foods and great new natural products. After all, variety is the spice of life!

Thanksgiving is a food-centric, hedonistic, gustatory orgy. We gather and we eat for upwards of four hours, all the way from pre-dinner snacks to post-dessert dessert. But a traditional Thanksgiving dinner is literally one of the most allergen-laden meals possible. Whether this is your first allergen-free Thanksgiving or your twentieth, the following tips will help make it festive, mouthwateringly delicious, and safe.

Allergen-free Skillet Cornbread

Cooking cornbread in a hot cast iron skillet gives it that coveted crust on the outside.  This cornbread tastes just like my Southern grandmothers', but it's vegan, allergen-free, and gluten-free!  Make it for the holidays, or any old time!

2/3 cup white rice flour (I use Bob's Red Mill)
1/3 cup tapioca flour (I use Ener-G)
3/4 cup yellow cornmeal
1/4 tsp. kosher salt
2 tsp. aluminum-free baking powder
3/4 tsp. baking soda
1 3/4 cups oat milk * or rice milk

We look forward to it from the moment summer turns to fall. There are weeks of anticipation. "What are you going to be this year?" you ask your child, and the possibilities get bandied about. But Halloween, or All Hollows Eve is not always so simple.

In fact, if your kid has food allergies, this beloved holiday can be a literal "Fright Night." For those with severe food allergies, trick-or-treating is like navigating a mine field, particularly if your child has anaphylaxis (a life threatening allergic reaction). For some kids, just one bite of a candy containing only trace amounts of an allergen such as peanuts, tree nuts (walnuts, cashews, etc.), or dairy can cause an anaphylactic response. Other common allergenic ingredients often avoided on Halloween are eggs (think marshmallow filling), wheat (often in licorice, believe it or not), and soy (very often in chocolate). But there are ways to get through Halloween safely, healthily, and still have tons of fun.

Allergen-free Halloween Treats: Chocolate Sunflower Butter Cups, and Old-Fashioned Popcorn Balls

The following recipes are great allergen-free treats for Halloween. Not only are they dairy-free, soy-free, egg-free, peanut-free, tree nut-free, wheat-free, gluten-free (and of course shellfish-free and fish-free!), but they are also made without high fructose corn syrup or artificial flavors or colors, making them healthy whole foods options for this holiday season.

Chocolate Sunflower Butter Cups

These are as easy to make as it gets. I make them with my 5 year old food allergic son Lennon, who likes the process as much as the product.

It finally happened. The day I've been dreading, the day my son Lennon developed consciousness about his food allergies. I don't mean the first time he realized he had them; he's known that since he was old enough to talk and had to learn by rote what he's not allowed to eat. I mean consciousness as in, "This makes me different from other kids."

It went down something like this: A friend was eating a Clif bar, and my son Lennon wanted a bite. When I told him he couldn't eat something with peanuts and dairy, he asked, "But WHY can't I eat that?" When I reminded him of his food allergies, his face contorted into tears. "Well, I wish I didn't!" he said, and stormed off in a huff.