May Contain

E40: Making it safer to eat out with an Allergy: Liljia Polo-Richard

Liljia Polo-Richard is an allergy mum and founder of Allergy Companions, a platform that helps its easier and safer to eat out with an allergy. It's been labeled as the trip advisor for food allergies. It was great to finally sit down with Liljia to talk openly and honestly behind the story of finding out about she recognised and found out that two of child have severe allergies, and the different challenges she has faced when eating out at different restaurants. 

 

Thank you to my sponsor:

Foodlama helps you with your grocery shopping online easier and safer, it's a google chrome extension that filters through your allergies or dietary requirements. I do my food shopping online at Asda, the chrome extension gives you a tick or cross next to the food you are safe eating, so it's super clear. It's currently a beta version and only works on Asda, hopefully be available on other supermarket websites very soon.

Check out FoodLama here - https://bit.ly/3FBjR1U (or follow them @heyfoodlama)

 

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E39: Allergy Food Challenges and going viral on TikTok: Danielle Price

Danielle Price is a content creator, who took the tiktok world by storm by sharing her allergy food challenges and documenting the whole process online. It was great to have Danielle on the podcast to share her story of growing up with severe food allergies and the journey and story behind documenting her food challenges.

I’m also super excited to announce the podcast is sponsored by FoodLama. FoodLama helps to make your online grocery shopping easier and safer. It's a Google chrome extension that filters through your allergy or dietary requirements as you shop. I do my food shopping online at Asda, so the google chrome extension gives you a tick or cross next to the food you are safe eating, so it's super clear and easy to use. It's currently a beta version and only works on Asda, and would be available on other supermarket websites very soon. Would love to hear what you think, check it out by clicking the link below.

Download FoodLama here - https://heyfoodlama.com/ (or follow them @heyfoodlama)

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Sarah Knight: Wanting the best for your Allergic Child

Sarah Knight is an allergy mum of two and Founder of The Allergy Team. We discuss a lot of interesting touch points on the podcast which will be really helpful for parents, but also those living with severe allergies.

 

Topics we discuss:

- Allergy Bullying

- Finding the right school

- Taking on the responsibility 

- Journey behind The Allergy Team

- Allergy Anxiety

 

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Find out more about The Allergy Team here - https://theallergyteam.com

 

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BITESIZE #1 | Translating your Allergy Abroad: Luigi & Josh

In these 'bitesize' episodes of my podcast. I’ll be sharing my best moments from previous episodes of the May Contain Podcast.

In this week's episode of May Contain, I'm joined by my two friends from University. We discuss travelling around Europe together with my severe nut allergy, living in Amsterdam, Google Translate & M&M's.

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Merrill Debbs : Red Sneakers for the Oakley

I’m joined by Merrill Debbs, the Founder of Red Sneakers for Oakley. She tragically lost her 11 year old son due to fatal anaphylaxis shock on thanksgiving day. Oakley didn't have a reaction until over an hour later and tragically lost his life a few days later. It's so sad to hear about this tragedy that Oakley and his family have had to endure. Over the last 5 years, Merrill has been campaigning and raising awareness about the seriousness of allergies through her foundation Red Sneakers for Oakley. 

Find out more about the charity here - https://www.redsneakers.org/

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AllergyBubble: Starting an Allergy Page & experience with a Satellite Kitchen

I’m joined by Jess from the allergy account @AllergyBubble. She started her allergy page during lockdown and it’s gone from strength to strength over the last year! Jess is such a positive influence in the allergy community, it was great to hear her experiences from travelling, dating, going to Canada (she met Amanda from everydayallergenfree 😄) and the first time she came across a satellite kitchen at The Four Seasons - I don’t want to give away too much but it honestly blew my mind! 

The full podcast is available on YouTube too! Link in the podcast description but also link in my Bio on Instagram. If you could please write me a review on iTunes and share this podcast on Instagram appreciate it - put so much effort and time into producing the podcast! Any support really grateful.

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Virginia Lensi: Professional Ballet Dancer not defined by her Allergies

I'm joined by Virginia Lensi, a professional ballet dancer from New York. Virginia lives with multiple food allergies however she is not defined by her allergies and has accomplished her dreams of becoming a professional ballet dancer traveling the world. We covered a lot of topics from traveling, dating, allergy anxiety and the cultural difference of her experience being brought up in Milan in comparison to New York. Also watch this podcast on May Contain YouTube channel which will be live at 12am today.

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Food Allergies & Covid Vaccine with Doctor Yas

I'm joined by Doctor Yas. She has a PhD in Immunotherapy and studied Food Induced Anaphylaxis for her Masters. It was so interesting speaking with Yas to get a much better understanding of food allergies. 

We touch upon so many different topics on the podcast such as:

• What was Yas biggest learning studying Food Induced Anaphylaxis for her Masters?
• What is the Gold standard of allergy testing?
• Is the covid vaccine safe to take when you have a food allergy?
• What happens to your immune system when you have an allergic reaction? 
• The peanut vaccine and what we know about it so far...

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Empowering Homelessness through Creativity with Marice Cumber

I'm joined by Marice Cumber, Founder of Accumulate Charity empowering homelessness through creativity. The charity now independently fundraises to provide creative workshops at eight hostels across London. These workshops, covering photography, film making, creative writing, illustration, textile printing and jewellery. I was absolutely honoured to have Marice on the podcast as she had such a positive influence on my life and her story of how she is got started is so inspiring.

This episode is brought to you by Olsson Haircare, the only haircare range approved by Allergy UK. 100% Fragrance, Colourant and Paraben free. Allergy friendly, designed for sensitive souls. To get a FREE patch test head to www.olssonhaircare.com, add it to your cart and use code MAYCONTAIN which will reduce it from £4.95 to £0. You also get 20% off your first purchase should you find it suits you - no more wasted money!

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Plantivore Kitchen with Lauryn

I'm joined by Lauryn, Founder of Plantivore Kitchen sharing healthy plant based recipes. We met on clubhouse when I was searching for allergy blogger to connect with, it was great to finally get Lauryn on the podcast to share her story.  

We touch upon so many different points on the podcast such as:

▪️Planted Based Diets 
▪️How she quit her job to follow her passion
▪️Top tips for growing an audience online
▪️How we both deal with being anxious, and what has helped us

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