Welcome back, listeners! Today’s episode is a must-listen if you have kids/spend time with kids/work in pediatric care/ are a teacher or caregiver to tiny humans!  or as an educator!! Sherry Coleman Collins is a registered dietitian (R.D.) based in Marietta, GA, where works for the National Peanut Board helping to provide reliable and science-based information about peanuts & peanut allergies for both healthcare professionals & consumers. As someone with clinical, pediatric, and nutrition communications experience, Sherry’s completed her FARE Pediatric Food Allergy Certificate of Training; spearheaded & developed the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics’ Certificate of Training in Food Allergies and authored the Academy's Practice Paper on the Role of the RDN in Food Allergy Diagnosis and Management. 

We discuss: The difference between a food allergy & an intolerance; Introducing first foods to babies & toddlers; what it means to be “high risk” for a food allergy; signs and symptoms of food allergies (and what to do about ‘em); supermarket shopping tips for individuals and families any/every budget; peanut growing practices in the U.S. (& what makes this tiny legume such a winner). 

 

Q+A: How bad is it really to drink diet soda? 

 

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