Disney World With Food Allergies
Food allergy mom Rachel McFall dreamed of taking her family to Disney World. With the help of travel advisor Taylor Gordon, who not only specializes in food allergy travel but also manages her own allergies, Rachel’s family managed to eat every meal out, enjoying character breakfasts, Mickey Mouse ice cream bars, and a visit to Erin McKenna’s Bakery. See her 527 reviews on the Spokin app @allergene, including 14 from her trip!
Join our Insta Live with Rachel to hear how her family dined out safely with peanut, egg, and wheat allergies, and how Taylor "did it all", planning every detail of their fairytale vacation. Tune in Wednesday, 5/18 at 12 PM CT/1 PM ET for the Insta Live and enter to win a Disney World trip of your own!
Specific IgE Blood Based Allergy Testing
As food allergy parents we become experts at everything from label reading to interpreting a cough. But even the most experienced have questions on the widely used IgE blood tests. So we went directly to the company whose ImmunoCAP lab tests represent the gold standard in specific-IgE blood testing globally, Thermo Fisher Scientific. This feature answers the most commonly (and not so commonly) asked questions from the food allergy community — 42 in total — including a special deep dive on component tests. An additional resource is their recently launched educational site, AllergyInsider.
New Year, New Map!
When a food allergy mom told us she was trying to find a safe sushi spot for her teen with a sesame allergy, Spokin got to work! Introducing the NEW Spokin Map Filter! Now you can find new safe places to eat in your hometown, plan that trip (hello, Spring Break), or build your restaurant […]
Food Allergy Institute TIP Patient Interview: Liz Gilligan
Liz Gilligan is a food allergy mom to Jack, an 11 year old allergic to peanut and tree nuts. They live in Pacific Palisades, a suburb of Los Angeles. Jack is on maintenance for tree nuts and currently dosing peanuts but has been cleared for cross-contact. Liz’s advice to anyone interested in TIP is to join the waitlist while you learn about the program; it’s been life changing for Jack and her family. Her favorite moment from Jack’s time in the program was when he no longer needed to ask what kind of oil a restaurant used in their fryer and was able to safely eat at Chick-fil-A, which uses peanut oil.
Food Allergy Institute (formerly SoCal)
The Food Allergy Institute, formerly known as SoCal, is on a mission to change lives and with the highest global success rate of food allergy treatment, they are succeeding. Their revolutionary treatment program has allowed thousands of patients to safely eat whatever they want with a near perfect success rate. The results are lasting, as the program’s initial graduates completed treatment over a decade ago and continue to freely eat their allergens. To celebrate our partnership with Food Allergy Institute, we are hosting a TIP Trip Travel Giveaway! Enter for your chance to win a trip to SoCal including a $1,000 airfare credit, a stay at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Huntington Beach, and a $200 gift card to Noble Bird Rotisserie.* Join the TIP waitlist to enter! We are also hosting two Spokin exclusive events with Dr. Randhawa including an Insta Live today, 10/21, and a private Q+A event where you’ll be able to ask Dr. Randhawa your questions on January 11th, 2022. Invitations to the Q+A event will be sent in early January. Space will be limited but the first 1,000 people that join the TIP waitlist using the Spokin link will be guaranteed a spot!
Top 15 Food Allergy and Celiac-Friendly Recipe Bloggers
The pictures are gorgeous, the recipe looks delicious, and you’re so happy when they share your food allergies! Sorry not sorry! From our tried-and-true dedicated allergy bloggers to bloggers we love who happen to be allergy-friendly (we discovered they or their families have food allergies), here are our favorite recipe bloggers!
Top Rated Celiac and Gluten Free Bloggers
Image credit: A Dash of Megnut We’re shining the spotlight on some of our favorite Celiac and Gluten Free Recipe Bloggers In honor of Celiac Awareness Month! See the favorite recipes of 93 bloggers—whether you manage Celiac, a gluten intolerance or sensitivity, are looking to eat gluten-free, or have a wheat allergy, they’ve got you covered from focaccia to cake and everything in between! Explore recipes on the Spokin App to filter by allergies, categories, and bloggers!
Introducing Verified Advocacy Groups!
To celebrate Food Allergy Awareness Month, Spokin has added food allergy foundations and advocacy groups to the app! These groups raise awareness, educate, and protect the food allergy community and are leading the way to improve our lives. Each of these organizations now has a home on the Spokin App where you can learn about their mission, get involved, and support their work. We’re so appreciative of what they do and thrilled to welcome them to the Spokin Family!
Spokin Up for Food Allergy Awareness
It’s Food Allergy and Celiac Awareness Week! Each time we speak up for ourselves and our kids, we raise awareness.
The Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research
Tomorrow’s food allergy treatments are available today at the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy & Asthma Research at Stanford. Anyone eligible for their clinical trials has the opportunity to receive state-of-the-art treatment from the leading minds in the field—for free. The center aims to help bring advancements in diagnostics and treatment to the market to improve the lives of the entire food allergy community and they serve as an educational resource through their monthly webinars. Learn more with the Director of the Clinical Translational Research Unit, Dr. Sharon Chinthrajah, and join our Insta Live on 4/26 at 12 PM CT/10 AM PT!In partnership with our friends at
