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Oral Food Challenges

The topic of food challenges is very personal to me. My 13-year-old daughter, Natalie, has multiple life-threatening food allergies and has experienced seven food challenges. She's passed five and has an upcoming appointment to face pecans for the third time after trying twice before (she doesn't like to say "failed").

In light of the recent devastating loss of a 3-year-old boy, we felt compelled to cover the topic. While the "how" that we are all searching for remains unknown, we have collected answers to the most common food challenge questions to move away from fear and take a step toward knowledge.

Spokin's mission is to help people with food allergies live the fullest life possible. We want you to have that magic moment when you open our app and discover food allergy "wins" — wiping out the tremendous amount of time it takes to find safe food, restaurants, camps, etc.

Our mission drives us to build a resource that is committed to, quite simply, life. The recent tragedies drive us to double down our efforts. If you have ideas of what you wish the Spokin app could do to make your life easier, please email me at [email protected]We are building Spokin for you and, near and dear to my heart, our kids. 

 
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SpoonfulONE

Food allergies have met their match. On the heels of the breakthrough LEAP study, two moms, a pediatric allergist and a scientist, got together to create
SpoonfulONE, a dietary supplement that can prevent foods from becoming allergens. Before you think this doesn’t apply to your food allergic child, consider that your child will likely grow up to have children with an elevated risk of developing food allergies, making this news extraordinary. We talked with the CEO and co-founder, Dr. Ashley Dombkowksi, about the ground-breaking science and family ties that make SpoonfulONE so revolutionary for the future of food allergy prevention. FIND PRODUCTS In partnership with our friends at
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Allie Bahn

Allie in Patagonia Around the world with over a dozen food allergies, and she's just getting started. Allie Bahn is the voice of
Miss Allergic Reactor, a blog all about living life fully with food allergies. As a world traveler, writer and teacher, Allie pours her passion into helping others build a food allergy support system based on self-advocacy.  We were able to catch Allie in between adventures, and get some of her best tips on traveling, eating out and constantly growing with food allergies. FOLLOW ALLIE ON SPOKIN  
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Alexa Jordan

Harvard student
Alexa Jordan could teach the class on world travel and food allergy advocacy. A mid-flight anaphylactic reaction spurred this inspirational political science and government major to resurrect legislation requiring epi-pens on airplanes. Not only has she gotten back on a plane— she’s studying abroad this summer while using her passion for the law to fight for human rights at 30,000 feet.  
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