A life-changing, research-based program that will end food allergies in children and adults forever.The problem of food allergy is exploding around us. But this book offers the first glimpse of hope with a powerful message: You can work with your family and your doctor to eliminate your food allergy forever.The trailblazing research of Dr. Kari Nadeau at Stanford University reveals that food allergy is not a life sentence, because the immune system can be retrained. Food allergies--from mild hives to life-threatening airway constriction--can be disrupted, slowed, and stopped. The key is a strategy called immunotherapy (IT)--the controlled, gradual reintroduction of an allergen into the body. With innovations that include state-of-the-art therapies targeting specific components of the immune system, Dr. Nadeau and her team have increased the speed and effectiveness of this treatment to a matter of months.New York Times bestselling author Sloan Barnett, the mother of two children with food allergies, provides a lay perspective that helps make Dr. Nadeau's research accessible for everyone. Together, they walk readers through every aspect of food allergy, including how to find the right treatment and how to manage the ongoing fear of allergens that haunts so many sufferers, to give us a clear, supportive plan to combat a major national and global health issue.

LEADER IN HER FIELD: Dr. Nadeau is the premier expert on food allergy, currently leading more than 25 clinical trials and heading a team of laboratory and clinical researchers at Stanford. In addition, she herself sees patients, including the children of Steve Carrell, Sheryl Sandberg, and Jeff Bezos among many other celebrities.MEDIA DARLING:Dr. Nadeau media includes The Today show, CBS News, ABC News, Fresh Air, and PBS News Hour, and many other TV programs, radio shows and podcasts. Her work has been widely in the New York Times Magazine, Los Angeles Times, CNN, The Washington Post, Slate, Food and Wine, the San Francisco Chronicle, Fast Company, Bloomberg News, Prevention, The Huffington Post,Time,Vice, MSNBC, and many more media. She also expects support from the many celebrities.EXPLODING PROBLEM:There are 32 million Americans currently living with food allergy. An estimated one in 13 American children-two per classroom-suffers from food allergies. That market is predicted to reach $40 billion by 2025-in 2017 it was at $25 billion. The peanut allergy market is at the forefront, with a predicted growth of 90 percent between 2019 and 2023.CUTTING-EDGE PROGRAM: Dr. Nadeau's immunotherapy plan covers everything parents need to know in order to address food allergy with the help of their family doctor-from what causes food allergy to how to prevent and reverse it to resolving the emotional issues that arise from fear of an allergen. She includes many patient success stories.TIMING: May is Food Allergy Awareness Month