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Hoyt Institute of Food Allergy
Board-certified allergist Dr. Alice Hoyt and expert food allergy care navigator Pam Lestage host our top-ranked podcast.
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Dr. Alice Hoyt
Aug 9, 20223 min read
UPDATE! Stock Epinephrine and the Laws that Support It: Louisiana Edition
Stock epinephrine is gaining in popularity in the Bayou State! As you may know from my earlier post, epinephrine is a medication that can...
Dr. Alice Hoyt
Apr 11, 20223 min read
Stock Epinephrine and the Laws that Support It: Louisiana Edition
Did you know that stock epinephrine is a thing? It's true! Epinephrine, also known as adrenaline, is a medication that can stop and treat...
Dr. Alice Hoyt
Feb 20, 20222 min read
How to Prepare Your Babysitter or Nanny to Manage Food Allergies
Young (and not so young!) kiddos have food allergies Food allergy affects children (and adults!) of all ages. Studies show that nearly 8%...
Dr. Alice Hoyt
Jan 28, 20222 min read
Your State’s Stock Epinephrine Laws
Where does your state land on Stock Epi? What is “stock epi” ? It's epinephrine prescribed to an individual or, more commonly, to an...
Dr. Alice Hoyt
Nov 4, 20212 min read
Food Allergy 101, Teacher Edition – What Teachers Need to Know!
Great teachers want to understand how to keep students with food allergy safe and included. We all know that teachers can make a...
Dr. Alice Hoyt
Oct 21, 20212 min read
Teal Pumpkin – make this your new not-so-spooky tradition!
Trick or treat can be less spooky for food allergy families If you have a kiddo with food allergy, you know how certain times of the year...
Dr. Alice Hoyt
Sep 30, 20212 min read
Peanut Oral Immunotherapy – The Preschooler’s Mama’s Experience
What is oral immunotherapy? Oral immunotherapy is a way allergists can help their patients with food allergies become less allergic to...
Dr. Alice Hoyt
Jul 1, 20212 min read
Who is Dr. Alice Hoyt?
Learning about the doc behind the mic “I'm an allergist, but I'm not your allergist…” I love when my patients recite this back to me (and...
Dr. Alice Hoyt
Jun 23, 20212 min read
Disney Planning Tips for Families with Food Allergy
Disney and food allergy go together like Mickey and Minnie! If you've ever been to Walt Disney World, then you know that a lot of...
Dr. Alice Hoyt
Jun 10, 20212 min read
5 College-Prep Strategies for Food Allergy Families from FARE’s Kristi Grim
Prepping for college… when should you start thinking about it? (Hint hint: now!) In this episode, Pam and I talk with the amazing Kristi...
Dr. Alice Hoyt
May 27, 20212 min read
Food allergy and counseling
De-Stress with Strategies from Tamara Hubbard, LCPC How often do you worry about your kiddo who has food allergy? And have you ever...
Dr. Alice Hoyt
May 20, 20212 min read
Turning anaphylaxis tragedy into purpose
This post is featured in my May 2024 Food Allergy Resource Bulletin. Learn more about the amazing work being done by the Allison Rose...
Dr. Alice Hoyt
May 12, 20212 min read
Food allergy school policies
Schools develop food allergy related policies to try to keep kids safe, but how many of these policies are evidence-based? And how do...
Dr. Alice Hoyt
May 5, 20212 min read
Food allergy and parenting – the parent needs…
When it comes to parenting a kiddo with food allergy, remembering that epi is only one of the many challenges faced. Three common themes...
Dr. Alice Hoyt
Apr 7, 20212 min read
School, Flying, and Food Allergy – What do the Experts Say?
Kiddos have many challenges growing up in this global era, and, unfortunately, food allergy further complicates things like school and...
Dr. Alice Hoyt
Mar 24, 20212 min read
Food allergy on social media – ask an expert, but not on social.
Social media is a relatively new world, and just as navigating the “real” world with food allergy can be challenging, navigating social...
Dr. Alice Hoyt
Jan 20, 20212 min read
How an allergic reaction really works
Have you ever wondered how an allergic reaction works? Wondered what is going on inside the human body during an allergic reaction? And...
Dr. Alice Hoyt
Jan 6, 20212 min read
Food challenge safety: what say the data?
The safety of a food challenge is probably the first thing that goes through your mind when your allergist suggests performing a food...
Dr. Alice Hoyt
Dec 30, 20202 min read
Most Popular Food Allergy and Your Kiddo Podcast Episodes of 2020
Did your favorite Food Allergy and Your Kiddo Podcast episode make the list? You can find a podcast on so many topics these days, and I’m...
Dr. Alice Hoyt
Dec 23, 20203 min read
Can OIT help your kiddo eat safely at a restaurant?
Oral immunotherapy – OIT – can make kiddos with food allergy like peanut allergy more tolerant of the allergen, but does that tolerance...
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