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The practical guide to managing your child's food allergy challenges.

When your child has a food allergy, every season of life brings new challenges. 

Navigating Food Allergies is the trusted, practical resource for parents seeking clarity, confidence, and control in a world that too often feels uncertain. Allergist Alice Hoyt, MD, offers a step-by-step guide through every stage of the food allergy journey, from health care encounters to everyday meals.

From your child’s first allergic reaction to the long-term planning that helps your child begin to handle their food allergies, Dr. Hoyt provides a framework for how you can comprehensively manage your child’s life with food allergies.

Dr. Hoyt empowers you to:

  • Understand food allergy tests, diagnoses, and treatments
  • Create the right care team for your child
  • Prepare for and navigate medical appointments
  • Create effective plans to respond to allergy emergencies
  • Manage the social impacts of food allergies when you're out of the house
  • Navigate insurance and health care costs
  • Understand the differences between food allergies, intolerances, and other reactions to foods

This guide offers clear strategies for tackling the medical, logistical, emotional, and financial realities of parenting your child with food allergies. You’ll find helpful visuals, planning tools, and checklists designed for real families managing real challenges.

Throughout the book, Dr. Hoyt emphasizes preparation over panic, teamwork over guesswork, and informed decision-making over misinformation.

Reviews

"Through our work together with the Allison Rose Foundation, and as a first responder myself, I've seen Dr. Alice Hoyt's commitment to improving food allergy education and safety. I'm proud to support her efforts to empower families navigating food allergies with expertise and compassion."
Michael SuhyCofounder, Allison Rose Foundation
"As both a clinician and a parent, Dr. Hoyt understands the worry that comes with food allergies, and she meets families with clarity, compassion, and a plan that makes sense in real life. She breaks down the medical side so parents feel informed and then walks with them through the everyday moments where confidence truly matters. This book turns fear into readiness and helps families protect their kids while still embracing the joy of childhood."
Laura HunterLPN, cofounder, Moms on Call
"Dr. Hoyt has written a clear and concise game plan that empowers caregivers with the knowledge to confidently navigate food allergies and still live life to the fullest, despite a food allergy diagnosis. I wish this book had been around when my children were younger. It will no doubt become a must-have resource for all food allergy families."
Catherine Mitchell JaxonCofounder, Mission MightyMe
"Whether you are newly diagnosed or a seasoned caregiver to someone with food allergies, this book, with its well-organized format, expansive coverage of many topics, and specific, manageable action steps, is a resource upon which patients and their families will quickly come to rely. As a longtime food allergy educator, I highly recommend it!"
Jen JobrackFood Allergy Pros, LLC
"Navigating Food Allergies is a practical guide for parents. Blending medical expertise with lived experience, it transforms complex allergy science into clear, confidence-building advice, helping families replace fear with knowledge, structure, and hope in food-allergy care."
Carina VenterPhD, RD, University of Colorado

“I am a board-certified allergist and immunologist, internist, and pediatrician, and I serve as the chief allergist at the Hoyt Institute of Food Allergy. I host the podcast Food Allergy and Your Kiddo and lead the food allergy–focused nonprofit Code Ana.”

Dr. Alice Hoyt, Author

A trusted guide for families navigating food allergies.

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