The majority of people with food allergies are allergic to one food — cold comfort to the many readers I hear from who are managing allergies to a half-dozen or more foods. Managing multiple allergies — depending on what those allergens are — can be far more complicated than managing just one because the more allergies you have, the bigger the sensation of “what on earth can I eat?”. This is especially true if one or more of your allergens is a common food and/or to an allergen that isn’t covered by FALCPA (which can make label reading far more difficult).

I have general advice for managing multiple allergies, although circumstances differ greatly for particular lifestyles and combinations of allergens. Read the article, then feel free to share your insights about life with multiple food allergies in the comments or the Food Allergy Forum.

• I Was Just Diagnosed With Multiple Food Allergies. What Do I Do Now?