I received a free copy of this book in exchange for a fair and honest review. All opinions are my own. 

Author Julie A Wendt, MD, shares the causes and solutions for severe food allergies and how they can impact you as a parent in the book “What’s Eating Our Kids? A Prent’s Guide to Food Allergy, Intolerance, and Toxicity”.

The Synopsis

What’s Eating Our Kids? A parents’ guide to food allergy, intolerance, and toxicity

What is eating our kids? More and more of us parents are asking that question. There has been a steep increase in the number of allergic reactions and in the number of patients who can no longer tolerate food without absolute misery. Have you, as a loving parent, ever felt helpless in your struggles to figure out your child’s food allergies, reactions, and aversions? Do you wonder why this is happening? Most importantly, I hope you haven’t given up, because this book will help guide you or your child to the relief you’ve been waiting for.

You are not alone: I’m an allergy parent too. I have been through my son’s severe eczema as a baby, dealt with a multitude of his allergies as a boy and young man, and managed the lactose intolerance of my teenage daughter. Whether you’re a new or an experienced allergy parent, the emotional stresses and strains of managing your family’s allergies are really challenging.

What’s Eating Our Kids? contains information key to understanding the causes of your suffering: food allergy, intolerance, and toxicity. I break down the most common (and some not-so-common) food reactions and walk through the symptoms, specific medical conditions, and the diagnosis, testing, and treatment process.

I wrote this book to guide parents and allergic children to and through proven solutions that will ease their allergies, reactions, and the stress. You can live a normal life, even with severe allergies.

The Review

This was a thoughtfully curated and insightful read. The author did an incredible job of educating readers while writing in a way that allowed readers to understand the presented information. The details the author poured into this book cover the basics of food allergies, recognizing the symptoms surrounding food allergy reactions, and so much more.

The author hit on one particular allergy my family is accustomed to: Celiac disease. So often, gluten-free food is made the butt of a joke, as many people have used this particular food as a fad diet in social circles. Yet the truth is so many people with Celiac Disease have terrible allergies to gluten, and the most significant impact comes from the effect it has on the person’s gastrointestinal tract, making understanding this allergy so important. 

The Verdict

Engaging, thoughtful, and insightful author Julie A. Wendt, MD’s “What’s Eating Your Children?” is a must-read nonfiction book. The information and re-readability that readers will find when returning to this guidebook time and time again will help readers understand the illnesses and allergies that can impact those closest to them, especially their children, and how to help those individuals when facing the complex problems that can arise from triggering that allergy. If you haven’t yet, be sure to grab your copy today!

Rating: 10/10

About the Author

Dr. Wendt earned B.S. degrees with honors in biochemistry and biology from the University of Illinois, a degree in microbiology and immunology from Vanderbilt University, and her M.D. from the University of Tennessee College of Medicine. She completed her residency and fellowship at Rush University.

In private practice since 2005, Dr. Wendt has published a great deal of research. She has received the American Medical Association Physician’s Recognition Award, a Patient Choice Award, and is noted as one of America’s Top Physicians. Dr. Wendt is a former President of the Arizona Allergy and Asthma Society.