Three Advantages of Suffering from Food Allergies
If you suffer from food allergies, take heart. It’s a blessing in disguise. Following are three reasons to count your lucky stars that you suffer from food allergies. Turn that frown upside down and rejoice!
Food Allergy Sufferers: Home Is Where the Heart Is
We live in a society that doesn’t eat together anymore. In fact, many of us live in homes where everyone is an island unto themselves. Children have everything in their room they need to entertain themselves, and parents too. Everyone has their own little haven.
If home is where the heart is, then those who suffer from food allergies have hit the jackpot. It’s the perfect “excuse” to change your family dynamic, in the following ways.
Food Allergies and Family Cooking Sessions: One of the best things about suffering from food allergies is that it forces you to cook at home a lot more than others. This means you probably have cookbooks galore and are constantly trying out new recipes.
Furthermore, many food allergies are genetic. Hence, more than one family member may suffer from it. For both of these reasons, family cooking sessions are a good idea. And really, what better way is there to bring a family together – and on a regular basis?
Food Allergies and Family Dinners: After you cook together, then the natural progression is to sit down at the table together. You can usher back in the days when families ate together. The bonding between family members that goes on at the family dinner table is seamless.
Kids don’t feel pressured to “spend time with mom and dad,” and parents get to stay abreast of what’s going on in their children’s lives without seeming obtrusive. Conversation tends to flow naturally. And, it’s in those benign conversations around the dinner table that families stay connected.
And, just think, this is all made possible by the fact that a family member suffers from food allergies.
Food Allergies and Family Savings: When you eat together as a family, you may be completely unaware that you’re saving money at the same time. Why/how? Instead of everyone eating what they want, when they want, you shop for and prepare one family meal at a time. Plus, most familes with a food allergic member find it easier (and less expensive!) to prepare delicious meals at home compared to dining out!
This saves on utilities, as well as the actual food bills.
Suffering from food allergies can really be a blessing in disguise. Like any challenge presented in life – it’s simply a matter of perspective; of how you choose to view it.
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