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August 17, 2009June 22, 2014

Air Duct Cleaning – It is a Good Thing When Done Right

As our south Florida customers know, up until a few years a go we owned absolute environmental air duct cleaning. I’m proud to say we were one of the must trusted and respected air duct cleaners in the tri-county area. Over the years we cleaned everything from 1 bedroom condos to pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities, schools and hospitals. We cleaned duct work from Ft. Pierce to Key West including Miami, Plantation, Boca Raton, Ft Lauderdale, Deerfield Beach, Weston, Wellington and Tamarac.

In this podcast I wanted to tell you a little about what air duct cleaning won’t do for you, will do for you how it should be done and how to find a good cleaning company in your area.

Wishing you the best of health

Mike Krause
AllergyStore – Serving our customers since 1989

August 3, 2009June 22, 2014

Back to School – Make it Allergy Free

Every year at this time parents begin to send their sons and daughters off to

Their first year in college. Student and parent are excited and scared at the same time because this is such a big event in their lives.

I know, 3 years ago our daughter left home for the first time to attend school and what an adventure it has been. She graduated from UCF in May and now its time for another new adventure. For parents with children who suffer from allergies and/or asthma it can be particularly trying time. For years we have worked hard to keep them away from the things that make them sick or uncomfortable such as: dust, pollen, mold, dust mites, animal dander, etc. Now they are headed off to live in a place we have very little if any control over. The good news is there are some simple things you can do that will help reduce the allergens their new homes.

Cover their pillows and mattress in dust mite allergy proof bedding.
Spray the carpet, couches and chairs with theADS anti-allergen spray.
Get them an air cleaner

Of course they will promise to keep their room neater than they did at home and do their laundry every week. Good luck with that.

While our daughter had a few problems with her allergies, she pretty much managed to stay healthy throughout the years. Your children are starting out on a new adventure, one that they will remember and
benefit from for the rest of their lives. If they suffer from allergies or asthma you can do a few simple things now that will help them all year long.

Wishing you the best of health
Mike Krause
AllergyStore.com – Serving Customers Since 1989
800 771-ACHOO

June 12, 2009August 12, 2021

Food Allergies – A comprehensive review of how they affect our children.

How would you feel if all of a sudden you got sick when you ate you favorite food? You know your daughter is allergic to peanuts but got sick when she ate some chocolate chip cookies. Wonder why?

Many people are born with food allergies and other develop them at some point in their life. As a kid I ate cold watermelon and cantelope like there was no tomorrow. Then one day at summer camp I ate some watermelon and my head blew up like a basketball and I had a real hard time breathing. The doctor said I was allergic to melons and he did not know what triggered it and maybe one day it would go away. 35 years later and I still can’t eat them.

We get lots of calls from people looking for answers, suggestions, tips and help in dealing with food allergies. This is a real problem for parents that have children that have food allergies. As an adult I know what to avoid, but children don’t and friends and relatives don’t either. They don’t understand that the child with the food allergy can get seriously ill by the smallest contact. They can’t believe they can get that sick by eating a chocolate chip cookie that was baked in the same factory as a peanut butter cookie. I had on customer tell me her son got ill from eating food that was packaged in a plant by a peanut farm. The packaging plant did not even package anything with peanuts but the allergens got blown in to the plant.

While we don’t deal with food allergies we are always looking for ways to help our customers. Recently we were sent a copy of “Flourishing With Food Allergies” a really good book about how to help children and their families live with food allergies. It is full of tips on how to handle play dates and birthday parties, making educated discussions about schools, piratical guidance about diets, allergen control and travel so many other helpful topics.

It provide you wonderful tools and resources and is a must read for parents of children with food allergies.

The author, A. Anderson, has two son’s that have had food allergies since birth so she knows what you are going through.

Flourishing with Food Allergies: Social, Emotional and Practical Guidance for Families with Young Children is available from Amazon

Wishing you the best of health
AllergyStore– Helping our customers for 20 years.