Welcome to Episode 9 of the Allergy mom podcast, an interview with Kyle Dine of Equal Eats amongst his other amazing endeavours to support the Allergy Community over the years.
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About Kyle Dine:
Kyle Dine is a food allergic individual who has turned his diagnosis into several positive impacts for the food allergy community. Growing up with multiple food allergies, Kyle experienced first-hand the challenges that food allergies play during adolescence. After experiencing a harrowing anaphylactic reaction in his early twenties, he changed his career path in order to create tools and resources to help people avoid allergic reactions and improve overall quality of life.
He is a trusted food allergy educator and musician who performs engaging allergy awareness assemblies in elementary schools across North America. Along with his “Kyle Dine & Friends” DVD, which was funded through the allergy community on Kickstarter, his music and live assembly contain empowering, supportive, and educational messages for children with or without food allergies.
His educational efforts guided him to working with Food Allergy Canada on their programs, resources and advocacy. Since 2008, he has specialized in the development of materials for youth and led projects such as elementary and high school awareness programs, educational books, videos, and the Allergy Pals online mentorship program.
An avid traveller, Kyle founded www.allergytranslation.com in 2006 to help people travel with allergies by providing cards with professional translations of allergens in foreign languages. He earned a master’s degree in 2019 at Queen’s University for innovation management and entrepreneurship, and is currently relaunching his allergy travel resources under the new name Equal Eats. His goal is to help people with dietary restrictions enjoy food safely all around the world.
About Equal Eats:
Founded in 2006, Kyle’s business operated as “Allergy Translation” until 2020 when he relaunched it as Equal Eats. He is proud to offer the first company to provide digital translation cards for allergies and dietary restrictions. He remains committed to providing innovative and effective solutions that help our community travel safely, and truly enjoy the world!
Equal Eats’ Mission
- Help everyone with allergies or dietary restrictions to gain an equal seat at the table.
- Provide our community with the gold standard in dietary communication tools.
- Influence the foodservice industry to create safer experiences for our community.
Topics Discussed in this Episode:
- Food allergy safety when travelling and eating out in public spaces.
- Kyle Dine’s history of advocacy, education and support for the Food Allergy community.
Kyle’s Links:
- Allergy Education Video (Free to watch) – www.foodallergyvideo.com
- School allergy assemblies – www.kyledine.com
- Equal Eats – www.equaleats.com
- Instagram: www.instagram.com/equal_eats
- Instagram: www.instagram.com/kyledinemusic
- Facebook: www.facebook.com/kyledinemusic
- LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/kyledine
That is Episode 9! Thanks for listening! Check out FARE and their upcoming Living Teal™ Global Summit happening Oct. 1-3, 2020, which will virtually bring together experts, advocates, and members of the food allergy community from across the globe! I am honoured to be one of the presenters this year sharing my presentation on the importance of your own self-care as a caregiver of someone with an acute or chronic health condition such as allergies and related diseases. I would be delighted to see you there!
Also….Be sure to subscribe to the podcast if you haven’t already– there are so many amazing interviews and topics coming out in the next few weeks that I don’t want you to miss including:
- Jennifer Roberge from Itchy Little World
- Jim Garner from AllerGenis
- TIP vs OIT
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