Carlota is a 35-year-old new mother who has just been diagnosed with celiac disease. She has struggled her entire life to maintain a healthy weight, has had constant diarrhea, and has often been anemic. She has also had a life-threatening allergy to peanuts and tree nuts since childhood. She has not had a problem eliminating peanuts and tree nuts from her diet. She is concerned that she will have
a difficult time modifying her diet to treat her celiac disease. In addition to her own dietary concerns, she is concerned about the nutritional health of her newborn son Maxwell who is just 2 weeks old. She wants to know what she can do to reduce his risk of developing food allergies. Due to Carlota's peanut and tree nut allergy she should always carry ____.
A) her cell phone
B) her doctor's contact information
C) an EpiPen
D) oral antihistamines
C
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