2024 Author: Jasmine Walkman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 08:29
Food allergies are those conditions in which the body reacts negatively to the food it ingests. The main signs of an allergy reaction are skin rashes, itching, difficulty breathing, swelling of the tongue.
It should be noted that food allergies and food intolerances are not the same phenomenon. Intolerance is the inability of the body to properly process ingested food, and food allergies occur when the immune system generates a response with antibodies to food digested in the body.
Most food allergies are caused by eggs, milk and dairy products, chocolate, flour, soy, fish and some seafood such as mussels and crabs.
To treat food allergies, a diet should be resorted to in which foods that contain allergens should be eliminated. It is extremely important to read the labels very carefully for the ingredients contained in the products.
Allergies can be to any food, but the following 8 foods are the cause of 90% of eating problems.
1. Milk - a manifestation of intolerance to milk sugar, called lactose intolerance. Products containing milk, cream, lactic acid, milk powder should be avoided. There is also intolerance to some of the proteins in milk such as lactoglobulin and casein. Avoid products with casein.
2. Eggs - are composed of various proteins, most of which are allergens. Most people are allergic to egg white, but there are also allergies to the yolk. Some egg substitutes contain egg white, so care must also be taken.
3. Peanuts can cause allergic reactions that are caused by the binding of peanut proteins to immunoglobulin.
4. Tree nuts - hazelnuts, walnuts, chestnuts, pistachios, almonds. Keep in mind that the production of different products on the same thing can cause a problem with allergies. For example, milk chocolate may contain traces of nuts, even if it does not contain them.
5. Fish - these are more specific allergies and are related to occupational diseases, ie. they are dangerous to people who process or harvest fish.
6. Soy - Allergies to 15 proteins contained in soy occur. Be careful if you have such an allergy and read the labels carefully.
7. Wheat flour - allergies to the protein contained in it. They are divided into two types - allergy to wheat flour and intolerance to gluten.
8. Gluten intolerance - It is called celiac disease. It is said that the body reacts to gluten as an antigen and activates the immune defense system. Be careful with bread, pasta, cereals that are made from rye, oats, barley are not allowed.
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