Symptoms Of Food Allergies

Is There a Connection between Food Allergies and Weight Gain?

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Food allergy may also result in unexplainable weight gain or weight loss despite your best efforts. There is certain relevance between food allergies and weight gain. The relevance may also exist between weight gain and food intolerance or sensitivity. Food allergies affect approximately three percent of the population, with food sensitivity and/or intolerance being far more common than actual allergies. Food allergies affect the immune system and cause a variety of different symptoms to occur. Tags: Food Allergies And Weight Gain

What To Do If You Have a Peanut Allergy

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For example, many processed foods are made in factories that may also handle peanut products. Traces of peanuts may find their way into foods that are not supposed to contain them. This is why you will see a warning that states a food item was prepared in a facility where peanuts are present and that the product may contain traces of peanuts. Peanuts may also be found in various sauces, Asian foods, chili and granola. While it is the law for food labels to specify if peanuts are in the product, it is not required for labels to state that the food was packaged in a facility... Tags: What To Do If You Have A Peanut Allergy

Information About Food Allergies to Corn

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Some corn allergies may produce traditional allergic reactions such as hives, swelling, itching, gastrointestinal discomfort and in severe cases, anaphylaxis. Sometimes, allergies may be confused with sensitivity or intolerance. Actual food allergy occurs when the immune system launches an attack against a substance seen as a threat to the body. The war that is waged between the antibodies produced by the immune system and the foreign substance is what causes the allergic reaction. Because it can be hard to distinguish between allergy, sensitivity and intolerance, you shou... Tags: Food Allergies To Corn

Testing for Food Allergies -- How It's Done

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On an average every three out off hundred American people are sufferers of food allergies. Several more are sufferers of sensitivity and intolerance. Both the patient and their physician find it difficult to distinguish between an allergy and a sensitivity and/or intolerance. This is why testing for food allergies is so important if they are suspected. Symptoms of food allergies range from mild to life threatening and include itching, rash, hives, gastrointestinal upset, respiratory distress, dramatic drop in blood pressure, migraine and a myriad of other symptoms. Tags: Testing For Food Allergies

Food Allergies -- Candy Safety

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The first thing you should do is educate your child in great detail. Make sure they are aware of their allergy. Write a list of rules that you expect them to follow. Have them repeat those rules back to you on a regular basis. Kids sometimes forget things they learn which is why repetition is so important in this case. One rule might be to never accept candy from anyone without first checking with an adult who is aware of the child's allergy and can read the label carefully. In some cases, the manufacturer of the candy may need to be called to double check for the presence... Tags: Food Allergies Candy