Have you ever tried to find candy that is corn-free? Almost every candy out there has corn syrup in it. After you find something that is corn-free…..check out more: is it made in a nut-free facility that is also soy-free, cinnamon-free, barley-free, rice-free, and citrus-free???? I have found candy out there that is made with [...]
Breast milk? Yes. A child with milk allergy can in most cases tolerate breast milk. Only in very rare cases, children with milk allergies react to the cow milk protein in breast milk. In this situation it may be necessary for the mother by agreement with the doctor also go on a milk free diet. [...]
A fish allergy and a shellfish allergy are two different things. While a shellfish allergy includes lobster, clams, shrimp and any other fish with an outer hard shell, a fish allergy includes more routine types of fish–salmon, tuna, pollock, cod, eel, snapper, and others. A fish allergy usually develops in adults and if you are [...]
Chocolate allergies may cause asthma symptoms in susceptible people especially when a person is allergic to more than one ingredient in the chocolate. Some of the common ingredients include cocoa, milk, caffeine, gluten, soy lecithin, phenyl-ethylamine, nuts, theo-bromine, and dyes. Chocolate allergy symptoms may include anxiety, confusion, headaches, hives, irritability, nausea, eczema, itching, watery eyes, [...]
If you suffer from Yeast Allergy then you have a Type 1 Allergy, also known as Contact Allergy. This is a hypersensitivity to a protein found in yeast that causes the immune system to overreact causing an allergic reaction. Antibodies and histamines are releases into the blood stream in an attempt to neutralize the yeast [...]
About 20% of the population suffers from pollen allergy, and if you are one of the unfortunate, you should be aware of certain kinds of foods. See the list here. The pollen season is upon us. For those, who suffer from allergies, this time in the year is tough to get through, but many people [...]
Some people have hypersensitivity reactions when they eat certain foods or food additives. It is typically quite ordinary foods that give rise to the reactions. To identify reactions as hypersensitivity to food, the symptoms has to: occur when you eat the food you can not tolerate, disappear or decrease when you stop eating the food, [...]