What Are the Symptoms of Wheat Allergy?

First of all, wheat allergy is not the same as coeliac disease.

If you suffer from wheat allergy, your body will produce antibody (IgE) to one or more of the proteins in wheat. The proteins you form antibodies against could for instance be gluten or other proteins in wheat which cause allergies. Wheat allergy with antibody [...]

February 9th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: Food allergy, Wheat allergy | Leave a comment

Wheat Allergy

What causes wheat allergy?
Like all other allergies, wheat allergy is caused by an immune system malfunction. This malfunction causes your immune system to recognize certain proteins in wheat as harmful, and to protect your body against these harmful proteins, your immune system will start to produce antibodies (immunoglobulin E (IgE)).
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These antibodies [...]

February 9th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , | Category: Food allergy, Wheat allergy | Leave a comment