Food allergy - how to eat?

Dairy products and flour are only part of a long list of foods that may cause an allergic reaction by the body in adults and children.


It is difficult to determine which foods and nutrients the body's immune system reacts. Many people who consider themselves allergic to food intolerances actually confuse certain allergy products. If food intolerance is not necessary to avoid the product until the allergy really requires.


Food allergy - what is it? 

Food allergy is the body's predictable reaction to a food or food group. Caused due to immune reaction to food proteins, leading to a sudden formation of antibodies, which makes manifest the symptoms of allergy.


Usually symptoms appear several minutes to two hours after eating the food. May occur from moderate as a rash, swelling and redden the skin to an extent that endangers life with symptoms of breathlessness and swelling of the throat and tongue.
Recommended for allergy sufferers to carry a pen with epinephrine to be able to react promptly when a dangerous reaction to a food the body until the arrival of emergency medical team.
In many affected initially observed an allergy to a food product and subsequently developed further. In other allergens are grown. Usually, when tested allergic to one main product, milk for example, imposes a restriction of an entire group of foods in the dairy case.


What are the most common food allergies
Eight products are responsible for 90% of cases of food allergies: milk, eggs, peanuts, nuts, soy, wheat, fish, seafood (cancer, shrimp, mussels, etc.)..

In older children and adults food allergies are most often to fish, peanuts, seafood and nuts. This type of allergies are serious in most cases, since they can lead to life-threatening conditions.


How to avoid an allergic reaction? 

If you want to protect yourself from food, which most commonly cause allergy, should monitor the content of food. 

 
Try to understand the range of products to which you are allergic. If you're reaction to milk protein, avoid all products produced or including milk, cheese, cream, milk, butter and products containing milk whey, casein, caseinate laktoglobulin, lactalbumin, nougat, cottage cheese . Caution is required when buying margarine, ice cream, cakes, breads, soups, sauces and more. 

 
People with allergies feel improvement in his condition in compliance with the diet diet consumed where possible, natural products or have undergone minimal processing technology. Usually these foods in a much less problematic.