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Hi Lucy,
Great article.Thanks for sharing such important advice on such an overlooked health problem. Howver, you mentioned that it is unclear how food allergies develop. Actually, there is a very clear answer.
When people experience stress, their cortisol levels go up. Cortisol is responsible for certain immune responses, so the immune system becomes compromised. When this happens, pathogens that we take in through our digestive tract (which comprise a VAST MAJORITY of the pathogens that we are exposed to) are able to flourish in the digestive tract causing an inflammatory response.
When an inflammatory response occurs, the delicate cells in the small intestine tend to create spaces between them through which tiny undigested food particles can pass through. This is a condition known as "leaky gut". These food particles that pass outside of the digestive tract are treated as "invaders" and the body sets up an immune response to them. When this happens, people begin to develop allergies to the substances that have passed through.
By avoiding the substances and eating an antiinflammatory diet free of sugars and processed foods, then healing can occur and other food allergies avoided.
In good health,
Kerri Knox, RN
Functional Medicine Practitioner
http://www.easy-immune-health.com
Hi lucy.. i have read your artical...
I have milk allergy & i really want to get rid of it...
It was developed me before few years..
Now i m 21.
can you suggest me a solution??
If you know anything about the treatment of such type of allergy, please help me..
you can email me on
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Posted by Lucy J.
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A food allergy can develop at any time in a person’s life. Adults too may find themselves developing food allergies. The process is not clear as to why or how this is done.
Although food allergies occur most often in infants and children, they can appear at any age and can be caused by foods that had been previously eaten without any problems. Finally, excessive exposure to a particular food may affect the overall rate of allergy to that food, as testified by the high prevalence of fish allergy among Scandinavians and of rice allergy among the Japanese.
The prime reason some people have allergies and others don’t deals with the matter of heredity. We are products of our parents, so in that gene pool, if our parents had allergies on both sides of the family, chances are we will have allergies too. If our relatives had allergies, we still have a good chance of having them passed on to us.
Once the food allergy has been confirmed, the most effective means of dealing with the food allergy is by the process of elimination. The patient should not eat the offending food in any form. The patient must be watchful and check labels on food products and learn other names of identifying the responsible food or food additive to make certain it is not present.
When eating in a restaurant, be particularly careful and take emergency medicines with you if you have a history of severe reactions. Waiters aren’t always aware of the exact ingredients of each item on the menu.
In many adult food allergies, strict adherence to an elimination diet is the main process of outgrowing the food allergy. The majority number of patients with documented allergic reactions to eggs, cow’s milk, and soy eventually become tolerant to these items. Allergies to things such as peanuts, tree nuts, fish and shellfish, however last a lifetime and are never outgrown.
Approximately one-third of children and adults will eventually be free of their allergic reactions to foods after closely following appropriate diets free of the offensive food allergens.
After removal of the foods responsible for your allergic reactions, your allergist may recommend that you have an oral food challenge under observation to reassess your symptoms. If you are without a reaction, then you will be able to reintroduce this food into your diet. If symptoms occur, the dietary restriction will need to stay in place.
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