Are You Allergic or Intolerant to Wheat and Gluten?
Among the most common food allergies are wheat and gluten. But exactly what is a food allergy? Is it the same as food intolerance? Allergies occur when the body mistakes an ingredient in food as harmful, so it prepares to defend itself against the attacker (the food). Allergy symptoms develop when the body’s immune system [...]
Seasonal Allergies Can Be Debilitating
Beats there a heart so pure or a lung so clear that they have not suffered allergies? Few people completely escape the discomfort of being allergic to one thing or another, with the list of allergens growing constantly. For most it’s merely a nuisance but for many others it’s debilitating. More than 50 million Americans [...]
Recognizing Allergy Symptoms When They Hit
When Spring and Summer creep up on us, we often don’t know if what we’re experiencing are allergies or basic end of the flu season ailments. There are a few ways to recognize allergy symptoms and differentiate between being sick and having an allergic reaction. The reason why it’s important to know the difference is [...]
Have You Had Allergy Testing Done by Your Doctor?
If you suffer from an allergy, it usually manifests itself in spring and fall. You begin to have difficult breathing, your nose runs as you cough and sneeze and your eyes water and itch. Most people opt for the doctor’s prescribed medications or run to the drugstore and try the hit and miss method of [...]
Food Allergies
Allergic reactions occur in most people in one form or another. But among the most common types are food allergies, which cause adverse immune system reactions when you ingest a certain food protein. It can be as simple as peanuts, or even shrimp, but the basic principle of reactions is the same. How The Body [...]
Allergy Reaction Symptoms
Having an allergic reaction to a substance, whether it’s food, or pollen, or whatever material your body is reacting to, it can be mild and just plain annoying at best, and life-threatening at the very worst. Should you be affected by any specific allergies, you will likely find out because of several symptoms. But sometimes [...]
Peanut Allergies
Allergic reactions appear from many types of materials present in everyday surroundings. But among the more common causes of allergies are food products, with eight of them causing over ninety percent of all food allergies. At the middle of the list is peanut allergy, which is something quite troubling because some everyday dishes have peanuts [...]
What Are Soy Allergies And How You Can Deal With It
Among the many food types that cause all allergies, over ninety percent is caused by just eight possible sources of allergens. Among these is Soy, also known in the UK and other countries as Soya. Like any other allergy, contact with this food protein type will result in the immune system falsely recognizing the protein [...]
All About Allergies And How They Affect The Human Body
If you’ve ever tried inhaling some pollen from plants, or eating something and finding out afterwards that you’re covered in red blotchy spots or some other nasty effect after you eat, then you’ve experienced firsthand the effects of Allergies. In common usage, an allergy is an adverse reaction toward what is called an allergen, or [...]
Important Things To Know About Milk Allergies
Milk allergies occur because the immune system mistakenly sees milk protein as something that is dangerous for the body and tries to fight it off. It starts as an allergic reaction causing a child to be fussy and irritable along with an upset stomach and other symptoms. Breastfeeding lowers the risk of the child developing [...]