All Entries Tagged With: "food allergies"
How to Take a Gluten & Wheat-Free Vacation
Whenever you’re plagued by something like Celiac Disease, where you’re gluten intolerant, it makes it hard to travel far from home. Special dietary needs have to follow you everywhere, and the only way to go and enjoy yourself is to plan ahead. You can still go on vacation and enjoy great meals and snacks without [...]
What’s the Difference Between Wheat and Gluten?
Some people suffer from allergies and intolerances to wheat and/or gluten. These allergies and intolerances can cause symptoms that are fairly mild to life threatening. But what is the difference between wheat and gluten? It seems that sometimes the words are used almost interchangeably in ingredient lists and conversations about what ails us, but there [...]
Specific Allergies That Can Cause Harm
People who are susceptible to few or no allergies are fortunate. Most of us are allergic to something that is at the least annoying and at the most life threatening. When we come in contact with an allergen that gives us an allergic reaction it can manifest itself immediately or a few hours later. It’s [...]
How to Know If You Have a Food Allergy
Feeling terrible after dinner last night? Want to know if you have a food allergy or if it’s just food poisoning? There are many differences between food allergies and food poisoning. Food poisoning is a result of consuming food that was not fully cooked or is otherwise contaminated. When you’re allergic to a specific food, [...]
Protect Yourself From Eating Hidden Wheat And Gluten
Navigating the maze of foods containing gluten and wheat can be daunting if you’re intolerant or allergic to these substances. For some, eating a bit of wheat or gluten will produce mild symptoms that are inconvenient at worst. For others, ingesting such foods can be life threatening. How can you be certain that the foods [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]