food allergies

Sudden Reaction to a Food? It Could Be Adult-Onset Allergy - Fremont Tribune You bite into an apple and suddenly your mouth starts tingling. Or you eat shrimp for dinner and get hives. You're not a kid and you've been able to eat these foods your whole life, so what's going on? A number of...

Pandemic-inspired food labeling raises alarms for those with food allergies - The Detroit News As the mother of a child with food allergies, Heather Sapp was well versed in reading labels and calling manufacturers to verify ingredients. For years, she kept her daughter’s diet free of the...

Food Products May Now Contain Unlisted Ingredients - NBC San Diego Consumer Reports found companies are legally changing ingredients of food items without telling people, which could spell big trouble if you or a loved one is allergic to one of the substitute ingredients The Food and...

Early exposure to infections doesn’t protect against allergies, but getting into nature might - The Conversation Over the past few decades, allergies and asthma have become common childhood diseases, especially in developed countries. Almost 20% of Australians experience some kind of allergy...

Food imports from Asia are loaded with undeclared ingredients that can cause deadly allergic reactions, research finds - Daily Mail Food products imported from Asia contain undeclared ingredients that can cause deadly allergic reactions, Australian researchers say. Scientists tested 50...

Food Sensitivities Versus Food Allergies - Fox 5 Food allergies are one thing and they're easy to recognize. They often bring on hives, facial swelling and in serious cases, anaphylactic shock. But what about food sensitivities? They're not as serious, but doctors say they can do a number on...

Teal Pumpkins Make Halloween Less Tricky For Kids With Food Allergies - npr Orange, black — and now teal? Yes, teal. There are teal plastic pumpkins, paint-your-own pumpkin kits, and trick-or-treating buckets. It's all part of a campaign to make the culmination of Halloween festivities...

What can restaurants do to help customers with allergies? - BBC For people with food allergies, dining out can be stressful and in some cases, life-threatening or fatal. This week the grieving family of Owen Carey, who died from anaphylactic shock after unwittingly eating Byron Burger's...

Food allergies and kids - Times News August is Kids Eat Right Month, and an important part of health is serving safe foods to your kids, especially if food allergies are of concern. About one in 13 children, or roughly two students in every classroom, has a food allergy. It is important to be...

Sesame May Join Dairy and Nuts on Food Allergy Warning Labels - Gizmodo Sesame allergies seem to be a lot more common that previously thought. According to a new study out this weekend, as many as 1.5 million Americans could be allergic to sesame, and the findings may prompt the Food and Drug...

A look at the latest food allergy research - Stanford When Stanford professor Russ Altman, MD, PhD, was in his 20s, he began to suspect he had developed an allergy to shellfish. After a seafood meal, his face was red, he was wheezing, his nose ran and his eyes watered. Altman, who had happy...

Can Early Exposure Fix Food Allergies? - Web MD First: New parents should wait to introduce peanuts to children until they were past infancy to lower the risk of a negative reaction. Second: If a reaction did happen, and an allergy was confirmed through testing, the only safe measure for the...

Food allergy clinics a test of faith for desperate families - Palo Alto Online With oral immunotherapy, parents hope to save children from potentially fatal reactions For families of children with food allergies, stepping outside each morning takes courage. Every surface, every playground...

Food for Thought: What Hurricane Sandy Can Teach Us about Food Allergy Preparedness - Centers for Disease Control Elizabeth O’Connell knows that only way to prevent a food-allergy reaction is to avoid the problem food. For her that means having to interpret precautionary language, like “may...

Got food allergies? 8 things dietitians want you to know about how to live with them - Channel 3000 May is Allergy Awareness Month Food allergies can range from being a daily nuisance to a deadly threat, and research shows they are growing more and more common. May is Allergy Awareness...

Food allergies don't just affect kids - 4WWL Imagine if you had to watch everything you eat, and question every ingredient at a restaurant or party. It may feel embarrassing or annoying but it could be life saving for people who have food allergies. So why are food allergies are on the rise...

Food Allergies - The Times-Independent I had them as a kid, and treated them as a pediatrician I am writing this out of the firm belief that “it takes one to know one.” I don’t know at exactly what age it started, and of course, my mother, now, can’t tell me. By school age, we both knew that a...

When Food Allergies Cause Anxiety in Your Child - Psychology Today Kids with food allergies are at risk of developing anxiety. Food allergies affect up to 6-8% of children and 3-4% of adults, and data shows that prevalence has increased 18% among children under age 18 years. Despite the...

Food Allergies Can Strike at Any Age - US News You might be surprised to learn that food allergies can start in adulthood and involve a food you've eaten without a problem for your entire life. For adults as well as kids, the top -- but not the only -- food culprits are eggs, milk, peanuts...

A New Treatment Can Relieve Food Allergies, But Few Doctors Offer It - NPR Scouring ingredient lists. Carrying an EpiPen. Sitting at the special lunch table at school. These anxiety-ridden measures have become routine for families with severe food allergies, who know it takes only one wrong...