Top foods causing allergic reactions
The food allergies are becoming more frequent and are more common in children than in adults.
A food allergy reaction occurs because the body's immune system recognises certain proteins in food as a threat and attacks them..
Symptoms usually begin within minutes after ingesting the offending food and can range from mild to severe.
The possible symptoms include:
- Itching or swelling in and around the mouth
- A runny nose
- Stomach pain
- Breathing difficulties
- Nausea or vomiting
- Cramps
- Diarrhoea
- Anaphylaxis
Food allergies are different from food allergies. food intolerances. Food intolerance occurs when the body cannot fully digest certain foods and there is no immune response. The symptoms of food intolerances can be similar to some of the symptoms of food allergies, such as cramps or diarrhoea. Food intolerances are uncomfortable, but they are not life-threatening.
While there are a wide variety of foods that can cause food allergies, top eight foods responsible for 90% of allergic reactions. These are:
- Milk
- Eggs
- Peanuts
- Nuts (walnuts and cashew nuts)
- Fish (salmon, tuna, cod and tilapia)
- Crustaceans (shrimps, lobsters and crabs)
- Soy
- Wheat
Some children may actually outgrow their allergies to foods, such as milk, eggs and soy, but many are usually lifelong, such as food allergies to peanuts, tree nuts, fish and shellfish.
What if I think I have a food allergy?
Diagnosis of food allergies should always be made by a doctor.. Especially in children, it is never a good idea to eliminate food groups unnecessarily.
Biosalud has developed a specific diagnostic system that eliminates false negatives. and allows, with a very high sensitivity, to detect those foods that, although the alteration they produce is minimal, can be detected and help us to solve important health problems.
Intolerances are often based on specific pathologies, usually localised in the gastrointestinal tract, such as candidiasis, so that often the intolerance is based on a specific pathology, usually localised in the gastrointestinal tract, such as candidiasis. FoodInt® analysis is the test that can lead us to suspect other undiagnosed pathologies in the patient.
FoodINT ®, food intolerance test, is an analysis that will allow you to know in two days and without leaving your home the food allergies you have, testing more than 300 foods.. In this way, you will improve your diet and, consequently, your weight, your health and your life. With just one drop of dried blood, which studies the person's intolerance to more than 300 foods and additives.
In addition, intolerances can be genetic, in the cases of gluten or lactose. In this case, we recommend the FoodGEN®.
