Food Allergies

Food allergies are so common, it seems like everyone is allergic to something. They are very hard to define because some foods have immediate reactions and others react after a few days. Here are two examples of food reactions:

Immediate Food Hypersensitivity – This type of reaction is almost immediate, normally a few minutes and no longer than 2 hours after you’ve eaten the food.
Most people with allergies are known to have a leaky gut. The gut wall lets molecules through as part of the digestion, but when the gut lining becomes inflamed, this disturbs the functioning of the system. The spaces open up and allow large food antigens to enter the bloodstream. When the antibodies sees these new antigens, they are unknown to the body's defence system. This will then release histamine.

Delayed Food Hypersensitivity - This type of reaction seems to develop over 1-2 days, and can last for days. Everyday foods, or foods you eat large quantities of seems to trigger Delayed Food Hypersensitivity. People who live in western countries are allergic to dairy products, and people who live in eastern countries are fragile to rice.
This kind of food allergy is very hard to define, because you can be fine with a food for one day and the other day it could be all guns blazing.

Here’s a list of common foods that trigger allergies:

• Fruits – Orange, Lemon, Lime, Mango, Pineapple, Banana, Strawberry, Tomatoes, Kiwi Fruit, Grapefruit, Papayas
  
• Vegetables – Potatoes, Spinach, Cucumbers
  
• Nuts and Seeds – Stay clear of every kind
  
• Dairy Product – Milk, Egg, Cheese, Red Meat, Yogurt
  
• Fish – Stay clear of every kind
  
• Wheat and Gluten - Breads, Pasta, Rye, Rice, Barley, Corn
  Soya
  
• Drinks - Coke, Coffee, Tea, Pop drink, Alcohol
  
• Salt & Vinegar

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