Food Allergy, False Allergy, Food Intolerance
There are also other culprits rather than food allergies, which are false food allergy and food intolerance. Generally people get confused between an allergy and food intolerance. Some considerations should be taken that there is a difference between the two.
An example of this is a “Milk allergy reaction” and “lactose intolerance reaction”. As you may know milk is made up of carbohydrates, protein and fat. It also contains about 20 different amino acids. In an intolerance reaction it is normally due to the fact that the enzymes used to digest milk are missing, so the lactose passes through the intestinal track undigested causing symptoms such as abdominal cramps, bloating and diarrhoea. While allergy reaction to milk is that the IgE attaches itself to an amino acid that it finds threatening, thus the mast cell ascertain the following allergen and fights it off by releasing chemical to neutralize and destroy it. The chemical released during this processes the develop symptoms to an allergy reaction such as hives, eczema, rashes, anaphylaxis and swelling. [Brostoff, 2000]
An example of this is a “Milk allergy reaction” and “lactose intolerance reaction”. As you may know milk is made up of carbohydrates, protein and fat. It also contains about 20 different amino acids. In an intolerance reaction it is normally due to the fact that the enzymes used to digest milk are missing, so the lactose passes through the intestinal track undigested causing symptoms such as abdominal cramps, bloating and diarrhoea. While allergy reaction to milk is that the IgE attaches itself to an amino acid that it finds threatening, thus the mast cell ascertain the following allergen and fights it off by releasing chemical to neutralize and destroy it. The chemical released during this processes the develop symptoms to an allergy reaction such as hives, eczema, rashes, anaphylaxis and swelling. [Brostoff, 2000]
Adverse food reactions can also be caused by:
Benzoates MSG Nitrates and nitrites Parabens Sulfites Tartzine
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Tyramine sensitivity
food dependent exercise-included anaphylaxis Heiner Syndrome Digestive and inflammatory bowel diseases [Brostoff, 2000] |