food allergies
“What’s in That?”
Tips, techniques and products to help your patients/clients navigate the tricky world of food allergies and intolerances. Approximately 20 million people were living in the U.S. with food allergies as of 2021, according to the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA). This number has risen steadily in children over the past 20 years. While ...
Having a Pet Is Associated With Fewer Food Allergies in Young Children, Study Says
In an analysis of more than 65,000 infants from Japan, children exposed to pet cats or indoor dogs during fetal development or early infancy tended to have fewer food allergies compared to other children, according to a study published in PLOS ONE by Hisao Okabe from the Fukushima Regional Center for the Japan Environment and Children’s ...
I Think It Was Something I Ate!
Bad reactions to foods are common. And they can beset anyone at any age, masquerading as other issues. Here’s how to help identify food-borne issues. That meal or snack may have been quite pleasant going down. But a little while later, the ugly side may rear up: the uncomfortable post-prandial effects may be distressing, irritating, ...
Food Allergies And Intolerances On the Rise
The prevalence of food allergies and intolerances is steadily increasing. Testing laboratories and the natural products industry can help. The prevalence of food allergies and intolerances is on an alarming upward trajectory. It has become an epidemic, with one in 10 adults and one in 13 children totaling 32 million Americans having food allergies, according ...
Columbia Allergy Now Offering TCM for Allergy Relief
Columbia Allergy, a network of renowned allergists and immunologists specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of children and adults with environmental and food allergies, will now add traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) to its extensive menu of services to benefit allergy sufferers. Dr. Yan Yan, board-certified allergist and pediatrician, has joined the clinic’s Fremont, CA, location, ...
A Novel for Treating Food Allergies: The Allergy Release Technique (ART)
In the U.S., research estimates that more than 50 million people have an allergy or allergies, and 32 million of those have food allergies.1,2 Further, 5.8 million, or one in 13, children under the age of 18 have food allergies, and up to 40 percent are allergic to more than one food.2 Having a child ...
Food Aversions
Negative immune and digestive responses to foods have a growing number of Americans seeking medical help.Food allergy, sensitivity or intolerance? It’s likely many Americans don’t know the difference, but many are reporting they are experiencing them.Deborah Orlick Levy, MS, RD and New Jersey-based Carrington Farms health and nutrition consultant, has described the issues in easy-to-understand ...
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