Are Food Allergies Really Real?
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There are a number of needs that we as individuals need in order to survive. According to Maslow’s Hierarchy Needs they are in no set order: Self-Actualization, Esteem, Love,Belonging, Safety and Physiological. In each of those needs, we determine which of them are the most important individually. However, regardless of who you are, or where you are from, one need tends to stand out more than the rest, and that’s Food.
Because there are so many places that one can go to get food from, it tends to become a buffet style of need. Restaurants, fast-food, diners you name it are so plenteous, that the propensity to contract something is very probable. With this being said, one is every so close to obtain some type of a food allergy. A Food Allergy is the immune system’s response to a food that the body mistakenly believes as a harmful agent. The problem that many seem to have issue with is, they sometimes become aware that certain foods initiates an allergic reaction, but because the food tastes so good, they are willing to sacrifice their body for the sake of taste. What they fail to realize is food allergies can be very harmful to the body as well as causing swelling, itching, and other types of external irritants.
For many people some of the common types of food allergies are peanuts and shellfish.
I have a three year old son; my wife and I were totally unaware that he was allergic to peanuts. While at his daycare, one of the staff members gave him a peanut butter cookie. In a matter of minutes, my son broke into hives and swollen of his eyes. Fortunately we were in the area and got medical treatment for him. To say the least, we too did not know that he was allergic to peanuts. Shellfish can also be an allergic reaction. If you have seen the movie “Hitch”, if you remember when Hitch had eaten a shellfish, he began to have an allergic reaction.
When people consumes food and have an allergic reaction, the best course of action is to eliminate it from your diet. Symptoms of food allergies are very typical to other allergic reactions such as, skin rashes or skin irritations, swelling of eyes, nasal irritations, in some individuals, food allergies can also cause an anaphylactic reaction, which causes a sudden lowering of blood pressure as well as difficulty breathing and in severe cases can lead to death. These allergic reactions can be treated with medications, once the medics are able to ascertain the types or types of food(s) that was ingested. The treatment will treat that food allergy and that food allergy only.
Countering the Appetite Killer
In order to effectively counter the effects of an allergic reaction is, first identify exactly what foods will activate those food allergies. One of the simplest ways to identify those food allergies is, to make a list of what food(s) have caused the reaction and make note of those food(s). Before you order a meal at a restaurant or diner, ask the waiter what ingredients are added to the food. You can let them know that you are allergic to a specific type of ingredient and ask if any of the ingredients are added to the food. If so, of course order another meal you eat. This may be one of the best ways to prevent future food allergies from flaring up. Having a medical alert bracelet can definitely reduce accidental ingestion of a potential food allergen.
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