Peanut Allergy Cause
When is it safe to give an infant or a young child peanut butter?
Unfortunately, the prevalence of allergic diseases (such as food allergy, asthma, eczema, hay fever) appears to be increasing. In particular, it seems that the number of people diagnosed with food allergy is increasing. About 6 percent of young children have food allergies, along with nearly 4 percent of adults. Whether this increase in incidence is due to a better understanding of the disease, better methods to make a diagnosis or a true increase in the number of people with food allergy is...
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Expert & Community Posts
Food Allergies: A Case of Mistaken Identity
By Heather Reese , Health Expert...substitute for people who suffer from this allergy. Peanut allergy A peanut allergy is the... Read more »
Food Allergies: A Case of Mistaken Identity
By Heather Reese , Health Expert...substitute for people who suffer from this allergy. Peanut allergy A peanut allergy is the... Read more »
A Calm Voice in the "Nut Hysteria" Storm
By Sloane Miller , Health ExpertDr. Nicholas Christakis certainly caused quite a stir on the blogs when he said that school and... Read more »
Dining Out With Food Allergies
By Gina Clowes , Health ExpertWhen you become a parent of a child with food allergies, restaurant dining often feels like... Read more »
Modified Food for Allergy: Could Peanut Allergies Be Relieved By "Franken-Peanuts?"
By Sloane Miller , Health ExpertThis is Part One of a weekly, 3-Part Series on Modified Foods For Food Allergies. Part Two is about... Read more »
Health Guide
Food Allergies: A Case of Mistaken Identity
...to cow’s milk, it is not considered a good substitute for people who suffer from this allergy. Peanut allergy A peanut allergy is the most common cause of death from food and it can be a... Read more »Food Allergies and Eating Out
When you become a parent of a child with food allergies, restaurant dining often feels like tiptoeing through a minefield. The potential dangers are usually invisible and you are relying on the... Read more »Reading Food Labels With Food Allergies: Look Carefully!
Food labels can help you compare the nutrient content of similar foods, as well as see how the food fits into your dietary eating habits. Food labels can help you understand the relationship... Read more »The "Big 8" Food Allergens
...difficult to obtain, we do have one telephone survey which showed that the number of respondents with peanut allergy doubled over a 5 year period in the 1990s,” she said. There are eight... Read more »How To Find Hidden Food Allergens
Revised in January of 2006, the Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection Act of 2004 requirements take some of the guesswork out of label reading, helping you easily identify foods that could... Read more »Images
Related News
Stopping Peanut Allergies
April 20, 2009(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Doctors may have found a cure for dangerous peanut allergies. Childhood allergies to peanuts have become widespread in recent... Read summary »
More Peanut Butter, Please!
May 21, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- If you're one of the 1.5 million people in the United States suffering from a peanut allergy, there's good news. Experts... Read summary »
Eating Nuts During Pregnancy Increases Childs Asthma Risk
August 01, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) You may want to limit the amount of nuts you eat while you're pregnant. A new study from the Netherlands finds expectant mothers... Read summary »
Clinical trial: Immunotherapy for peanut allergies
June 02, 2009This is a study to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of sublingual immunotherapy for children and adults with peanut allergy. Researchers are... Read summary »
Pregnant women may not need to give up peanuts
October 02, 2008Most doctors recommend that pregnant women avoid eating peanuts but new research has found that may not be necessary. Researchers studied 858... Read summary »
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