Food Allergies

Follow the links below to find information on food hypersensitivities and allergies.

For information specifically about anaphylaxis or cow's milk allergy, follow the links to the HealthInsite topic pages below.

Reviewed July 2011

19 Resources Found

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Title:	Food additives
Publisher:	Better Health Channel
Description:	Food additives are chemicals that keep food fresh or enhance its colour, flavour or texture. Some people are sensitive to food additives, but this is rare. Reactions to food additives include hives or diarrhoea, other digestive disorders and respiratory problems such as asthma.
Date:	Oct 2011

Title:	Asthma and food
Publisher:	Better Health Channel
Description:	Food allergies can trigger asthma attacks in some people, although this is rare. Trigger foods may include dairy products, eggs, peanuts, sulphites, monosodium glutamate (MSG), food colourings or royal jelly. A severe food allergy reaction is anaphylaxis; anaphylactic shock can be fatal.
Date:	Jul 2011

Title:	Allergic and toxic reactions to seafood
Publisher:	Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy (ASCIA)
Description:	Many allergic reactions to seafood are mild and cause hives or swelling. The most dangerous symptoms are breathing difficulties or a drop in blood pressure (shock), either of which can be life threatening.
Date:	Jul 2011

Title:	Food additives
Publisher:	Virtual Medical Centre.com
Description:	Food additives are chemical substances added to foods to improve flavour, texture, colour, appearance and consistency, or as preservatives during manufacturing or processing. Herbs, spices, hops, salt, yeast, water, air and protein hydrolysates are excluded from this definition.
Date:	Feb 2011

Title:	Milk allergy
Publisher:	Virtual Medical Centre.com
Description:	Information on the symptoms, treatment and diagnosis of food allergies by professional health specialists.
Date:	Dec 2010

Title:	Dietary sodium manipulation and asthma
Publisher:	John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:	A review of the current literature suggests that reduction in the amount of dietary sodium consumed has no significant effect on the symptoms of asthma but may be associated with improvements in some lung function measurements in exercise-induced asthma.
Date:	Nov 2010

Title:	FAILSAFE diet for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Publisher:	Virtual Medical Centre.com
Description:	Information on the FAILSAFE Diet for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) written by medical professionals.
Date:	Sep 2010

Title:	Food labels - what do they mean?
Publisher:	Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:	It is the law in Australia that all packaged foods have food labels.
Date:	Aug 2010

Title:	Peanut allergy
Publisher:	Virtual Medical Centre.com
Description:	Information on the symptoms, treatment and diagnosis of peanut allergy by professional health specialists.
Date:	Jun 2010

Title:	Egg allergy
Publisher:	Virtual Medical Centre.com
Description:	Information on the symptoms, treatment and diagnosis of egg allergies written by professional medical specialists.
Date:	Jun 2010

Title:	Coconut allergy
Publisher:	Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy (ASCIA)
Description:	Allergic reactions to eating coconut have been reported, but are relatively rare. By contrast, contact allergic dermatitis to coconut products is more common. Sensitisation to coconut pollen has been reported.
Date:	Jan 2010

Title:	Peanut, tree nut and seed allergy
Publisher:	Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy (ASCIA)
Description:	Peanut allergy is most common in infants, but may appear for the first time in adults. Peanut allergy causes more problems than other food allergies because it is common (1 in 50 infants), exposure is hard to avoid and even trace amounts can trigger symptoms.
Date:	Jan 2010

Title:	Alcohol allergy
Publisher:	Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy (ASCIA)
Description:	Allergic reactions to alcohol are relatively uncommon. In people with alcohol allergy, as little as 1 ml of pure alcohol (equivalent to 10ml of wine or a mouthful of beer) is enough to provoke severe rashes, difficulty breathing, stomach cramps or collapse. Alcohol can also increase the likelihood of severe allergic reactions (anaphylaxis) from other causes like food.
Date:	Jan 2010

Title:	Nuts
Publisher:	Better Health Channel
Description:	Eating nuts may reduce the risk of coronary heart disease. Most nuts including walnuts, cashew nuts, pecans, brazil nuts, chestnuts and hazelnuts contain mainly mono-unsaturated fats, polyunsaturated fats and other compounds that influence blood cholesterol levels. Peanuts, brazil nuts, almonds and hazelnuts can cause acute allergy in some people.
Date:	Jan 2010

Title:	Peanut allergy
Publisher:	Queensland Health
Description:	This factsheet presents information about peanut allergy and associated risks.
Date:	Jul 2009

Title:	Prebiotics in infants for prevention of allergic disease and food hypersensitivity
Publisher:	John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:	There is insufficient evidence to recommend the addition of prebiotics to infant feeds for prevention of allergic disease or food reactions. Reactions to foods and allergies (including asthma, eczema and hay fever) are common and may be increasing in de...
Date:	May 2007

Title:	Soy formula for prevention of allergy and food intolerance in infants
Publisher:	John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:	When babies are not exclusively breastfed, evidence suggests that using a soy formula instead of a cow's milk formula does not reduce allergies in infants and children. Infant formulas have been designed to try to lower the chances of developing allergy...
Date:	Jul 2006

Title:	Tartrazine exclusion for allergic asthma
Publisher:	John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:	Tartrazine is the best known and one of the most commonly used food additives. Food colorants are also used in many medications as well as foods. There is no evidence that tartrazine makes asthma worse or avoiding it makes asthma patients any better.
Date:	Feb 2006

Title:	Eggs in your baby's diet - myDr.com.au
Publisher:	myDr
Description:	Many parents are wary about including eggs in the diet of their babies, but research has shown that these fears are unfounded.
Date:	May 2002

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