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DIETARY RECOMMENDATIONS

- Carry out a varied and balanced diet to ensure that there will be no nutrient deficiency.

- Include in the diet foods that are sources of complete proteins similar to the egg and iron: meat, fish, milk and dairy products.

- Choose fresh, seasonal foods, as they concentrate more nutrients at the same time are more economical.

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QUESTIONS TO ANSWER

Since the allergy-causing substance is in the clear, people with egg allergy can you make egg yolk-containing products?

In all cases of allergy to egg protein is clearly the one with greater power sensitizer. However, sensitization to egg might be well to clear the yolk or two, so it is absolutely forbidden to include any part of the egg in any form of processing (tortilla, scrambled eggs, fried eggs, poached …) during the active phase of the disease. Over the years, the food should be introduced in small quantities and observe individual tolerance, since this type of allergy usually resolves in a high percentage of cases. Read the rest of this entry »

DIETARY RESPONSE

In food allergy, most often is that over time there is a tolerance, but there are cases in which awareness can persist throughout life.

Dietary treatment is therefore to exclude the dietael egg, their derivatives and any products that include ingredients from any of the components of the egg. On the other hand, we must bear in mind that many manufacturers use in the process of developing their products, eggs without being listed in its composition, such as bread and other bakery products and pastry brushed with egg to give them the bright tan . Read the rest of this entry »

Food can cause, in some cases, adverse reactions affecting the health of the individual who suffers. Such reactions may be toxic, intolerance most often due to alterations of unknown enzyme (these reactions are the most common), and immunological (it includes the typical allergic reactions and other processes cause).

We will refer only to immunological reactions, starting with allergic reactions, and for the egg to keep in mind that can cause allergy-clear both the yolk, although predominantly the former. From a clinical point of view these reactions can occur with a number of features including: Read the rest of this entry »

RECOMMENDED FOODS

- Milk and dairy products: milk, yogurt or other fermented, curd, petit suisse cheeses.

- Meat, fish and dairy products: All except those listed in “foods to exclude.” Prefer lean meats.

- Cereals, potatoes and vegetables, plain white or wholemeal bread, rice, pasta (not egg), fresh or dried vegetables, potatoes.

- Vegetables: All except those listed in the “foods to exclude.”

- Fruits: All.

- Beverages: Water, homemade soups, teas, juices, preferably natural.

- Fats: Olive oil and seeds (sunflower, corn, soy butter …). Read the rest of this entry »

Allergies most often appear in childhood. An allergy is an inappropriate response or reaction of the organism to a particular substance (allergen). In egg allergy, the allergen comes in contact with the body of the person affected by eating protein food. Egg albumin is the protein that is more allergenic capacity and is in the clear. In the food industry is used as an additive stabilizer, thickener and to give more texture, among other functions.

Our body produces antibodies that defend us against bacterial, viral, etc.. In people with food allergies is unclear lawsuit. In a high percentage of cases, because the body produces an antibody, IgE (immunoglobulin E) directed against the product that acts as an allergen. Read the rest of this entry »

* Gastrointestinal symptoms: Allergens tend to produce more and more intense symptoms in the / s Area / s of the body through the / s that / is entering / n in it. Therefore, the inhalants, tend to produce especially respiratory symptoms, while food allergens tend to produce mostly gastrointestinal symptoms, which can affect the entire digestive system. So, are common symptoms of food allergy:
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The so-called oral allergy syndrome à itchy mouth, tongue and throat, which coincides with the ingestion of foods, especially fruits and vegetables, seafood, etc.
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Vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain (colic), expense, etc. variable onset and severity depending on the digestive disease caused by food allergy, food involved, and the degree of involvement of the gastrointestinal tract. For example, to cause symptoms of DST in relation to food allergy are:
+ Proteins Sensitive Enteropathy Read the rest of this entry »

According to the Food Allergy Committee of the European Academy of Allergy (EAACI) the adverse reactions to foods can be classified into

1. TOXICITY eg mushroom poisoning.
2. NON-TOXIC: within these, in turn, would be two types of reactions:

1. Intolerance reactions: although they are caused by certain foods, allergic reactions are not true:
* Pharmacological: For example, some foods (eg cured cheese very ,…) can contain high amounts of certain substances (histamine, tyramine ,…) which may produce some reactions (eg, headaches) that are not allergic reactions sense.
* Enzyme: Some people have digestive deficiencies of certain substances needed to digest certain foods. This applies, for example, people with lactose intolerance (the sugar in the milk), which are people with lactase deficiency (the substance that can digest lactose), Read the rest of this entry »

* Grasses:

The grasses (Poaceae or Gramineae) are the leading cause of allergy in our country and distributed by the central and northern Spain. Although it includes several thousand species, is the Pooideae subfamily that contains the most important genera that produce hay (Phleum, Dactylis, Lolium, Trisetum, etc.). They are weeds growing in roadsides, fields or open fields. Atmospheric concentrations of grasses vary from year to year. In Castilla León, Castilla La Mancha, Extremadura and the interior of Levante and Andalusia, the concentration that occurs from April to July is related to rainfall preseasonal, ie that recorded between October and March. Its pollination period is very large since the flowering of each of its species occur in a given time. Although the so-called Green Spain (Galician and Cantabrian mountain) is a high concentration of grass pollination is moderate and it rains a lot in the months of flowering.

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