Yourwellness Magazine Follows Up Food Allergy Guidelines Publication
London, UK (PRWEB UK) 26 July 2013 -- This week the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI) – Europe's foremost scientific allergy authority – has published the first comprehensive clinical guide for the prevention and treatment of food allergies and severe, even potentially fatal, allergic reactions. The Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Guidelines were presented on the 24th of June in Milan at the World Allergy Congress, offering practical recommendations for doctors, patients, schools, communities, regulators, the food industry, and insurance companies. (http://www.eaaci.org/resources/food-allergy-a-anaphylaxis-public-declaration.html)
Professor Antonella Muraro MD, EAACI Secretary General Elect and Head of the Food Allergy Referral Centre at Padua General University Hospital in Veneto, who organised the international group of experts who published the guidelines, commented, “Doctors, patients, parents, schools, society, government, and industry must work together to find solutions to the growing allergic threat. That is why we created the first official guidelines with best practices for diagnosing and treating food allergies. We stress that all of the interconnected issues must be addressed: quality of life, patient education, diagnostic and therapeutic methods, food manufacturing, medical reimbursement and policy making." (http://www.eaaci.org/resources/food-allergy-a-anaphylaxis-public-declaration.html)
With this in mind, Yourwellness Magazine explored the difference between food intolerances and food allergies. According to Yourwellness Magazine, “A classic food allergy only affects around 2% of the population but symptoms can be severe and sudden. In contrast, food intolerances are much more common and may occur when certain antibodies (known as IgG) are triggered, as the result of a reaction to specific foods.” Yourwellness Magazine explained that any food can cause a reaction, but the chief culprits are often wheat and dairy products, closely followed by other gluten grains, eggs and yeast. (http://www.yourwellness.com/2012/01/food-allergy-and-intolerance-week/)
Yourwellness Magazine outlined the main symptoms of a food intolerance:
• Anxiety (acute or chronic), Depression
• Attention Deficit Disorder, hyperactivity disorder
• Constipation, diarrhoea,
• Headaches and migraine
• Insomnia and chronic fatigue
• Water retention and bloating
• Arthritis
• Fibromyalgia
• Asthma
• Itchy skin
• Weight control problems
• Gastritis, inflammatory bowel disease, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)
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Michael Kitt, Yourwellness Publishing Ltd, http://www.yourwellness.com, 0208 588 9553, [email protected]
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