Food Allergies in Adults Are on the Rise
According to a recent article on the Women’s Health Magazine web site, food allergies in adults are on the rise. While there are many questions at this point about the causes of this increase, experts do not have many answers. In the article, writer Alisa Bowman explores three possible causes:
1. The increase in carbon dioxide caused by global warming makes plants and trees generate more pollen. This leads to an increase in hay fever in adults. It is possible if you develop environmental allergies that you are more susceptible to food allergies.
2. Are antibiotics to blame? The overuse of antibiotics might kill good bacteria that are necessary for proper digestion of food. Some doctors think this might lead to a phenomenon called “leaky gut” syndrome—undigested food particles are able to pass through the GI tract and into the bloodstream. This causes an overload to the immune system and an allergic reaction.
3. Some younger women are experiencing allergic reactions to foods that they eat immediately after working out. These reactions to food are hard to pinpoint by allergists. If you experience a reaction to food after working out, keep a journal of symptoms and consult your doctor.
With food allergies on the rise, is there any good news for allergy sufferers. Yes, the good news is that more regulation of food labels allows allergy sufferers to avoid the foods that might cause allergic reactions. The author of this article even found that when she had to stop eating a certain food, she found a whole new set of foods as replacements!
1. The increase in carbon dioxide caused by global warming makes plants and trees generate more pollen. This leads to an increase in hay fever in adults. It is possible if you develop environmental allergies that you are more susceptible to food allergies.
2. Are antibiotics to blame? The overuse of antibiotics might kill good bacteria that are necessary for proper digestion of food. Some doctors think this might lead to a phenomenon called “leaky gut” syndrome—undigested food particles are able to pass through the GI tract and into the bloodstream. This causes an overload to the immune system and an allergic reaction.
3. Some younger women are experiencing allergic reactions to foods that they eat immediately after working out. These reactions to food are hard to pinpoint by allergists. If you experience a reaction to food after working out, keep a journal of symptoms and consult your doctor.
With food allergies on the rise, is there any good news for allergy sufferers. Yes, the good news is that more regulation of food labels allows allergy sufferers to avoid the foods that might cause allergic reactions. The author of this article even found that when she had to stop eating a certain food, she found a whole new set of foods as replacements!
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