Food Allergies Treatment

Question by ZingaMomma: Does whole wheat bread and pasta have more allergenic protein than white? If so, which proteins are higher?
My daughter has multiple food allergies. She started having reactions to wheat and tested slightly positive to that on RAST, as well. I noticed she seems fine when she eats white bread and usually can eat white pasta without a problem. Is this because white is stripped of protein or, I was wondering if there is more of one kind of protein in wheat than in white.

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Answer by abbie
i dont know about protiens, but i am wheat/oats/gluten intolerant (celiac) and i have to stay away from white and wheat bread the same b/c all white bread is, is bleached wheat flour. there really is no difference where that is concerned. try kinikinik brand rice bread from your health food store. they have a good and tastey line (rare in teh gluten free world). its not bad if you toast it.

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Question by Claire: Are babies with food allergies more likely to react to vaccinations?
My 7 month old son is allergic to milk, eggs, and all nuts. He’s had the Polio, DTap, and Hib shots, but we didn’t give him the Rotavirus, Prevnar or Hep B yet. I’m afraid because of his allergies he might react badly. I’m especially nervous of the MMR when that comes up.

Does anyone know if kids with food allergies are the ones who react badly to shots? The 2-3% that react? For people that had kids react, were they allergic to foods?

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Answer by mamaac43
Just remind the dr. of what the baby is allergic to and they know if an alergy will flare.

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Question by lorrnae: Can I develop a more serious peanut allergy?
When I eat them i get an allergic reaction. But can it get so bad that when I sniff them I get an allergic reaction??

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Answer by angela c
I’m not sure if sniffing it would, but touching them can cause a reaction if the allergy is serious and if you eat them when you have an allergy, it will get worse.

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Question by eric_aixelsyd: Why aren’t more restaurants aware of allergies?
Why don’t more places have separate cooking surfaces for things like shellfish, things that contain peanuts, peppers, and wheat products?

The government seems to try to protect the rights of lots of small groups, why not those of us with allergies?

Isn’t it a civil right to eat without worry in a public place?
I get saying it’s a civil right isn’t a good comparison, I did it to evoke a certain feel… I don’t think every place should bend over & help… but it would be nice.

I bet a place that didn’t serve any shellfish could do quite well… same for an anti-peanut establishment.

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Answer by Mr. Taco
So many people have so many different allergies that in a cooking environment where you are preparing a variety of food for hundreds of people, it is virtually impossible to completely and utterly keep all possible allergens away from every single meal. There is only so much room and space in a restaurant kitchen, so just using different surfaces is not going to cut it. So although you are right that it would be nice, the government can hardly afford to enforce such a law, and it would be impractical. So I am afraid we allergy sufferers are simply out of luck.

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Question by simon: Why do so many foods contain milk despite more people having allergies to dairy products?
There is a general increase of people with allergies to milk and dairy products, yet so many unlikely foods contain milk. For example some potato chips or crisps contain milk, pasta sauce, curry sauce some times its in pitta bread, soup frozen fries etc. Many of these food just don’t need to contain milk if you made them at home you would not add milk.
What is unfair is that people who can’t tolerate dairy products are being forced out of the supermarket because its in their favorite foods.
In some individuals dairy products can cause typical allergic reaction, visual migraine which can be very dangerous if you have to drive or operate machinery, common migraine which results in days lost at work or school. Dairy can cause Irritable bowel syndrome, acne, and cows milk has been linked with increased chance of getting some cancers.
So it is unfair if customers are loosing their freedom of choice of food because they are almost being forced to consume a product they don’t want to consume.
The question is why are food manufacturers adding milk when its not necessary and more health conscious people are trying to avoid milk?
1) I know dairy intolerant people are a minority and just like smoking not all smokers will ger lung cancer or heart disease but that does not mean smoking is ok.
What I am saying is people deserve a choice.
2) If someone who is allergic to milk protein eats something which contains milk protein and suffers a reaction when driving causing injury or fatality then its partly the fault of the manufacturer for not puting a big enough warning on the food.
3) I once bought some
1) I know dairy intolerant people are a minority and just like smoking not all smokers will get lung cancer or heart disease but that does not mean smoking is ok.
What I am saying is people deserve a choice.

2) If someone who is allergic to milk protein eats something which contains milk protein and suffers a reaction when driving causing injury or fatality then its partly the fault of the manufacturer for not puting a big enough warning on the food.

3) I once bought some Thai curry (made in Germany) and had to throw it away when I found it contained cream cheese! Dairy products are very rare in South East Asia so why on earth does Thai curry have to contain something thats not even found in Thailand?

4) Its NOT just LACTOSE intolerance, more often its the milk proteins like casein that cause problems and allergy.

At the end of the day its wrong that milk is used in foods which do not need milk.

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Answer by MyMissAnnie
I have the same question.. but no answer.

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