Food allergies and intolerances

Allergic reactions and mental sensitivities to food are widespread, but few of them are related to the real sensitivity of the immune system.

Children’s refusal to eat some foods is more related to their taste and desire or lack of desire for a particular taste. Of course, extreme cases should be checked.
Everyone has his own taste and according to this taste he likes food more and food less. And when a child expresses his reluctance towards food, he is actually expressing his independence and personal desire.
Of course, in the later stages of life, excessive interest or reluctance to eat is related to emotional and psychological issues.
The increased reluctance to eat is known as anorexia nervosa or wasting disease.
The problem of anorexia usually appears after puberty. It should be noted that this condition should not be confused with intolerance or food sensitivity.
Food intolerance includes a reaction to a group of foods or food-induced irritations, such as the effects of a specific enzyme deficiency.

Caffeine is the most popular and common stimulant in the world, consuming more than 200 mg of it, which is equivalent to 2 medium cups of coffee, can cause hand tremors, increased pulse rate, irritability and insomnia.
Some types of canned fish, chocolate and also types of cheese contain tyramine.
Citrus fruits, bananas, avocados, yeast extract, and wine also contain substances similar to tyramine, which cause dilation of blood vessels.
Dilation of blood vessels in some people causes migraine or facial redness or hives. Some types of canned cheese, tuna and sardines, smoked fish and other fish whose flesh is not white contain histamine.
Bacteria, which are present in large quantities in low-quality canned foods or canned foods that have expired, can cause irritation and release of histamine.
Consuming a lot of foods containing histamine can cause urticaria, swelling of the lips, face and tongue or headache.

Abdominal pain, heartburn, bloating, constipation and diarrhea are problems that everyone has experienced at least once.
The foods we consume may affect the side effects and how they develop.
The effect of curry seasoning is a good example in this case. If these side effects continue without having a specific organic cause, they are called colon inflammation, stomach inflammation, or colon sensitivity. These side effects are often seen, but their cause has not yet been determined. However, avoiding foods that aggravate these side effects, as well as defecation, is a useful measure.
It is very beneficial to use effective de-stressing and anti-stress methods.

Children who are fed with cow’s milk may suffer from dilute diarrhea due to lack of lactase enzyme in their blood.
Lactase is a special enzyme that helps in the digestion of lactose milk sugar.
In stomach and intestinal diseases such as intestinal inflammation, gastritis and gastritis, the amount of lactase in the blood may be temporarily lower than usual.
If someone gets diarrhea in these conditions, the diarrhea will continue for months after the lactase deficiency is resolved. So, it is better to avoid consuming dairy products until the lactase enzyme deficiency is resolved.
Drinking alcohol is also a problem for some people.
Alcohol is broken down in the body under the influence of a series of enzymes, one of which is aldehyde dehydrogenase. Due to the lack of this enzyme, a person who has consumed alcohol will experience nausea and dizziness.

15% of the population of Germany state that they have problems due to the consumption of certain foods.
But by doing allergy stimulation tests, it can be proven that less than 2% of people are really allergic to food.
Real sensitivity to dairy products, chicken meat, eggs, fish, and types of hazelnuts and almonds, especially in children, is associated with severe symptoms.
In case of severe sensitivity, even contact of the lips with the sensitive food within a few seconds to a minute will cause the lips to itch or burn and the tongue will swell in such a way that the airway is closed and if the adrenal ampoule is not injected into the person immediately, he will suffocate. If some of the food is swallowed, it will cause severe nausea.
If some food enters the blood, hives cover the whole body and the person experiences shortness of breath, wheezing and low blood pressure.
This type of severe general reaction is called anaphylactic shock, which if not treated, may lead to the death of the patient. Sometimes the symptoms of food allergies do not appear clearly, and for this reason, the diagnosis must be carefully recorded for weeks. So that he can find the food that he is allergic to by adjusting the time of occurrence of the complication and the foods used.
To determine the sensitizing effect of suspected foods, an elimination diet should be used.
These diets start with the selection of a few food items, for example, one type of meat, one type of fruit, one type of vegetable, and one type of food containing starch. The selected samples should be selected from certain non-allergenic materials, such as lamb or birds, rhubarb, pears, carrots. or cauliflower, rice or potatoes.
If you wish, you can add vegetable oil or oils that are not made from milk and sugar to this diet.
Continue using the selected ingredients until all signs of allergy disappear from your body.
Then gradually add the ingredients that you have eliminated from your diet one after another to your diet.
Now, by seeing the allergy symptoms again, you can easily recognize the food causing the allergy. One of the important points is to know the presence of this food in mixed foods.
Peanut is an interesting example in this case.

In terms of plant division, peanut is one of the hidden plants. In this type of
plant, the fruit is hidden inside a shell/peanut grows underground and its annual production is about 15 to 18 million tons.
Its growing areas are mostly in America, Asia and Africa.
Peanuts are a very healthy food for people who are not allergic to them.
And compared to the amount of meat of the same weight, it contains more protein.
Considering that peanut seeds or its oil are used in the preparation of other foods, it is difficult to avoid eating them.
Although recently, some manufacturers announce the use of peanuts or its derivatives on the packaging of their products.
The more important point is that peanut genes are present in other foods with genetically modified structure, and people who are sensitive to peanuts also react to these types of foods.
It is also worth noting that proteins that trigger sensitivity are very resistant to heat.
Therefore, even eating cooked foods containing peanuts has allergic effects.
Pregnant women and women who are breastfeeding and have a history of allergy in their family should absolutely avoid eating peanuts, because the antibodies that are produced in the mother’s body against peanut genes through milk and The umbilical cord is transferred to the child and causes early sensitivity in children.
In England, peanuts were used as a food supplement for children because of its abundant protein, but recently there, in families where allergies are common, they refuse to give peanut protein to children until they are three or four years old. Those who eat peanuts Those who are allergic should be aware that they may have the same reaction if they use soy beans.