Organ-Specific Autoantibodies and Celiac Disease Patients This is yet another example of how important it is to determine food allergies and avoid those foods we’re allergic to. Wheat is high on the list of common allergies, along with corn and milk. This article also brings to light the systemic affects of food allergies; effects are […]
Very Delayed Reactions in Cow’s Milk-Intolerant Children Until we get away from the idea of getting an immediate allergic skin reaction as evidence of food allergy, we will never come to fully appreciate how prevalent and important food allergies really are. This study noted effects TWO WEEKS after exposure. Allergy 2000;55:574-579 In the initial challenge, […]
Ear infections and allergy The relationship between ear infections and food allergy is a very important one, and should be evaluated in EVERY child with ear infections. Allergy 55 (5), 435-441 The inflammatory response by eosinophils, neutrophils, and mast cells in the middle ear was distinctly different between atopic and nonatopic patients (P<0.001). This study […]
Increased leukotriene production by food additives in atopic dermatitis Think the dermatologists are talking to the gastroenterologists on this one? Or would that be the allergists? In reality–neither group believes very heavily in food allergies causing seemingly unrelated systemic symptoms. Nonetheless, this is an excellent article stressing the importance of a food coloring/preservative free diet […]
Surgery Advocated as Primary Treatment for Many Cases of GERD I consider this topic, and this article, especially disturbing. To Western medicine, there are only two options to reflux disease: acid blockers or surgery. My gosh!! Have we forgotten that food allergy is known to play a strong role in lower esophageal tone? Cow’s milk […]
