Allergies
Food
Sensitivity
Many people suffer
from individual food allergies, or allergies to entire groups of foods.
Such sensitivity, which is usually diagnosed by a doctor, often
has those items
which may be the most healthful in the diet.
Milk, wheat,
eggs, strawberries, pork, apples, nuts, and chocolate are
among the most
common offenders. Although certain foods may not
be handled by
your body properly, you will still need those nutrients
associated with
these foods. If only a few foods cause adverse reactions this presents
no great problem. But when many foods or an entire group of foods must
be eliminated from your diet, the practice of maintaining adequate nutrition
requires closer attention.
In order to be
sure your body is receiving all the elements it needs to function properly,
you need to determine what nutrients are provided in the foods you cannot
eat, and find an alternative in another food that has those nutrients.
For example:
If you have a milk allergy, you can select alternative sources of calcium,
riboflavin and Vitamin A outside of the dairy family.
You can probably
expand your food awareness as well and discover many foods you might
otherwise have missed out on.
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National
Institute Of Allergy Fact Sheet
Online
Resources For People With Food Allergies
And
Intolerance's