Food allergies - what you can and cannot eat
Some people have a list of agents, such as plant pollen, dust, dander, chemical compounds cause acute reaction of the immune system. In such cases we can speak about allergies.
Some proteins or polysaccharides that enter the body are recognized by mistake as hostile, and the body produces against them first protection in the form of antibodies, and then begin to release neurotransmitters (tyramine, histamine,serotonin). This starts an allergic reaction that may be manifested by disorders of the digestive tract or the respiratory system, skin rashes. To avoid such unpleasant phenomena, you need to know what to eat for allergies.
What food suitable for allergies
Most allergic reactions cause:
- dairy products,
- fish
- cereal,
- legumes,
- eggs,
- nuts,
- cocoa
- med.
A large number of berries, fruits and vegetables can also trigger allergies. The representatives of the European peoples, often such a reaction occurs in celery, the inhabitants of Japan – buckwheat, the Americans have peanut and dairy products, the Australians – some types of meat.
Leading position among dangerous products that cause itching and worsening health, is canned and semi-finished products, fast foods, smoked products, sweet drinks, sauces.
People suffering from hay fever (pollinosis), can cause cross-allergic reactions some products and here is just If you are allergic to wool, cats can eat almost everything except beef and pork.
Dietary restrictions when responding to cockroaches, Daphnia, and dust mites touch the seafood, which have a chitinous shell (chitin refers to linear polysaccharides) is shrimp, oysters, crabs, lobsters and crayfish, and also you can not eat snails.
If the Allergy causing pollen, ragweed, contraindicated sunflower seeds and sunflower oil. With this hay fever will also have to give up eating watermelons, melons, citrus, strawberries, dill, parsley, celery and also some spices (pepper, anise, curry, cinnamon, nutmeg, coriander and ginger).
If you are allergic to protein components of cow's milk (lactoglobulin, casein and lactic albumin) do not use the milk and all dairy products, butter, cheese, cream, ice cream and wheat bread, it is often shrimp, cheese, fish of all types (frozen, fresh, smoked, pickled), sausages and ham, sauerkraut, spinach, tomatoes, eggplant, pineapple, avocado, strawberries, bananas, beer and red wine.
Particular attention to sensitive people need to be given fish. In addition to histidineit also contains protein ihsulin that during cooking goes into the broth. Italin is quite a strong allergen that should be remembered by fans of the soup. Freshwater fish exhibits less pronounced allergenic properties than the sea.
It is also important to remember that during the storage of mackerel, pelamida, herring, sardines, salmon, chum, tuna, salmon histidine goes into a histamine under the influence of enzymes produced by the microflora of shops and warehouses. The concentration of histamine may several times exceed the maximum allowable level. Fish contains the amino acid tryptophan, which the human body turns into serotonin (the"happiness hormone"). Fish contains tryptophan in the same amount as sunflower seeds, poultry, beans and squash.
Another question – what can you eat if you are allergic to products with a high content of tryptophan. Among such products, in addition to the above, include:
- eggs,
- almost all kinds of meat (except rabbit),
- beef liver,
- soy beans,
- mushrooms,
- melon,
- oranges,
- bananas
- dried apricots,
- dates, almonds, peanuts,
- chocolate.
A large number of tryptophan contains red and black caviar and cheese (both solid and melted). From this we can draw the logical conclusion that cheese if you are allergic to eat it is impossible, it is contraindicated. But you can eat cheeses that are made without fermentation process is Suluguni, cheese, Adygei.
Remains to solve one more question – what is allowed in Allergy caused by foods rich in tyrosine. From this amino acid tyramine is formed, in pathological reactions which occur headaches, and itchy dermatitis, I always have on hand Allergy pills.
Such phenomenon does not spoil life, you need to remember that you can have it all, except for cheeses, citrus, smoked meat and sausages, fish (smoked, dried and pickled), bananas, eggplants, tomatoes, potatoes, beans and spinach. The same list can be called beer and brewer's yeast.
Fruits, permitted for allergies
A well-known fact that all citrus fruits contain lots of vitamins, but they, with high probability, can trigger severe allergic reactions. These include:
- lemons,
- oranges,
- grapefruit
- tangerines,
- bergamot,
- Pamela.
However, they are in his vitamin R (compounds quercetin, hesperidin, catechin) that inhibits the release of histamine and serotonin and improves the condition of asthma.
The highest probability of developing allergies are fruits and vegetables red, slightly lower the risk by eating yellow and orange fruits.
Very rarely an acute reaction may develop on the green orwhite vegetables and fruits. So even people with allergies can safely eat pears or apples with green peel, yellow plum, gooseberry, white currant and yellow cherries.
Many are concerned about whether there are Allergy bananas. They include a large number of essential amino acids tyrosine and tryptophan, so Allergy sufferers can eat bananas is not recommended. If a person found allergic to latex, bananas are strictly contraindicated to him, and he's not kiwi, avocado, pineapple and mango.
What drinks Allergy
It is best to quench your thirst to drink purified drinking water and mineral water without gas. Without fear you can also drink tea, do not contain added fragrance and dyes, compote from dried apples or pears, broth hips.
Prohibited if you are allergic fruit carbonated water, kvass, beer and cocoa. And potentially dangerous any alcohol, especially highly allergenic are considered red wines from grapes liqueurs, bitters and vermouth.
Another important question – is it possible for Allergy sufferers to drink coffee. Better not do that because coffee contains caffeine and polyphenols is chlorogenic acid, which is often enough, by themselves, cause allergies, as well as their background may be a false reaction in the use of some other products.