A post on Food Allergy Buzz got me thinking about common misunderstandings about food allergies. It's up to the food allergy community to set the record straight. I wrote an article for Suite 101, Food Allergy Myths.
Did I get it right? Did I miss any?
We can work together to get the right messages out there.
3 comments:
Recently found your website and greatly enjoy it. I would argue with the first myth in this article. My daughter is allergic to raw milk, but her body tolerates it in baked goods, such as pancakes. Our doctor said that this is common for someone with a milk. She has severe hives if given even a tsp of milk, but eats pancakes twice a week. But he said not to try this with peanuts because it would have to be baked at such a high heat to change the protein that it needs to be done in a lab. I have the oral allergy syndrome, which is allergies to raw fruits and vegetables. However, I can eat them cooked or processed with no reaction. So, yes for some allergies heating the food can alter the chance for a reaction. Hope that helps a little.
I visited the link you provided about food allergy myths and i think the myths are reasonable. Thanks for the info.
Pediatric ENT
Thanks for clearing my mind about these misunderstandings on food allergy. It was really a nice post.
ENT doctor
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