8 Most Allergenic Ingredients

A fairly large number of the world's population has some kind of allergy and very often food products act as allergens.

A fairly large number of the world's population has some kind of allergy and very often food products act as allergens.

An allergy can appear on anything. And all due to the fact that the immune system does not accept certain types of proteins and begins to show a protective reaction.

Food allergies are not yet fully understood, but every year there are more and more people with congenital allergies that they have yet to learn about.

At risk are those citizens who have already had allergies or asthma in their family. As such, there is no cure for food allergies. But you will have to carefully monitor your diet and exclude not only allergenic foods, but also their additives in any dishes.

Consider the main foods that most often cause food allergies.

1. Milk

 

In this category, we are talking mainly about cow's milk. This is the most dangerous allergen, the reaction appears on one or more milk proteins. Basically, it is the protein casein. Lactose intolerance does not apply here. Such milk is especially dangerous for young children who are not yet a year old. Despite being allergic to cow's milk, many people can still drink goat's or sheep's milk.

2 eggs

 

Egg allergy most often appears in childhood and simply disappears over time. Children usually outgrow such allergies. What is most interesting is that the protein is often the allergen, not the yolk. Such an allergy is very difficult to tolerate, because eggs are in many products. On the packages you can find them as: egg white, egg, albumin, dry egg. Allergy to eggs is not very pronounced, but in some cases it can reach anaphylactic shock.

3. Nuts

 

All types of nuts are highly allergenic. But peanuts take the lead here. Peanut dust for an allergic person can end in anaphylactic shock. This is one of the most allergenic foods. If an allergy to peanuts appears, then most likely it will appear on other types of nuts.

4. Fish

 

Allergy to fish affects mainly adults. Causes her parvalbumin, located in the fish. And most often this applies to marine fish. In this case, it is practically safe to consume river fish.

5. Wheat

 

Wheat contains omega-5 gliadin and gluten. They are the source of the allergy. Gluten, by the way, is found in many cereals, such as oats, barley, and rye. Allergy to wheat is manifested by hives, swelling, rash or vomiting. With such an allergy, all bakery products will have to be excluded from the diet.

6. Citrus

 

For our country, citrus fruits are exotic fruits and very often you can meet allergies to them. Everything happens due to the fact that our body does not have the necessary amount of enzymes for their digestion.

7. Chocolate

 

Chocolate contains a very large number of components in its composition, therefore it often causes allergies. And most often, such a reaction gives milk, which is in the composition.

8. Seafood

 

Like fish, seafood is a strong allergen. These include shellfish, crabs, crayfish, scallops, mussels, oysters ... They contain a large amount of the protein tropomyosin, which causes allergies. Human immunity perceives it as a foreign body. This type of allergy can appear at any age.

If you are prone to allergies, then ingesting even a small piece of food with an allergen can cause a negative reaction.

Allergies can be suspected by swelling, rash, difficulty breathing, low blood pressure, or vomiting.

To identify the exact type of allergy, they take a blood test, skin tests. The main thing is to see a doctor in time.

Try new foods with caution and don't get sick!