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Food Allergy
Description
A hypersensitive reaction to specific foods, this type of
Allergy affects only certain individuals in circumstances
that might be innocuous to other people. The most common
allergenic foods include chocolate, dairy products, eggs,
strawberries, MSG and wheat.
It is believed that an
individual who is hereditarily predisposed toward a food
Allergy produces, when sensitised, special weak types of
antibodies (reagins) that give little immune protection
but cause local tissue damage during the antibody-antigen
reaction.
Herbs
Aloe Vera (2)
Nutritional Supplements
Evening Primrose Oil
Fish Oil
Garlic
Vitamin C (1)
Zinc
References
1. Kodama M, et al: Autoimmune disease and Allergy are controlled
by Vitamin C treatment, In vivo, 8(2), Mar-Apr 1994, p 251-257.
2. Davis RH, et al: Anti-inflammatory activity of Aloe Vera
against a spectrum of irritants, Journal of American Podiatry
Medical Association, 79(6), June 1989, p 263-276.
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