Food Allergy vs. Food Intolerance


	Food Allergy vs. Food Intolerance

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10-2-2007 10:53 PM

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Food Allergy vs. Food Intolerance
<BR /><IMG width="1" height="4" border="0" src="http://www.pamf.org/images/clr_spacer.gif" /><BR /></TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.pamf.org/teen/health/diseases/foodallergy.html"><DIV>A common type of allergic reaction is a food allergy.  The most common foods that elicit allergic reactions are peanuts, tree nuts (such as walnuts, pecans and almonds), shellfish, dairy and wheat, but allergic reactions can be caused by any food.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.pamf.org/teen/health/diseases/foodallergy.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.pamf.org/img/3B94D843-A22C-4BF8-B66E-9D33EF38BCB1" alt="Teens talking" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.pamf.org/teen/health/diseases/foodallergy.html"><DIV><B>Author</B>: Leigha Winters, college student writer</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.pamf.org/teen/health/diseases/foodallergy.html"><DIV>A food allergy is actually an immune-system response.  When someone eats certain foods (such as those listed above), the body mistakenly treats an ingredient in the food (usually a protein) as if it were a harmful pathogen.  The body responds by creating a defense system (antibodies) to fight it.  The allergic symptoms occur as a byproduct of the action of the antibodies that battle the invading food. </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.pamf.org/teen/health/diseases/foodallergy.html"><DIV>Food intolerance is a broad term that describes any adverse reaction to food. While only a small percentage of all food intolerance can be proven to be a food allergy, a food-allergic reaction can be dangerous, even fatal (please see below).  </DIV></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/F5947356-4B7F-4274-B6C7-948BF91C98AC/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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