Why do people get allergic to certain goods? (allergy, cancer, symptoms)
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How is it that different people get allergic to certain foods? What ingredients are in nuts, peanuts, seafood, soy, etc. that harm people’s systems? Do they each share a common ingredient that some people cannot tolerate? Is there any underlying cause to why these certain foods create allergies?
Back in the 1960s and 1970s, maybe one or two kids in the school had peanut allergies. Now there are whole CLASSROOMS dedicated to peanut allergy kids. You'll get in more trouble bringing a peanut on campus than you will bringing a gram of coke.
There are different theories about why people develop allergies. Allergies that begin during childhood seem to be studied more than new allergies that develop during adulthood.
There's nothing about the food that is actually harmful to the body. The body's response to the food is what causes the harm. We all have lots of mast cells throughout the body, and there are IgE receptors on those mast cells. If the receptor comes into contact with a substance the body has decided is harmful, the mast cell dumps a lot of mediators that cause the allergy symptoms. But no one really knows why those IgE receptors decide that certain foods are harmful.
There are theories about why allergies have increased I recent years. Some people think it's caused by adjuvants in vaccines. Others think it's caused by leaky gut or stress,at least in adults. If we knew what caused it, we could start working on how to prevent it.
There are theories about why allergies have increased in recent years. Some people think it's caused by adjuvants in vaccines. Others think it's caused by leaky gut or stress,at least in adults. If we knew what caused it, we could start working on how to prevent it.
It is most likely a combination of factors. It can't be "just" vaccines, for instance, or all unvaxed kids would be free of food allergies. They are not. It can't be "just" over-cleanliness, or all kids who live in less-than-pristine environments would not have food allergies, and yet some do.
There do seem to be some factors that can increase or decrease risk. For instance, children who are raised in a home with pets, or better yet, on a farm, are less likely to develop allergies, as are children who are exposed to certain allergenic foods (like peanuts) at a very early age. But there is still no guarantee that food allergies will not develop. In that sense, allergies are like cancer. You can reduce, but not eliminate, the risk.
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