NUTRITION IN FOOD ALLERGY AND INFLUENCE

Our current diet is much more complex, industrialized and additive, thus increasing the frequency of people with adverse reactions to food.

Food allergy is an immune response of the body to food proteins, which can be caused mainly by the consumption of cow's milk, eggs, fish, crustaceans, soy, wheat and peanuts. The body reacts to these proteins as if they were foreign substances that need to be fought, triggering allergic manifestations such as diarrhea, hives or respiratory symptoms. Clinical reactions resulting from food intolerance are sometimes confused with food allergy. Food allergy is a term used to describe adverse reactions to foods, which depend on immunological mechanisms, and do not always occur immediately. People with a gluten allergy may eat wheat and experience symptoms a few days later, making diagnosis difficult.

Lactose intolerance, for example, is the lack or deficiency in the production of an enzyme called lactase, which serves to digest lactose – the sugar in milk. When not absorbed, it is fermented by gut bacteria, causing bloating, gas, cramping, diarrhea and cramping.

Many people discover that they are allergic to foods when they realize that they are dieting and not losing weight. On the daily menu, they have several meals including milk, cheese, yogurt or other allergenic foods. These foods can increase the permeability of the intestine in susceptible people, favoring the passage from the intestinal lumen to the bloodstream of macromolecules that can be understood by the immune system as superantigens and, subsequently, can be the etiology of allergies and autoimmune diseases. The penetration of these poorly digested foods can further hamper the liver's detoxification mechanism, leading to fatigue and making it difficult to lose weight.

In adults, a food allergy can develop after prolonged antibiotic treatment or stress, which can impair the immune system.

As for food, in case of lactose intolerance, the patient can support the consumption of milk derivatives, such as yogurt, because they have a low amount of lactose. But don't just exclude suspicious foods! If proper replacement is not done properly, it can lead to nutritional deficiencies, further altering immunity, leaving the body subject to the onset of chronic diseases. In the case of protein allergy, milk and dairy products are removed and replaced with soy, quinoa or rice milk, according to the patient's tolerance. For a balanced diet plan, a functional nutritionist should be consulted.

Products that contain milk and dairy products or that may have been added:

Yogurt
Butter
industrialized mayonnaise
Margarine

stuffed cookies
coffee cream

cheeses
Cream / sour cream / whipped cream
Cream cheese
Curd
Pudding / Manjar
Ice cream
Creamy instant soups
Creamy salad dressings
Mashed potatoes / cassava / creamy potato
Breaded
chocolate

Cookies

Pancakes, pastas and pizzas

Breads and pasta in general

Fried food

Formulas to reduce weight

Aspirin

Ritalin

Birth control pills