8 facts about food allergies
12th June 2015
By Rada Rouse
1. Fear of food allergies is leading parents to cut major food groups from children’s diets, to the point of malnutrition.
2. A person with food intolerance does not necessarily have a food allergy.
3. People who react to one allergen may react to another without being sensitised first.
4. A person who reacts to birch pollen might also react to kiwifruit, apples, pears, peaches, plums, coriander, fennel, parsley, celery, cherries, carrots, hazelnuts
