Food allergies occur when your body for reacts to food or a substance in food as if it were a threat. This, in turn, triggers an exaggerated immune response. Let’s take a more detailed look at food allergies and what you can do about them.
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Donna Giustizia is the mother of a St. Stephen Catholic Elementary School student with a potentially life-threatening anaphylactic allergy. She’s making headlines this week after proposing that the school – located in Vaughan, Ontario – cut down the acorn trees that line the schoolyard because they pose a huge risk to her child. Giustizia is […]
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Milk allergies are more than just lactose intolerance. The two terms cannot be used interchangeably because they are two different things. Both milk allergies and lactose intolerance can present the same symptoms, but milk allergies involve the immune system whereas lactose intolerance involved the digestive system, according to kidshealth.org. Milk allergies can include symptoms such […]
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