What's Up With Soy ?

A food allergy develops when the body’s immune system becomes misdirected and attacks harmless food proteins. An allergic reaction is an immune system response to a substance perceived by the body as a harmful allergen. The immune system attacks the allergen, releasing substances (such as histamine) that cause inflammatory reactions affecting different areas of the body. Symptoms involve the digestive, skin, and/or respiratory systems. When the symptoms are extreme, the body may go into anaphylactic shock, an allergic reaction in which the release of histamine causes swelling, difficulty in breathing, heart failure, circulatory collapse, and sometimes death. Studies estimate that more than 11,000,000 Americans have food allergies of varying degrees of severity – at least 6% of children less than 3 years of age and 3-4% of the adult population in the United States.

Food allergies affect children and adults of all races and ethnicity and can develop at any age.

Most importantly, each year hundreds die from food allergies and over 30,000 receive life-saving treatment in emergency rooms due to food induced anaphylaxis.

While any food can cause allergies, 90% of all food allergic reactions are caused by:

SOY
PEANUT
EGG
SHELLFISH
MILK
WHEAT
TREE NUTS
FISH

Each year hundreds die from food and allergies and over 30,000 receive life-saving treatment in emergency rooms due to food induced anaphylaxis.

It may be of help to know that you are not alone: An estimated 12 million Americans have food allergies.

Grocery Shopping: When a food allergy is involved, grocery shopping takes extra time, because each ingredient statement must be carefully read. Manufacturers change the ingredients of their products frequently, and such changes are not always evident by looking at the front of a package. Read the ingredient label every time you purchase a food, even a “familiar” food.

If you do away with the milk, the eggs, real cheese, coca butter, then what are you left with, anything real; no, and the taste is not what it once was either which makes little sense!

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