Allergies
Food
Sensitivity
Many people suffer from
individual food allergies, or allergies to entire groups of foods.
Such sensitivity, which is usually diagnosed by a doctor,
often
has those items which may be the most healthful in the
diet.
Milk, wheat, eggs, strawberries, pork, apples, nuts, and
chocolate are
among the most common offenders. Although certain foods may
not
be handled by your body properly, you will still need those
nutrients
associated with these foods. If only a few foods cause
adverse reactions this presents no great problem. But when many foods or
an entire group of foods must be eliminated from your diet, the practice
of maintaining adequate nutrition requires closer
attention.
In order to be sure your body is receiving all the elements
it needs to function properly, you need to determine what nutrients are
provided in the foods you cannot eat, and find an alternative in another
food that has those nutrients.
For example: If you have a milk
allergy, you can select alternative sources of calcium, riboflavin and
Vitamin A outside of the dairy family.
You can probably expand
your food awareness as well and discover many foods you might
otherwise have missed out on.
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