| Special foods for wheat allergies have become more | | | | these proteins if they are introduced to the system |
| popular over the years. Several new diets, and new | | | | again. The reasons the body reacts to some foods |
| products, have been popping-up every catering to | | | | this way is not something that is completely |
| people with these allergies. If you have a true allergy | | | | understood. |
| to wheat removing it from your diet is imperative. If | | | | Symptoms of an allergic reaction to wheat include |
| you aren't allergic to wheat, you should not attempt | | | | hives, eczema, swelling, nausea, vomiting, runny nose |
| to remove this basic staple from your diet | | | | and asthmatic reactions. If you are having the same |
| completely. | | | | reactions each time you eat an item containing wheat |
| These are not very common although frequently | | | | it can be assumed you have an allergy to wheat, |
| other conditions including wheat intolerance, celiac | | | | although you should have your doctor do tests to |
| disease and gluten intolerance are mistaken this type | | | | determine if you are in fact allergic to it. Severe |
| of allergy. Gluten is a protein from wheat, rye, barley | | | | allergic reactions can cause anaphylaxis. Since they |
| and oats. Gluten is a rubbery substance that helps to | | | | can trigger such severe reactions it is important not |
| give a spongy consistency to baked goods. A true | | | | to eat or drink anything with wheat in it if you are |
| wheat allergy is not the same as intolerance. Wheat | | | | allergic and to be cautious while handling these |
| intolerance, gluten intolerance and celiac disease are | | | | products. Reading food labels can help with this. |
| not wheat allergies even though people who have | | | | There are products that are made specifically for |
| these cannot eat these products either. | | | | those who cannot eat wheat so your diet doesn't |
| The immune system is a great defense system for | | | | have to be changed too much from a 'regular' diet. |
| the body, if there is a protein that the body | | | | Pasta, cereals and flours are made so they are similar |
| considers a foreign substance the immune system will | | | | to wheat products but do not cause the symptoms |
| react causing an allergic reaction. Allergic reactions can | | | | that they do. |
| be triggered by eating wheat products as well as | | | | If you have a wheat allergy as a child it is possible to |
| inhaling wheat dust; approximately 30% of people | | | | outgrow it. Allergies that show up later in life usually |
| who work in bakeries suffer from inhaled wheat. The | | | | do not go away with time. There is not an effective |
| antibodies the body creates help the body to fight | | | | medication to treat your allergies. |