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Preservatives, E200-297. These prevent bacteria and fungi from decaying the food. Over 40 are approved for use in Britain, and the amount that can be used is limited by law. Those most dangerous to health are the nitrates and nitrites (E249-252) which have been used for hundreds of years to make bacon and ham – [...]
Wait until you have been free of symptoms for two or three days, but don’t wait any longer than this. Begin by testing foods that are probably not the cause of any trouble – things you do not eat every day. Choose items that you like – if the foods pass the test, then you [...]
The aim of the preventive measures described here is to reduce the child’s exposure to potent allergens, and other factors that can trigger off allergy, during the early phases of life. The measures are relevant to any Type-1 (IgE-mediated) reaction to food, whether that food causes an immediate, violent reaction centred on the mouth and [...]
Interestingly enough, the researchers did notice a link between the foods the mother ate and her baby’s symptoms. They observed that the colic was worst in those babies whose mothers ate all the commonly implicated foods such as milk, eggs, chocolate, nuts and fish. The fewer foods the mother ate from this list, the less [...]
Skin-prick tests do not work in the case of food intolerance, as we have already seen, and sadly there are no other simple tests to take their place. The only reliable way to discover if a food is causing illness is to eliminate it from the diet, then reintroduce it and observe what happens. This [...]