Not only is it considered a good dairy alternative
for allergic individuals, but there is some research indicating that it may actually help reverse allergies.
As part of a large NIH - funded effort to develop immunotherapies for this allergy (the Inner City Asthma Consortium, or ICAC), the Sette lab has thus identified dominant epitopes to characterize T cell responses
in allergic individuals before and after immunotherapy.
In OAS, proteins in fruits, vegetables or nuts are identified by the immune system of a pollen or
latex allergic individual, triggering an allergic response when these foods are eaten.
Study published in medical journal (Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology) provides data that shea butter does not contain allergy proteins that tree
nut allergic individuals are prone to being irritated.
A number of other small studies support this idea, known as «immunotherapy,» for overcoming various types of food allergies, but it's still unclear how long the effects last — it may be that people have to keep consuming the allergen regularly to avoid becoming allergic again — and
exposing allergic individuals to their offending allergens can, of course, be risky.
Variety is important for all of us, but especially for
allergic individuals who can easily find themselves developing allergies to foods they overconsume.
Pet allergens can adhere to other surfaces (like clothing, bed frames, and bedding) and remain inflammatory to
allergic individuals even when the pet has left the room.
Even the touch or breath from someone who just had contact with the allergen can trigger reactions in
the allergic individual.
Future studies with more patients will help determine whether this type of detailed T - cell analysis is useful for predicting which peanut -
allergic individuals are most likely to benefit from this investigational therapy.
Stimulation of grass pollen production by elevated CO2 will increase airborne concentrations and increase exposure and suffering in grass pollen -
allergic individuals.»
Precautionary «may contain» labelling is confusing and its use needs to be better linked to the presence of trace amounts of allergens that are known to cause a reaction in the food
allergic individuals.»
Antibody molecules normally found in
allergic individuals — called IgE — were also produced in IMT.
In
allergic individuals, the immune system misidentifies a harmless substance as a threat.
However, it's true that
allergic individuals have more extreme reactions.