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the number of people who are allergic to fruit and vegetables is soaring and could already surpass the number of people suffering from peanut allergies, according to experts. the charity allergy uk told foodnavigator.com that they are seeing more cases of oral allergy syndrome (oas), which is an allergic reaction to food limited to the lips, mouth and throat. fresh fruit, vegetables and nuts are common causes and foods that are more likely to trigger it include celery, carrots, tomatoes, apples, peaches, pears and hazelnuts.

use of a common symbol to indicate the presence of individual allergens in food and personal care products could help allergy sufferers identify products to avoid – especially in multi-lingual communities, say specialists from imperial college. incidence of allergy has been increasing. in the uk some 1.8 per cent of children now have peanut allergy; in the us, 8 per cent of children and 4 per cent of adults have a food allergy.

adding polyphenols compounds to liquid peanut butter may reduce the level of proteins in the product responsible for peanut allergy, suggests a new study. adding caffeic, chlorogenic and ferulic acids to liquid peanut butter could reduce the levels of major peanut allergens, ara h 1 and ara h 2, according to findings published in the journal food chemistry . si-yin chung and elaine champagne from the united states department of agriculture, agricultural research service wrote that, while the binding of he major soluble peanut allergens was achieved in this study, such peanut-based products are far from hitting supermarket shelves.

gradual exposure to peanut may put an end to peanut allergy, if results of a small study from cambridge are followed by similar positive results. scientists from addenbrooke’s hospital in cambridge exposed four peanut-allergic children to gradually increasing quantities of peanut protein, and found that all the children can now tolerate about 800 mg grams of protein, which is the equivalent to five peanuts, per day.

fears over the dangers of peanut allergy, a potentially deadly allergy for certain people, are becoming sensationalist and hysterical, according to a harvard professor. a level-headed approach is needed before the situation spirals out of control, wrote professor nicolas christakis from harvard medical school in the british medical journal . the food industry is already bound by certain regulations, depending on the country, to highlight possible allergens in a food product, such as the eu’s labelling directive 2000/13/ec.

avoiding peanuts in infancy and early childhood may increase the risk of developing peanut allergy, says a joint british-israeli study. children in the uk, where recommendations are to avoid peanuts during pregnancy, breastfeeding, and infancy, were 10 times more likely to suffer from peanut allergy than their israeli counterparts, according to a new study published in the journal of allergy and clinical immunology .

outgrowing allergies to milk and egg may no longer be the case, as new research from the us suggests the allergies are more persistent than first thought. over the course of 13 years, researchers from the johns hopkins children's center followed 800 patients with milk allergy and nearly 900 with egg allergy, and found that the allergies persisted well into the school years and beyond.

the uk's food standards agency should ensure appropriate consideration is given to allergens by the european commission, as part of if its review of food labelling, say peers. however the house of lords' committee on science and technology has expressed concern that allergen labelling, as part of the on-going eu review of food labelling requirements, is not be specific enough.

patients with kidney disease may be at danger from a ‘hidden threat’ of phosphorous additives found in processed and fast foods, says a new study from the us. writing in the new issue of the journal of the american medical association (jama), ohio-based scientists report that additional phosphorous, such as sodium phosphate or pyrophosphate, may be too much for a compromised kidney to expel.