Food hypersensitivity : diagnosing and managing food allergies and intolerance / edited by Isabel Skypala, Carina Venter
Imprint
Ames, Iowa : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009
Descript
xii, 371 p. : ill. ; 25 cm
CONTENT
Classification and prevalence of food hypersensitivity -- Role of food hypersensitivity in different disorders -- Diagnosis of food hypersensitivity -- Triggers of food hypersensitivity -- Milk and eggs -- Seafood -- Fruits and vegetables -- Peanuts, legumes, seeds and tree nuts -- Food hypersensitivity involving cereals -- Other causes of food hypersensitivity -- Nutritional consequences of avoidance, and practical approaches to nutritional management -- Lifestyle issues -- Allergy prevention and the effect of nutrition on the immune system -- Management of allergic disease