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Article: Eating with the enemy: in recent years the prevalence and awareness of food allergies has been on the rise.(Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection Act )
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- Nutraceuticals World
- Article date:
- April 1, 2005
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Imagine if simply snacking on some milk and cookies, or eating a peanut butter and jelly sandwich or picking on a shrimp cocktail appetizer left you sweating and short of breath, or sprinting for the nearest bathroom. Unfortunately, that's reality for people with food allergies.
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About 11 million Americans suffer from one or more food allergies and about 200 die every year from food allergy-related reaction. This means that one in 25 people in the U.S. are unable to consume a range of basic, familiar ingredients without triggering serious, sometimes lethal immune responses.
The seriousness of food allergies has even ...