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Article: Explaining Food Allergies to Parents
- Article from:
- Dynamic Chiropractic
- Article date:
- July 2, 2007
- Author:
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Food allergies are quite common. In North America, more than 2 million children and an estimated 12 million adults are allergic to one food item or another. Many of the children we care for in our practices often suffer from mild to severe food sensitivities. Considering that one of the three causes of the vertebral subluxanon may be chemical, the family wellness chiropractor may find it necessary to approach the role of nutrition in their practice.
Explaining the Basics
Parents should be informed that food allergies occur when the immune system overreacts to a food the body has mistaken as harmful. When this happens, the body creates specific antibodies to fight what it has determined to ...
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