Foods causing allergies in children: beverages, condiments and nutsBeverage Allergy Allergy to tea is uncommon; it is usually considered a safe drink. Allergy to coffee and to its substitutes (chicory, peas, cereals, and chestnuts) is possible. Pure coffee may be found in cakes, candy, ice cream, malted milk, as a flavoring in a variety of medicines, and in many patented drinks such as Cocomalt. Allergy to chocolate usually manifests itself as migraine headaches and abdominal pains. Cocoa butter, which derives from chocolate, is used in the making of medical suppositories. Allergy to Condiments and Nuts Mustard is to be found in mustard proper, in mayonnaise, in soups, in salad dressings, and in sausages. The following vegetables belong to the mustard family of plants and should be avoided if sensitivity to mustard exists: broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, turnip, watercress, horseradish, and ordinary radish. Pepper and ginger rarely cause allergy. Nuts are fruits consisting of a kernel enclosed in a hard shell. The common ones are coconut, pecan, chestnut, hazelnut, Brazil nut, walnut, cashew, and almond. They may cause hives and migraine headaches, and they are to be avoided by the atopic child as a matter of principle. The peanut looks like a nut, but it is really a vegetable whose family is composed of beans, peas, lentils, and licorice. It is to be found in candy, cake, macaroons; in certain hams taken from hogs fed peanuts; in the milk of cows fed peanut meal; in peanut butter; in adulterated olive oil, cooking oil, salad oil, salad dressing; in shortening, lard compound, oleomargarine; in canned fish, canned sardines, packed olives; in some long-acting adrenalin injections. *11/99/5* ALLERGIES «Cheap Viagra Online» |