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Innovative barcode scan to provide more food allergen information
Tuesday, 11 May 2010
An iPhone application designed to scan barcodes on food labels is currently being developed through a collaboration between Melbourne's Deakin University, Nestle and GS1 Australia. The application is intended for use by people with food allergies to help them quickly and easily determine whether a product is safe to eat.
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New test reduces peanut allergy diagnosis rates
Tuesday, 11 May 2010
Swedish immuno-diagnostics manufacturer Phadia has developed a new test that helps to differentiate between reactions to specific protein components of allergens. These new tests were used in a study by the Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, which has shown that two out of three patients considered to be allergic to peanut are in fact allergic to birch pollen instead and had no or mild reactions to eating peanuts.
Draft food allergy guidelines released
Tuesday, 11 May 2010
The US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health has issued draft Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Food Allergy to provide standardised information to health care professionals about how to diagnose and manage food allergy, and treat acute food allergy reactions.
Antacids and dietary supplements may increase food allergy risk
Tuesday, 11 May 2010
Previous studies have shown an elevation of the gastric pH increases the risk for sensitization to food allergens by hindering protein breakdown. A study conducted by researchers in Austria has recently shown this increased risk of sensitization to allergenic food proteins may be induced by over-the-counter antacids and dietary supplements that influence the gastric pH levels.
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Review of antioxidants' role in allergic disease
Tuesday, 11 May 2010
Many researchers around the world have investigated the role of declining dietary antioxidant intake in the relatively recent increase in allergic disease. A paper published in the March 2010 issue of Clinical & Experimental Allergy looks at several studies in this area and reviews the information gained so far.
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