Allergens & Prepared foods

Food allergies can be serious even life-threatening. Most prepared foods list major allergens like eggs, milk, soy, and wheat, but there can be a warning in fine print about cross-contamination by other allergens.

A new trend to eliminate the need for a cross-contamination warning is adding the allergens to the food. This is convenient for the food maker, but reduces the variety available to consumers with food allergies.

In this video:

• Major food allergens. 00:41
• Allergens and prepared foods. 2:11
• Cross-contamination. 2:53
• Adding food allergens to reduce production costs and liability. 4:15
• Restaurant foods and allergens. 5:26

The Elimination Diet

While foods are essential for energy, vitamin, and minerals, some foods can cause serious, even life threatening symptoms. Some diets eliminate whole food groups. That may eliminate the symptoms and cause nutrient deficiencies. The ideal solution is eliminate the worst offenders while obtain essential nutrients from food not dietary supplements.

This video shares how to find, limit, or eliminate foods that can cause gas, bloating, abdominal discomfort and pain, and other symptoms.

In this video:

• What is an elimination diet? 00:43
• Is it a low carb diet? 1:55
• Some causes of gastrointestinal pain. 2:36
• The simple elimination diet. 4:37
• The extreme elimination diet. 5:55

Direct To Consumer Food Sensitivity Test Facts & Myths

Food sensitivity is a marketing term not a medical condition. Some foods do cause allergic reactions and intolerances. There are tests for food allergies. This video shares some of the facts and myths about home food sensitivity tests, their accuracy, and potential risks.

In this video:

• What is food sensitivity testing? 00:52
• Sensitivity versus allergy and intolerance. 2:59
• Direct to consumer food sensitivity tests. 4:47
• Immunoglobulin G (IgG) & Immunoglobulin E (IgE). 5:39
• Direct to consumer food sensitivity test risks. 6:47
• Food sensitivity facts and myths.

Food Allergies, Intolerance, & Sensitivities Video

Some high fat and protein fad diets justify avoiding or eliminating plant foods due to allergies, intolerances, and sensitives experienced by about 1% of the population.

This video looks at causes and symptoms of food allergies, intolerances, and sensitivity, and how some fad diets use them to justify omitting nutrient packed high carb low calorie foods for high calorie foods.

For most people needing to lose weight, the easiest way to cut calories and eat more foods is by replacing high calorie foods with low calorie foods.

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