"While we found that one in 10 adults have food allergy, nearly twice as many adults think that they are allergic to foods, while their symptoms may suggest food intolerance or other food related conditions," says lead author Ruchi Gupta, MD, MPH, from Lurie Children's, who also is a Professor of Pediatrics at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. "It is important to see a physician for appropriate testing and diagnosis before completely eliminating foods from the diet. If food allergy is confirmed, understanding the management is also critical, including recognizing symptoms of anaphylaxis and how and when to use epinephrine."
[...] "We were surprised to find that adult-onset food allergies were so common," says Dr. Gupta. "More research is needed to understand why this is occurring and how we might prevent it."
The study data indicate that the most prevalent food allergens among U.S. adults are shellfish (affecting 7.2 million adults), milk (4.7 million), peanut (4.5 million), tree nut (3 million), fin fish (2.2 million), egg (2 million), wheat (2 million), soy (1.5 million), and sesame (.5 million).
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Runaway1956 on Sunday January 06 2019, @01:08PM (1 child)
Seriously? The "average" restaurant couldn't possibly clean room their kitchen at a moment's notice. Some may find it impossible to do on a week's notice, given that they probably lack the training. I think that for something like that, you need to have prior knowledge of the restaurant, or call ahead to make arrangements.
I mean, really seriously - if my life DEPENDS ON never passing a single drop of butter (or similar substance) between my lips, damn if I'm going to walk in off the street, and just casually mention to a wait staff that I'm allergic to dairy, or nuts, or fish, or rape seed oil, or peanust (which are not technically nuts after all), or whatever.
As for your friend visiting the allergy guy who orders a cheese platter - I'm right with him. If I'm standing in the way of him reaching for the chef's knife, I'll pick it up and hand it to him. I'm helpful, like that. ;^)
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 07 2019, @12:34AM
If I'm standing in the way of him reaching for the chef's knife, I'll pick it up and hand it to him. I'm helpful, like that. ;^)
Uh oh, don't let that crazy girl, what's her name?, haiku susuki? Don't let her see this post! Actually do tell her about it. Her reaction will be priceless!