Why are there more food allergies today then there was 50 years ago?
492410
I believe it is a culminatoin of factors, genetic manipulation of foods, added pesticides, the fact our immune system is no challenge like some people have said, and alot of pollution in general i think is the main culprit.  Think of all the em fields we transmit, like celphones, radio, tv signals, ham radio, all this damamges our dna so our body is tired from constently repairing our DNA, I think that is a much overlooked sysmptomn of many illness including food allergies.\n\nIf you knew how peanuts were gathered and processed you would throw up, just take some time ot learn about these things, how they allow for so many rat hairs in peanut butter cause they can't control the population at processing centers.  \n\nAlso pollution wears us down too, from acid rain and crap in the water supplies and all this pesticide, it has to stop.\n\nAnyways there can be some many reasons I don't think there is just one, but stuff needs to be done.
667947
3 is more than is was 40 years ago
418602
Too many chemicals in food chain and atmosphere. PEsticides, stress, later childbirth, teflon on cooking utensils, chenoble, fluoride, pension doubts, tv, microwaves, bad vides, mobile phones, life!
563248
n medicine, food allergy is hypersensitivity to dietary substances, leading to various types of gastrointestinal complaints. It occurs mainly, but not exclusively, in children. It is a common type of allergy, and is usually treated with an exclusion diet.\n\nSigns and symptoms\n\nPatients present with skin symptoms, throat tightness, shortness of breath, lightheadedness and/or stomach symptoms. The symptoms usually develop within half an hour of ingesting the allergen.\n\nRarely, food allergy can lead to anaphylactic shock: hypotension (low blood pressure) and loss of consciousness. This is a medical emergency. Allergens commonly associated with this type of reaction are peanuts, nuts, milk, egg and seafoods. Latex products can induce similar reactions.\n\nFood allergy is thought to develop more easily in patients with the atopic syndrome, a very common combination of diseases: allergic rhinitis and conjunctivitis, eczema and asthma. The syndrome has a strong inherited component; a family history of these diseases can be indicative of the atopic syndrome.
1041722
First of all, we have to look at the real question here.  Is our food toxic?\n\nThe short answer is...no.  Hear me out now...\n\nA lot of food passed inspection several years ago when medicine was not as advanced, when testing was not as detailed, when there were no baselines for comparison.  As we have advanced, we have discovered that certain foods that we have taken seem to have bad effects on our bodies.  Small doses our bodies can recover from, but large doses take more effort to overcome, and sometimes there just isn't enough strength in the body to handle the shock.  Additionally, there seems to be a cumulative effect in some foods substances (think cholesterol).\n\nNow for the bad news.  People can not seem to agree what foods are bad, how much is bad for you, what parts of the food causes the problem, things like that.  New evidence is contrary to old evidence, and is in turn counteracted by even newer evidence.  Special interest groups on both sides get involved, and next thing we know...we are being told that everything is toxic.  This flys in the face of the fact that the human lifespan seems to keep increasing through strides in medicine, genetics, and yes, even diets.  Add in that medical companies, the public, and yes, even our own government is putting a tremendous amount of pressure on the FDA to release medicines and new products quicker and with less testing, and we have a problem.\n\nSo eat a healthy diet, eat in moderation, and exercise, and your body and mind will last a lot longer and be happier for it.\n\nAs for your question, the FDA requested 1.9 billion for their budget for 2006.
449110
I don't know all the answers but the best place to ask such a question would the magazine "Scientific American".  Every month, they run a column titled something like "Science 50, 100 and 150 years ago".  A great magazine!!!
800863
only in germany 50 years ago
73631
Allergies can get worse over time but there are instances, where under a physicians care, you can be exposed to small amounts of your identified allergen and eventually build up a tolerance to it. This treatment is very successful for some and not so good with others. There is no hard and fast rule when it comes to medicine. That is why they say a physician practices the ART of medicine. Under circumstances beyond our controll it is not always an exact science.
1065319
Allergies can appear at any age, but a lot of times it's hard to pinpoint just what you're allergic to.  Might be peanuts or something else.  Talk to a doctor to be sure.  Allergies that make breathing hard can be very dangerous.
630630
Have a look here, it is very easy to understand.  \n\nhttp://www.allergyanswers.info/index3_2.html
95315
How is the non-veg cooked? In dairy or nut oil or...?\nThe only way to not make food allergies worse is strict avoidance!\nGet to an allergist pronto! You don't want any potential food allergies to progress to the anaphylactic level. \nIf you start now, 80% of non-nut allergies resolve themselves by age 10. \nGOOD LUCK.
1074162
Yes.\n\nPeople can spontaneously get and lose allergies.\n\nI all of a sudden became allergic to peanuts when I was about 13 or so. And then I lost the allergy a couple years later.
817482
Yes it is. Most foods are processed or have preservatives to make it last longer. But our lifestyle dictated that change. There is still healthy food out there, but no one has time to buy and cook fresh food everyday. There are just too many things going on. The best thing I did and what alot of people can do is stop eating fast food. That is the worst for you.
777020
Minor allergic reactions to food
255440
Food consumption has gone global. ppl eat more bcoz they hav so many things to choose from and also these things are very cheap. Packaged products etc has caused cases like obesity to rise. When ts bringing more employment, its also bringin a health crisis.
116318
anyone who thinks that the world is overproducing food is just plain not paying attention. The current practices of food production in the world give us (or any living thing) about 40-80 more years of soil left for which to grow food in. If the practices of today's farmers are authenticated, then we can start "turning the clock back." To answer your question, the point was about 1940 when we overtook the earth's ability to provide for us. (think baby boomers). If we do things right, we can provide a healthy life for a pop'n of over 8 billion. Right now,only about 750 million people get adequately clean food and water.
1151147
Yes when I was a child they took a tiny wooden stick and scratched about 100 spots on my back then put all kinds of liquids on the spots to see which ones would react. I think all mine did cause I took allergy shots all my child hood til I was 24.