Fruits, vegetables and nuts are all antioxidants. Antioxidants especially apples are rich in an antioxidant called apigenin that, animal tests in Japan; suppressed responses leading to asthma and allergies. Apigenein is also found in beans, broccoli, celery, cherries, grapes ,onions and parley.
When your throat itches, upon consuming these foods, in most likelihood, it's a clear sign of an allergic reaction. Furthermore , allergy to these foods indicate the fact that you're allergic to the pollen, molds and the alien protein they contain.
Allergic reactions to fruits and vegetables are usually mild and often they just affect the mouth, causing itching or a rash where the food touches the lips and mouth. This is called oral allergy syndrome. A number of people who react in this way to fruit or vegetables will also react to tree and weed pollens. So, for example, people who are allergic to birch pollen are also likely to be allergic to apples.
Cooking can destroy a number of the allergens in fruits and vegetables, so cooked fruit often won't cause a reaction in people with an allergy to fruit. Pasteurized fruit juice might not cause an allergic reaction either, for the same reason. However, the allergens in some vegetables, such as celery, aren't affected by cooking. Some fruits and vegetables, such as tomatoes, are more likely to cause a reaction as they get riper.
Peanuts, among all the nuts are one of the most common causes of food allergy and can cause severe reactions, including anaphylaxis. Anaphylaxis refers to a severe allergic reaction in which prominent dermal and systemic signs and symptoms manifest.
The full-blown syndrome includes urticaria (hives) and/or angioedema with hypotension and bronchospasm . Rapid onset of increased secretion from mucous membranes, increased bronchial smooth muscle tone, decreased vascular smooth muscle tone, and increased capillary permeability occur after exposure to an inciting substance or agent as is found in peanuts.
These effects are produced by the release of mediators, which include histamine, leukotriene C4, prostaglandin D2, and tryptase. Increased mucous secretion and increased bronchial smooth muscle tone, as well as airway edema, contribute to the respiratory symptoms observed in anaphylaxis. Cardiovascular effects result from decreased vascular tone and capillary leakage. Histamine release in skin causes urticaria ( itching and rashes)
Peanuts contain a number of allergens that are not destroyed by cooking or roasting
Some people with peanut allergy might also react to other legumes such as soya, green beans, kidney beans, green peas and lupins, because these foods contain similar allergens to peanuts. Even though, strictly speaking, peanuts aren't considered nuts, people with peanut allergy are sometimes allergic to nuts from trees such as almonds, walnuts, hazelnuts, Brazil nuts and cashew nuts
The growth of allergic reactions to fruit and vegetables is one of the most striking indications of a changing immune system.
Some doctors hypothesize that because we use antibacterial soap, get antibiotics at the first sign of a runny nose and are vaccinated for every potential thing out there, our immune systems do not spend time producing anti-infectious responses to all the diseases we will never get. Instead, our immune systems may be shunting our responses to produce things (anti-infectious responses) which are more allergic in nature.
I hope my well-researched reply helps to answer your question. Like you, I'm also allergic to a lot of fruits, vegetables and nuts and chocolates.
2007-03-06 17:40:03
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answered by rosieC 7
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In your avatar you look like an adult. Are you just now noticing this? There may be no connection between your itchy throat and the food you eat. It could be seasonal pollen. It will probably take a trip to an allergies doctor to find out exactly what you are allergic to if anything. Good luck.
2007-03-06 15:22:58
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answered by Anonymous
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I can only speak for myself, but I try not to go out of my way to be insulting and I generally don't refer to the average religious person as a nut. There are some religious nuts for sure, there are nuts in every walk of life, but I don't think that being religious makes a person nuts necessarily. The truth is that there are a lot of people who are dangerous because of religion, people who bomb buildings and kill and start holy wars and do other violent acts in the name of religion. These people are truly nuts, and are so because of their religious beliefs. The same would be true of a non-religious person who did the same acts for whatever reasons. Mental illness is real thing and it is disrespectful to them and to the treatment they need to refer to any old anyone as mentally ill based on the fact that the person is religious. The fact that people do this is a testament to a human need to exaggerate. How common is it for Atheists to regard religious people as nuts, it is hard to say, but I think that such statements are mostly exaggerations, for effect. As an atheist, I do not think anyone is mentally ill for being religious. I think that they are more than likely religious because that is how they were raised. At any rate, that usually doesn't give rise to mental illness as I define it. Regards, Lady Morgana
2016-03-28 22:08:37
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answered by Anonymous
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