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August 2009 Newsletter
AUGUST 2009
We hope you enjoy reading our latest newsletter and we welcome any feedback or suggestions for topics.
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LATEST RESEARCH: FROM: The Allergen Bureau More work on peanut allergen desensitisation |
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To determine if incremental doses of peanut protein could change how the body's immune system responds, researchers at Duke University Medical Centre and Arkansas Children's Hospital have conducted a trial on 33 peanut-allergic children. The initial doses started at 1/1000 of a peanut, but eight to 10 months later, the children were able to ingest the equivalent of up to 15 peanuts per day without adverse effects. |
HIGHLIGHTING SOY ALLERGY:
This information is from the Department of Allergy and Immunology, Royal Childrens Hospital, Melbourne
Soybeans contain protein that can cause an allergic reaction in a small number of children. Although soybeans are not a common part of the Australian diet, ingredients made from soybeans are commonly used in many commercial food products.
AVOIDING SOY
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Sources of soy that should definitely be avoided
Common sources of soy, labels should be checked carefully |
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Will my child grow out of their allergy?
Most children will grow out of their soy allergy with time. The doctors will determine whether your child has grown out of their allergy by a combination of skin testing and food challenge with soy. Skin tests may be repeated every 1-2 years. The result of a skin test may not always show whether your child will have symptoms when they have soy products, therefore a challenge may be the only way to determine if your child has outgrown their soy allergy. Food challenges should be done under the supervision of a Registered Dietitian and medical staff.
LABEL READING
Ingredients List
All packaged foods must have an ingredients list. You must check this ingredient list for any ingredients that may contain soy. Since 2002, it has been law that all potential food allergens (peanut, tree nut, seafood, fish, milk, eggs, soybeans and wheat) must be clearly identified, however small the amount.
Example: instead of simply hydrolysed vegetable protein, the ingredients list should read hydrolysed vegetable protein (soy) or hydrolysed soy protein.
ALWAYS check the ingredients list every time you buy the food as the ingredients of the product may change.
Do all soybean based ingredients need to be avoided?
No. Soy emulsifier, soy lecithin and soy oil are made from the fat component of soybeans and the chance of an allergic reaction to these ingredients is unlikely. Include with caution if your child has severe reactions to soy.
“May contain traces of soy” statements
These statements are used by manufacturers to indicate that the product may be contaminated with soy through processing and packaging. At present these statements are voluntary and there are no clear guidelines for companies regarding how and when to use them. The wording of the statements makes it very difficult to determine your level of risk and a product that does not contain the statement may be no safer than a product that does. The chances of having a significant allergic reaction through contamination during processing is extremely unlikely and most families choose to ignore these statements as the only safe alternative is to not include any commercial food products in your child’s diet.
RECIPES:
DELICIOUSLY QUICK COCONUT AND LIME CAKE
You can also replace the limes with 1 lemon or 1 orange if preferred
Ingredients:
Melted butter for greasing
Plain flour or gluten free plain flour for dusting pan http://www.allergease.com.au/prod_list.php?id=8&p=1
150g butter or Nuttelex at room temperature, cubed
3/4 cup caster sugar
2 limes, rind finely grated and juiced
2 large eggs or 2 heaped teaspoons NO EGG in water http://www.allergease.com.au/prod_details.php?id=ORG022
1/2 cup desiccated coconut
1 1/4 cups self-raising flour or gluten free self-raising flour http://www.allergease.com.au/prod_list.php?id=8&p=1
Icing sugar for dusting
1. Preheat oven to 170 degrees celsius. Use 18cm round cake pan and line with paper and grease and dust sides.
2. In a food processor place butter, sugar and rind and process until creamy add eggs and process until combined well. Add SR-flour, coconut and juice and process until just combined.
3. Spoon mixture into pan. Bake in oven for 55 minutes or until a cake skewer inserted into the cake centre comes out clean.
4. Allow cake to cool and dust with icing sugar.
About AllergEase:
We are two mums, Lill an accredited practicing dietitian and Emma a scientist who is also a mother of an allergic child. After being friends for twenty years we have decided to combine our expertise and practical knowledge to make our team.
AllergEase is an online shopping and information website that is dedicated to providing the best quality and care for allergy sufferers. We provide a huge of array products ranging from bed linen to cookbooks and food. Our aim is to make shopping for allergy sufferers, particularly for those with food allergies, easy.
With delivery Australia wide, AllergEase stock hundreds of products that you won’t find in the supermarkets, including a huge range of gluten free products for people with wheat allergies and coeliacs. Check out: http://www.allergease.com.au
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