Vitamins food allergy

Nutrient analysis of stabilized rice bran and its derivatives indicates that it is a good source of protein, dietary fiber and carbohydrates, in addition to several valuable phytonutrients, antioxidants, vitamins and minerals (Table 17.1). SRB and its water-soluble and water-insoluble derivatives contain all the nutrients at different levels. They are gluten and lactose free and do not give rise to any food allergy. 

Formula or breast-feeding and age at initiation of solid foods Supplemental vitamin, mineral, or herbal intake Food allergies or intolerance Underlying pathology with nutritional effects... 

Vitamins, in the first instance, are essentially food constituents. From this nutritional point of view an obvious possible cause of allergic reactions to vitamins could be the presence of a food allergy. In our extensive survey of the literature, however, not a single case of a food allergy was found that could be interpreted as implicating one or more vitamins as the causative agent. 

Elizabeth was a healthy child and has lived most of her life in Michigan. Except for two incidents when her joints swelled—once at age seven or eight and again in her teenage years—she had no signs of allergies until the birth of her first child. When I met her she was reactive to many foods and to most vitamins, herbal supplements and medications in addition to chemicals. 

Normally there is very little fat in the feces. However, fat content in stools may increase because of various fat malabsorption syndromes. Such increased fat excretion is steatorrhea. Decreased fat absorption may be the result of failure to emulsify food contents because of a deficiency in bile salts, as in liver disease or bile duct obstruction (stone or tumor). Pancreatic insufficiency may result in an inadequate pancreatic lipase supply. Finally, absorption itself may be faulty because of damage to intestinal mucosal cells through allergy or infection. An example of allergy-based malabsorption is celiac disease, which is usually associated with gluten intolerance. Gluten is a wheat protein. An example of intestinal infection is tropical sprue, which is often curable with tetracycline. Various vitamin deficiencies may accompany fat malabsorption syndromes. 

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