Most Common Food Allergies in India
Sep. 30th, 2019 12:18 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
unspeakablehorrorHere's a site listing common food allergens in India:
http://www.scind.org/1237/Health/food-allergy-top-12-food-allergens-in-india.html
There's a lot of overlap with the ones from my previous post, but they also list others, like corn and spices. I wonder if some allergens are more common in certain countries. I get the impression from the lists I've seen that certain commonly used foods are common allergens, but that lines up with the idea that the more people encounter a food, the easier it is to become a common allergen simply due to how often it is encountered by so many people. Something like cattails is not going to become a common food allergy because hardly anyone eats it. However, there are plenty of common foods that don't seem to be common allergens either. For example I haven't yet seen rice listed as a common allergen, but it's considered a staple food in many cultures.
http://www.scind.org/1237/Health/food-allergy-top-12-food-allergens-in-india.html
There's a lot of overlap with the ones from my previous post, but they also list others, like corn and spices. I wonder if some allergens are more common in certain countries. I get the impression from the lists I've seen that certain commonly used foods are common allergens, but that lines up with the idea that the more people encounter a food, the easier it is to become a common allergen simply due to how often it is encountered by so many people. Something like cattails is not going to become a common food allergy because hardly anyone eats it. However, there are plenty of common foods that don't seem to be common allergens either. For example I haven't yet seen rice listed as a common allergen, but it's considered a staple food in many cultures.