Food Allergies
Food allergies are increasingly common. Although it is possible to be allergic to any food including fruits, vegetables and meats, there are eight foods that account for 90% of all food-allergic reactions: eggs, wheat, soy, dairy, peanuts, tree nuts, fish and shellfish.
Food allergy websites
Allergy New Zealand
A voluntary not-for-profit organization supported by a medical and scientific panel of New Zealand's leading Allergy and Immunology specialists.
Healthify | He Puna Waiora: Food allergies - travel
Written for New Zealanders, provides information on travelling with food allergies. Health articles are written by medical writers and reviewed by consumer health organisations and health professionals.
Family Doctor: Allergies
Written by New Zealand health professionals, Family Doctor contains patient's guides, overviews and links for a wide range of health topics.
MEDLINEplus: Allergy
Extensive information from the National Institutes of Health (USA), contains a medical encyclopaedia, dictionaries, news, overviews, information on specific conditions and links to other organisations.
MEDLINEplus: Food Allergy
Extensive information from the National Institutes of Health (USA), contains a medical encyclopaedia, dictionaries, news, overviews, information on specific conditions and links to other organisations.
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