Food Allergies - Tips for eating out

Food Allergies - Tips for eating out

Just because you have a good allergy doesn't mean you should find dining out risky. However, food allergies used to mean dining out WAS limited to your back garden or eating at the home of a close friend. But now restaurants are more aware of food allergies, making it easier for people with food allergies to eat out! To find out more click the link above...

Food Allergy and Intolerance

"Food allergy is an immune response, while food intolerance is a chemical reaction"
Some people are sensitive to some types of food such as: nuts, dairy products and cereals; and if you eat any of these foods and symptoms such as breathing problems, rashes or stomach upsets its likely you're having an allergic reaction. It is caused by the immune system. Then food intolerance is caused by a chemical reaction. For further information: http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/bhcv2/bhcarti

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Yoga Headstands for Beginners

A common yoga position is a headstand. The video below shows you a step by step of how to do the perfect headstand and how to do it right without injuring yourself. Headstands increase nutrients and blood flow to the scalp decreasing onset of grey hair, they also strengthen deep core muscles. Furthermore, by reversing the flow of gravity a headstand stimulates a 'face lift'. The inverted position of the headstand flushes fresh nutrients and oxygen to the face. 

Yoga Headstand for Beginners - GetFitWithLeyla:

Benefits of Acupuncture

Health Benefits of Acupuncture:

• Asthma
• Anxiety
• Fibromyalgla
• Depression
• Cystitls
• Headaches
• Insomnia
• Irritable Bowel Syndrome
• Chronic Low back pain
• Strengthens the immune system 
• Improves blood circulation
• Helps overcome certain addictions such as: smoking, alcohol and drugs. 

NHS - Food Allergy

http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/food-allergy/Pages/Intro1.aspx
This is a more professional approach to what food allergies are, what the common symptoms are, what causes them, treatment and who is affected.

The most common causes of food allergies are: milk, eggs, peanuts, tree nuts, fish and shellfish. Food allergies are caused when the immune system mistakenly treats proteins found in food as a threat to the body, when in fact they should be harmless. When it comes to treating food allergies there actually aren't any treatments which can fully cure it. However, finding out what food is causing the allergic reaction and avoiding it in the future is the most obvious and common treatment. Although there are medications to take which can calm down the symptoms, so for further information just visit the link above.

Getting the balance right

This image shows the right portion amount of each type of food on average we should be eating. As we can see the main food categories are fruit and vegetables and breads, other cereals and potatoes. Where as foods containing fat and sugary drinks only take up a small percentage.

In order to maintain and have a healthy diet getting the balance right is very important. But it does not mean you have to cut out all the tasty treats, although, eating less will mean a healthier diet.