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  • "The only prophylactic approach to the treatment of food allergies is the specific-avoidance diet."

  • "Many allergenic foods are processed into a variety of different forms. For example, milk appears in cheese, whey, caseinate, yogurt, and ice cream to name but a few. All forms of the allergenic food should be considered allergenic unless it can be demonstrated that no protein from the allergenic source exists in the finished product or ingredient."

  • "What is the best treatment for food allergy? Strict avoidance of the allergy-causing food is the only way to avoid a reaction. Reading ingredient labels for all foods is the key to maintaining control over the allergy."

  • "It is well documented that, "In some cases, particularly in children, *strict* adherence to an elimination diet appears to promote the process of outgrowing a food allergy...Overall, approximately one-third of children and adults will eventually be free of their allergic reactions to foods after *rigorously* following appropriate diets free of the offending food allergens."

  • "It is generally agreed that treatment of FA should center on avoidance diets."

  • "Food allergen avoidance subsequent to sensitization and manifestation of symptoms appears to hasten tolerance."

  • "...strict avoidance of milk and soy proteins for several months or longer usually results in eventual resolution for the affected child."

  • "There is no cure for food allergies; the only course is strict avoidance of an offending food."

  • "The most effective treatment of CMA (cow's milk allergy) is allergen avoidance."

  • "The only successful method to manage food allergy is avoidance of foods containing the allergen."

  • "People with allergies must avoid the offending foods altogether. Because there is no "cure" for food allergies other than strict avoidance of an offending food, one of the biggest problems those with food allergies face is verifying whether a forbidden product is contained in a particular food. For example, in Sampson's study, all six deaths occurred because either the child or the parent was unaware the food contained a substance to which the child was allergic."

  • "...older children and adults also may lose their sensitivity if the responsible food allergen can be identified and completely eliminated from the diet. Studies have shown that approximately one third of children and adults lose their clinical reactivity after one to two years of allergen avoidance. Both the allergen responsible and the extent of compliance to an allergen-avoidance diet are directly associated with outcome..."

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