A team of researchers from Finland found that children who developed allergies ate more margarine and less butter compared with children who did not develop allergies. Again make sure that your butter comes from grass fed cows and is organic.
This study is not the first to suggest that certain types of fatty acids may play a role in the onset of allergic diseases. Polyunsaturated fats like those in margarine promote the formation of prostaglandin E2, a substance which promotes inflammation and causes the immune system to release a protein which triggers allergic reactions. Remember that butter is a natural food, while margarine is one of the worst things you can eat.
If you suffer from food allergies, it is only by addressing the "whys" of your food allergies that you can hope to actually solve the problem. Repeated exposure to the same foods, especially in large quantities can be a factor. By rotating foods and watching closely to their reactions, you may start to get an indication of which foods are causing the allergies.
I recommend when juicing, that you rotate and vary the vegetables you use in your juicing program. Yet other factors also contribute to the number and severity of allergies. Let's examine some of them.
The most common cause of multiple food allergies, according to many allergies experts, is having a 'leaky gut' - increased intestinal permeability. Small holes can develop in the lining of the intestine, which allow large molecules of undigested or incompletely digested foods to enter the bloodstream.
The liver is the main organ inside the human body whose function is to process substances which are "foreign" to our body and to make them "friendly". If the quantity of undigested foods which enters the bloodstream is too great for the liver to clean up quickly, the immune system then recognizes these molecules as being foreign to the body and produces antibodies against them.
When the food is eaten again and again and passes into the bloodstream undigested or only partially digested, the antibodies bind with the food. These antibody-food complexes can travel through the bloodstream to any part of the body where they then cause problems.
There are many causes of 'leaky gut'. Babies for example are born with higher intestinal permeability than older children or adults. Therefore, ideally infants should consume only breast milk for the first several months of life and other foods should be introduced with caution.
If breast feeding is not possible, a completely natural approach like coconut water should be considered. Cow's milk is highly allergenic and should not be given to babies. Neither should soy formula.