Monday, June 21, 2010

MEDICAL NEWS: Irish Survey Finds Large Numbers Have Food Intolernce

While food intolerances and allergies are nothing new to natural retailers, take a look at the percentages of the population so affected.

Independent.ie
Growing numbers driven nuts by food intolerance

By Eilish O'Regan
Monday June 21 2010

Peanut is the food which Irish people most commonly claim they are allergic to, according to the preliminary results of a survey.

This is followed by cereals containing gluten (35.6pc), eggs (24.1pc) and tree nuts (23.3pc), said the sample of 500 people.

Nearly nine in 10 said they had been medically diagnosed with their particular food allergy, the online survey by the Food Safety Authority found.

Read the Full Story Here

No comments:

Post a Comment