Monday, 04. June 2007
Category: ECARF News
by Anja Costien, Dr. Imke Reese und Christiane Schäfer
If apples cause a scratchy throat, or a delicious restaurant meal gives you hives, you might suffer from a food allergy.
Costien, Reese and Schäfer give detailed information and practical tips for surviving daily life with allergies. From diagnosis to therapy, this book is an useful companion for the allergy-afflicted.
Food allergy and food intolerance, pseudoallergies, lactose intolerance, fructose malabsorption, coeliac disease – for many patients, words from a foreign language. This book helps decode the language of allergies. Each topic is thoroughly explained. Foods that commonly cause problems are described in "allergen portraits." The book concludes with numerous suggestions on managing allergies and tips on alternative food items. The reader is left with hope for a good quality of life is possible in spite of food allergy or intolerance.
The authors have years of experience as nutritional advisors and therapists.
More information is available on the website www.suedwest-verlag.de

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