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Food allergies and your baby
It is possible to be allergic to any food, but the following eight foods are responsible for about 90 percent of food allergies:
By Sandi Schwartz - Science writer and mom
- Peanuts
- Tree nuts (e.g. walnuts, Brazil nuts, pistachios, pecans, and cashews)
- Fish (e.g. tuna, salmon, and cod)
- Shellfish (e.g. lobster, shrimp, and crab)
- Eggs (especially the whites)
- Cow’s milk (Babies are unable to digest the protein in cow's milk for the first year. In addition, it does not have all the nutrients babies need and it contains minerals in amounts that can damage a baby’s kidneys. The only milk that should be fed to a child under age one is breast milk and formula.)
- Wheat
- Soy
- Chocolate
- Pork
- Gluten (found in wheat, oats and barley)
- Berries (especially strawberries)
- Cinnamon
- Citrus fruits (e.g. orange, grapefruit, lemon, lime and tangerine)
- Sesame seeds/sesame oil
- Corn
- Tomatoes
- Yeast
By Sandi Schwartz - Science writer and mom
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