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Food Allergy & Intolerance Week
23rd - 27th January 2006
Allergy UK is taking the opportunity during Food Allergy and Intolerance Week commencing Monday 23rd January 2006 to highlight the lack of understanding and resources for people suffering from these conditions. Too often symptoms are not taken seriously and sufferers are told that it is 'all in the mind'.
Insufficient time for patients in busy GP surgeries, lack of training and knowledge of allergy among healthcare professionals result in sufferers being forced to turn to alternative methods for diagnosis and using expensive clinically unproven tests which in turn result in them following unnecessary diets which could be damaging to their general health.
Allergy UK is calling for more time and resources to be allocated to helping people with these distressing conditions. 2% of the population suffer from food allergy which can be life threatening, a much higher percentage suffer from food intolerance. Both conditions impact seriously on all aspects of life and can make life a misery.
Management is the key to avoiding any reaction and Allergy UK's leaflets including 'Food Allergy and Food Intolerance - The Difference' plus a full range of fact sheets on individual food triggers will provide much needed guidance. These are available from Allergy UK.
Helpline: 01322 619898 or freely downloadable from http://www.allergyuk.org
The well known writer and nutritionist Patrick Holford will close Food Allergy and Intolerance Week by conducting a seminar entitled 'Is What you Eat Making You ill'. Saturday 28th January 2006, 10.30am-12.30pm at Royal National Hotel, Bedford Way (Nr Russell Square) London WC1H 0DG Tickets priced £15 can be obtained from 020 8871 2949 or booked through the website www.patrickholford.com/hiddenfoodallergies
If you would like to read some tips on helping you cope with your food allergies and intolerances then click here
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON FOOD ALLERGY AND INTOLERANCE WEEK PLEASE CONTACT:
Lindsey McManus - 01322 611648 or Muriel Simmons - 01322 611649