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Shellfish Allergy Diet
General guidelines for shellfist allergy:
The key to an allergy-free diet is to avoid giving your child the foods or products containing the food he/she is allergic to. The items that your child is allergic to are called allergens.
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A shellfish allergy is an abnormal response of the body to the proteins found in shellfish. In order to avoid foods that contain shellfish, it is important to read food labels.
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How to read a label for an shellfish-free diet: |
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Be sure to avoid foods that contain any of the following ingredients: |
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- abolone
- clam (cherrystone, littleneck, pismo, quahog)
- crab
- crawfish, crayfish, ecrevisse
- lobster, langouste, langousine, scampo, coral, tomalley
- mussels
- oyster
- scallops
- mollusks
- shrimp, prawns, crevette
- cockle, periwinkle, sea urchin
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