You don't need meat by Cox Peter

Author:Cox, Peter
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Vegetarianism, Health & Fitness, Consumer Health, Diet / Health / Fitness, Diet/Nutrition, Diets - General, Vegetarian - General, Health & Fitness / Nutrition, Nutrition, Health aspects, Meat, Vegetarian cookery, Vegetarian cooking
Publisher: New York : Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press
Published: 2002-12-14T16:00:00+00:00

THE MANUAL OF VEGETARIAN HEALTH 177

tivity reactions in susceptible indiduals. The most common include aspirin and other nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), sodium benzoate, sulfur dioxide, potassium sorbate, and tartrazine.

The food additive monosodium glutamate (MSG) can provoke asthma in certain people, although the attack itself may not take place for up to 12 hours after food containing MSG is eaten, which can present a real problem in identifying the cause of the attack for both the sufferer and doctor. 59

Babies who are not fed allergy-triggering foods such as milk and eggs are less likely to suffer from asthma and allergies during the first year of life, according to a British study conducted on 120 families with histories of allergies. 60 Scientists restricted the diet of both babies and mothers, and found that "what the mother eats while breastfeeding can be sufficient to sensitize the baby," according to Dr. David Hide, of St. Mary's Hospital in Newport, Isle of Wight. It seems that proteins from the mother's food transfer into her breast milk and may cause babies to get allergies, even if the mother does not suffer from them. The mothers and their babies were divided into two groups: one ate "normally," but the other did not consume dairy products, eggs, fish, nuts, wheat, or soy. After 1 year, 14 percent of infants in the diet group showed signs of one or more allergies, whereas 40 percent of babies in the "normal" group became allergic. Over twice as many babies in the "normal" group showed asthma symptoms compared to those on the special diet. The diet is recommended only for those with a family history of allergies.

People who develop asthma as a sensitivity reaction to birds' feathers may also become hypersensitive to chickens' eggs, and possibly chicken flesh. One study found that 32 percent of people who developed bronchial asthma and rhinoconjunctivitis when exposed to bird feathers also developed a sensitivity reaction to egg proteins. 61

Relaxation and stress reduction can be important parts of treating the underlying cause of asthma in some people. There is evidence to show that learning yoga, a Hindu discipline that is learned in eight steps, may have a beneficial effect—especially that part of yoga that deals with the art of breathing, pranayama. 62 Usually, the best scientific studies are performed on a "double blind" basis, in which both subject and experimenter are not told whether the treatment is actu-

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