Allergy to wheat is a food allergies and it is one of the eight most common food allergies, and most of its victim are children under three years old, this allergy is less common on adults. Pasta, bread and batter-fried dishes are common off-limits food to people who has a allergy to wheat. People has celiac disease and people has allergy to wheat have the same dietary restriction, because celiac disease affect body's ability to process gluten proteins that can be found in wheat and other grains.

What are the symptoms of wheat allergy?

Allergy to wheat can cause by many symptoms, but the three most common classic allergy symptoms are asthma, eczema or also called as atopic dermatitis, and the rare of which is anaphylaxis.

What are the foods to avoid?

Here a list of some food which are commonly contain wheat:

• Baked goods like bread and pizza crusts, unless if it is prepared with wheat-free flour.
• Batter-fried foods
• All kind of Cereals
• Candies containing nougat
• Baking powders
• Gravies
• Pasta even if it is egg-free or not
• Casseroles
• Dishes where breadcrumbs used as a filler like meatloaf and sausage
• Flour-thickened sauces
• Beer
• Barbeque sauce, soy sauce, salad dressings and other condiments
• Canned goods
• Chili

Here are some foods, it is advisable to a person has a allergy to wheat to always check the ingredient before taking it, and keep in mind that prevention is better than cure.

What to eat?

Wheat-free products are the answer. Now, where to find wheat-free products? The food market are now offering a wheat-free products especially on health food section of large supermarkets, they are operating a gluten-free bakery to distribute a wheat-free bread, pizza crusts and pastries. And now they carry a large selection of products from other manufacturers. But still if you are having a hard time looking for a store that are offering a wheat-free products patiently looking it online, there are still a wide variety of online store that are offering a wheat-free products.

Wheat Substitutes

Kamut and Spelt are commonly used as wheat substitute, but this is not always the case, because kamut is a subspecies of wheat and there are no difference to its allergy perspective, while spelt is a close relative of wheat in term of its genus, but they are not in the same species and other research found that it contain gliadin proteins, same protein that trigger wheat allergies.

Living with wheat allergies is not that easy, but if we accept the fact and live with it, we can still obtain a life that is full of happiness and acceptance. As they always saying “Prevention is better than cure” which is true, it is better to be informed and educated that prevents us from the worst scenario.