Eat a clean diet before and after your fast to avoid triggers during your fast.

When someone is allergic to a particular food, they can have a mild or severe reaction, but any reaction is one to avoid. Learn the most common food allergies here.

It is not hard to begin a regimen of healthy eating using intermittent fasting. However for anyone with food sensitivity or food allergens, it can feel like a challenge as food cravings can be quite intense. To make things easier, consider eliminating or minimizing foods that can serve as a trigger before or after a fast.

In recent years, food allergies have been on the rise. It’s caused some people to become more aware and mindful of what’s in our food. People with food allergies have to be extra careful in order to avoid getting rashes, itchy eyes, or in extreme cases, going into anaphylactic shock. Food service workers and packagers have to be more explicit about what allergens may exist in certain products. It can benefit you to have a heads-up on which foods are most likely to cause allergic reactions. Learn about the most common foods with allergens by reading below.

Milk

Milk allergies are most common in children and infants. Many grow out of them over time. Not to be confused with lactose intolerance, a milk allergy happens when the immune system reacts abnormally to milk proteins.

Soy

Soy is in many food products nowadays. People with soy allergies must take care to be extra observant. Check your items to make sure soy was not used as filler for soybean oil.

Peanuts

When we think of the most common foods with allergens, we often think of peanuts. It’s the second most common allergy, affecting 6.1 million people. Symptoms can be mild, such as an itchy mouth, or severe, like anaphylaxis.

Tree Nuts

Walnuts, almonds, Brazil nuts, pecans, and pine nuts all fall under the category of tree nuts. It’s important to properly label food products when produced in a factory with tree nuts present. Their allergens can be potent and dangerous. Even trace amounts can affect someone.

Eggs

Eggs are another food allergy common in children, which often goes away. Most who have it are five years old or younger. Symptoms may include nasal congestion, skin inflammation, and digestive issues.

Wheat

Wheat allergies are often confused with celiac disease because they’re both related to the gluten in wheat. When your body is allergic to gluten, you must avoid wheat, or you’ll have adverse effects such as hives, difficulty breathing, throat irritation, and anaphylaxis.

Shellfish

Shellfish is the most common food allergy. It affects 8.2 million people. They must avoid crustaceans such as lobster and shrimp and mollusks like squid, scallops, clams, and mussels.