Allergies take many forms. The most common in addition to animal allergies are wheat allergy, gluten allergy, and mold allergy.

The best way to treat food allergies is to eliminate the offending food.If you are embarking on an elimination diet or removing foods from your diet due to a food allergy or food intolerance, such as a wheat allergy or gluten allergy, take care to replace the foods you remove with suitable substitutes to ensure you maintain your health.

Wheat allergy and gluten allergy are common food allergies and foods which people remove from their diets. Removing wheat can lead to vitamin and mineral deficiencies as well as reducing a persons fibre content. What can be eaten when wheat foods are removed from the diet?

Instead of Cereals

Instead of wheat based breakfast cereals look out for corn or rice cereals. Porridge is a great alternative.

Instead of Bread

can be replaced in the diet with rice cakes. A good variety of wheat free breads are also available from shops and bakeries.

Instead of Pasta

Instead of pasta look into trying rice, quinoa, amaranth, lentils or buckwheat (despite its name buckwheat is not wheat related).

A mold allergy can be misdiagnosed as being an allergy to a scent or a food. The most common allergy to mold manifests itself as asthma, but people who do have an allergy to mold or mildew can also have watery eyes, sneezing, stuffy nose, a cough or a skin rash. If a person already has asthma, mild exposure to mold can bring on an attack, however, a person without asthma may not even be bothered by molds.

If you are exposed to large amounts of mold or mildew, you should take steps to get rid of the source of mold. To keep your mold allergy to a minimum, make sure that you control the level of humidity in your home. The normal level should be below 40% and by using air-conditioners and dehumidifiers you can help prevent mold and mildew from developing. You should think about removing carpeting from the bedrooms of your home, or at least from the room of anyone that has a mold or mildew allergy. Foam rubber pillows and mattresses are also breeding grounds for mold and because they are dark, closets are also likely places where you can find mold.

Sometimes you may need to employ the services of professional moisture removal experts who specialize in mold treatment of your home.