What is the correct dietary step in food allergy?
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Correct answer: Avoid the identified allergen
The main dietary step in a confirmed food allergy is to avoid the specific causative allergen and prevent accidental exposure. The patient or caregiver should read labels, recognize possible cross-contact, and use nutritionally suitable alternatives so that unnecessary deficiencies do not develop. Stopping all food is unsafe, while frying or ignoring the allergy does not prevent a reaction. Therefore, A is correct.
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What is the correct answer to this question?
Avoid the identified allergen
Why is this the correct answer?
The main dietary step in a confirmed food allergy is to avoid the specific causative allergen and prevent accidental exposure. The patient or caregiver should read labels, recognize possible cross-contact, and use nutritionally suitable alternatives so that unnecessary deficiencies do not develop. Stopping all food is unsafe, while frying or ignoring the allergy does not prevent a reaction. Therefore, A is correct.
Which subject and chapter does this question cover?
This is a Class 11 Home Science question. Chapter: Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics.
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