Category: Shrimps

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What makes one allergic to Shrimps?

First off, what are allergies? Now your body is a working machine and has these wonderful soldiers (immune system) constantly protecting our body from foreign objects (substance). Great right, but not if our immune system reacts to the slightest thing that may be harmless to most people and mistake it for a harmful object.

Substances or lack of better term allergens, that cause allergic reactions are dust, dust mites, pollen, mold, pets, cow’s milk, eggs, fish, shellfish, peanuts, tree nuts, soy, wheat, insects, medicines, and chemicals.

These allergies can be passed down through genes or developed throughout the years. I for one used to enjoy good old cow’s milk and as I got older (in the 30’s) I became Lactose Intolerant. While on the other hand, I was born with seasonal allergies which have now passed on to my kids as well. So allergies can come out of nowhere or just be a pain in your entire life’s existence.

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Shrimp is Shrimp. What’s the big deal?

Shrimp is shrimp, What’s the big deal?

 

This question has been asked from time to time, “What’s the big deal on eating American shrimps versus overseas shrimps?”

That answer is quite simple actually. For starter’s the American Federal Government states “ that 90% of imported shrimps are farm raised and not wild caught”.

Farm raised shrimps to contain health hazards like excessive iodine, unapproved animal drugs and/or unsafe food additives, deplorable sanitation conditions at processing plants, and an incurable bacterial disease. Besides Aquatic farming posing a great danger to our ecological system; international farmers use high levels of pesticides, antibiotics, and other chemicals. These chemicals can cause neurological problems, allergic reactions, infections, pathogens like E.coli and Salmonella, cancer and disease, and because the FDA inspects only about one percent of all seafood, consumers are likely eating dangerously contaminated shrimp.

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