UM Todayasthma and the environment – UM Today https://umtoday-wordpress.ad.umanitoba.ca Your Source for University of Manitoba News Tue, 27 Jan 2026 15:13:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 Yahoo News: I had a severe allergic reaction to lupin flour — what Canadians need to know about the emerging allergen https://umtoday-wordpress.ad.umanitoba.ca/yahoo-news-i-had-a-severe-allergic-reaction-to-lupin-flour-what-canadians-need-to-know-about-the-emerging-allergen/ https://umtoday-wordpress.ad.umanitoba.ca/yahoo-news-i-had-a-severe-allergic-reaction-to-lupin-flour-what-canadians-need-to-know-about-the-emerging-allergen/#respond Wed, 29 May 2024 20:15:08 +0000 https://news.umanitoba.ca/?p=198129 I had a severe allergic reaction to lupin flour — what Canadians need to know about the emerging allergen]]> “Lupin as an ingredient is more challenging to avoid than whole lupin beans,” says Jennifer LP Protudjer, an endowed research chair in allergy, asthma and the environment at the University of Manitoba.

Abstaining from a salad with lupin beans is one thing, but avoiding lupin flour in over-the-counter baked goods, pasta, sauces — and protein pancakes — can prove more challenging.

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