May 19, 2016.
Allergy sufferers know that buckwheat flour, used to prepare real pancakes according to the traditional Breton recipe, can cause them misery. Some allergic people, sensitive to this flour, start to react as soon as they enter a pancake house that uses it! Crying eyes, sneezing …
A tattoo that turns red in case of allergy risk
In Japan, buckwheat flour is used to prepare a traditional pasta dish, “Buckweat Soba Noodles”. Here again, the Japanese who are allergic to it are wary of it like the plague, and generally know how to take their precautions. But those who are unaware that they are allergic to it, or have not reacted yet, but also, the foreigners, who do not know that these noodles are made from buckwheat flour, are taking a real risk!
Avoiding the risk of anaphylactic shock
This is why a dermatologist from the archipelago designed an ephemeral tattoo, capable of detecting the risk of buckwheat allergy in the wearer. To apply the tattoo, instead of water, buckwheat noodle soup broth is used. If the tattoo turns red, the wearer of the tattoo is allergic …
In Japan, the proportion of inhabitants allergic to buckwheat flour, present in several typical local dishes, is estimated at 1%.
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