July 8: World Food Allergy Day, International Whistleblowing Day

Today, on July 8, since 2005, various events dedicated to the World Food Allergy Day have been taking place in many countries around the world, UNN reports .

The term "allergy" was coined in 1906 by Austrian physician Clemens von Pirke. More and more people around the world are becoming allergic. While at the end of the twentieth century, every tenth adult on the planet and every fourth child suffered from allergies, today about 40% of people on Earth, regardless of age, are allergic.

Currently, more than 200 foods have been identified as potential allergens. The main ones are milk, eggs, fish and various seafood, nuts, etc.

One of the main causes of food allergies is intestinal permeability. When the intestinal mucosa changes due to dysbiosis or inflammation, intestinal cells allow macromolecules to enter the bloodstream. The immune system recognizes these macromolecules and produces antibodies against them, leading to an allergic reaction to certain food molecules.

It is important to distinguish between food allergies and food intolerances. Food intolerance usually causes only digestive symptoms, such as diarrhea and flatulence, and is never fatal, although it can significantly affect the patient's quality of life. Therefore, it is very important to make the correct diagnosis.

Today, you can also join the International Whistleblowing Day or Disclosure Day.

The goal of event  is to encourage governments and supranational entities to provide more information to the public about the possible existence of extraterrestrial civilizations.

The date of the event was not chosen by chance: on July 2, a local farmer discovered a strange object near the city of Roswell, and the US authorities initially assumed that it could be a UFO, but on July 8, General Roger Ramey held a press conference to deny the UFO version and argued that it was an object of terrestrial origin.

This gave rise to a lot of rumors and assumptions that the authorities were hiding something.

Today, fans of original art can join the Day of Body Art.   

July 8 is also the Day of Body Art, initiated by the American artist Andy Golub. In 2007, he publicly painted models in thongs on a street in New York  . In 2011, the models were completely naked.

Body art festivals now take place in Amsterdam, Berlin, and other cities around the world.

According to the church calendar, today is the Day of Remembrance of the Holy Martyr Procopius.

Prokopiy's father was a Christian and was martyred.

Procopius himself served in the army of Emperor Diocletian and was a pagan. One day Procopius had a vision, after which he was baptized and began to preach.

On the order of the emperor, he was captured, tortured for a long time, and then beheaded.

Prokop, Oleksandr celebrate their name day on July 8.