Abstract
Food allergies and intolerances affect a small but significant portion of the population. Symptoms can range from mildly annoying to severe and life -threatening. The true food allergies present the biggest risk because symptoms can occasionally be quite severe and the threshold dose of the offending food needed to provoke a reaction is quite small. The only management strategy for individuals with food allergies and intolerances is the specific avoidance of the offending food. Development of safe and effective avoidance diets can be quite difficult for individuals with true food allergies.
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | Present Knowledge in Nutrition |
Subtitle of host publication | Tenth Edition |
Publisher | Wiley-Blackwell |
Pages | 1222-1235 |
Number of pages | 14 |
ISBN (Print) | 9780470959176 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jun 18 2012 |
Keywords
- Cell-mediated allergy, delayed hypersensitivities, tissue-bound T lymphocytes
- Classification of individualistic adverse reactions to foods
- Exercise-induced food allergies
- Food allergies and intolerances
- Food allergies and intolerances, affecting populations
- Food idiosyncrasies, adverse reactions through unknown mechanisms
- IgE-mediated food allergy mechanism
- International lists, common allergenic foods
- Processing on allergenicity
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Medicine(all)