I was diagnosed with delayed food allergies in my 20's. It was by a well-respected physician who specialized in food allergies. He made the diagnosis based on a food challenge, where I took virtually everything out of my diet for about 3 weeks (and lived on the most horrible tasting ...
I stumbled across some very interesting information today. Apparently, a lot of us are being treated for “true” allergy (which is proven medically by the presence of IgE antibodies in our blood) when we don’t have it! In fact, according to an article in the Journal ...
The term allergy is tossed around a lot these days. However, it’s important to understand that not every reaction to a food or substance is an allergy.
To have an allergy, you must have an abnormal immune system reaction to a generally harmless substance. The body tries ...

