Food allergy and intolerance

Aust Fam Physician. 2009 Sep;38(9):705-7.

Abstract

This article forms part of a series looking at the relationship between diet and good health, and the role of the dietitian in the primary health care team. This article discusses adverse reactions to food including IgE mediated food allergy and nonimmunological food reactions. Coeliac disease, a T-cell mediated reaction to gluten, will be discussed in the next article in this series.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Food Hypersensitivity / diagnosis*
  • Food Hypersensitivity / diet therapy*
  • Food Hypersensitivity / epidemiology
  • Food Hypersensitivity / immunology
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin E / immunology
  • Prevalence

Substances

  • Immunoglobulin E