The concept of hypersensitivity disorders related to the food supply is a potential breakthrough in the understanding of modern disease. The texts available are intended as course material and may be used by professionals as an introduction to immunology, allergy and the misunderstood topic of food allergy.
Celiac disease is the prototype of delayed pattern food allergy.
The spectrum of diseases which appear in celiac patients who do not follow a gluten-free diet can be considered the spectrum of delayed pattern food allergy. You simply have to assume that other food proteins can be pathogens in the manner of gluten. You also can assume that gluten proteins can cause a spectrum of disease without the specific jejunal pathology typical of celiac disease. A center on Immunology reviews basic knowledge of immune networks. Food Allergy by Systems provides links to localized diseases that are expressions of food allergy.