Changes in eating behaviors and food combinations have occurred rapidly in the past few decades with unknown consequences and the eclectic eating habits of many modern citizens ranges from the whimsical and bizarre to frankly pathological eating patterns. We think that delayed patterns of food allergy are common but often ignored or denied by physicians, sometimes with a belligerent kind of ignorance of obscure and irrational origin. Food allergy is a logical consequence of eating food and develops when immune surveillance responds adversely to the flow of molecules through the digestive tract. There are several mechanisms and unlimited possibilities for the production of disease. More than ever, we appreciate that we are constructed of intricately designed, dynamic molecular structures, amenable to our study and manipulation.
Human health depends on the proper supply of food, air and water.
The improvement in the diversity and availability of foods has been a mixed blessing with major problems emerging to negate the potential benefits. Food is the most intimate part of the environment because we ingest it. When something goes wrong, it makes good sense to look at the flow of substances through the mouth for the source of the problem. We look not only at the composition of the food but also, and more importantly, at the interaction of the ingested molecules with body. Adverse reactions to food are common and produce many disturbances by a variety of mechanisms.