Managing adult food allergies

“A true food allergy is basically an immune reaction and it occurs when your body sees a certain food substance, which we refer to as food allergens as doctors, and it sort of identifies it as a danger and triggers an allergic response, which is what we usually see as the typical food allergy reaction,” says Ogden.

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