Due to shoddy testing and other things, food allergies are massively overdiagnosed, especially in adults.
The skin prick test? Accurate less than 50 percent of the time, for example.
I have figured this for some time, but it's nice to get detailed empirical confirmation of the shoddiness (and perhaps a bit of quackery, too).
Too bad the story didn't address the quackery angle, with orthomolecularists, suspect nutritionists and other alt-med types wandering around.
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I have Oral Allergy Syndrome. That is a fun one. Would be interested in you thoughts on that one.
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Interesting, at the least ... what does it involved?
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