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In prehistoric times when man sought to satisfy hunger by eating unfamiliar or contaminated foodstuffs, erroneous incrimination of an item in the diet as a cause of symptoms was surely common—and it still is. Once spoilage was a ready explanation and the concept of “ptomaine” poisoning was popular; nowadays “allergy” is a favorite explanation for a supposed relation between symptoms and a food. Volumes could be filled with the array of unfounded beliefs about the relation of food to well-being.
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May, C.D. (1979). Food Hypersensitivity. In: Gupta, S., Good, R.A. (eds) Cellular, Molecular, and Clinical Aspects of Allergic Disorders. Comprehensive Immunology, vol 6. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-0988-8_9
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