Pilot Study of Weight Loss in Overweight Subjects Eliminating Foods Showing Positive in the Food Detective Test – the Fresh St

Type I food allergies, which result in immediate onset anaphylaxis and atopy, have been frequently described and involve mast cell-bound, allergen-specific IgE. Degranulation of the activated mast cell induces the release of vasoactive and inflammatory mediators, including histamine (Tortora & Grabowski, 2000, p769). Such IgE-mediated responses affect about 2% of the British population (Allergy UK, 2008) and are relatively easy to identify on account of their close temporal relationship with ingestion of a particular food.