Adverse Reactions to Food; Contents; Foreword; Terms of Reference; Task Force Membership; 1 Introduction and Definitions; 2 The Immune System; 3 Nutrition and the Immune System; 4 Epidemiology of Food Intolerance and Food Allergy; 5 Pre- and Postnatal Sensitisation to Foods; 6 Common Food Allergies; 7 Other Manifestations of Food Intolerances; 8 Enzyme Defects and Food Intolerance; 9 Coeliac Disease and other Gluten Sensitive Disorders; 10 Clinically Validated Diagnostic Tests and Non-validated Procedures of Unproven Value; 11 Diagnosis and Management of Food Intolerance by Diet
12 Food Allergens and the Food Industry13 Immunomodulation of Food Allergies; 14 Conclusions of the Task Force; 15 Recommendations of the Task Force; 16 Questions on Food Allergy and Intolerance; Appendix 1 Food Additives; Glossary; Abbreviations; References; Index
Summary
This exciting and comprehensive book comprises the comprehensive and authoritative independent report of the British Nutrition Foundation's Task Force Report on Adverse Reactions to Food. The Task Force was invited by the Council of the British Nutrition Foundation to review, analyse, report and make recommendations on adverse reactions to food. The main focus of Adverse Reactions to Food is food intolerance (with brief coverage of food aversion and food poisoning). Chapters in the book are divided into sections. The first section considers the immune system, how nutrition influences immune fu
