I have a great deal of sympathy for those described as "allergy hypochondriacs". Whilst it is probably accurate that only 1-2% suffer from "true allergy" as described by the presentation to the College of Dermatologists, this ignores the many other people who suffer genuine symptoms to foods or food components. Because these reactions are more complicated and not detected by allergy tests they are often dismissed as hypochondriasis. This flies in the face of research and clinical practice done … [Read more...]