06/03/2014
...are caused by a cross-reaction where the body confuses the food protein for an environmental allergen because the two proteins are very similar. The type of foods that an individual with OAS reacts to depends on the specific type of pollen allergy that they have. For example, individuals who are highly allergic to birch pollen might react to raw peach, apple, pear, kiwi, plum, coriander, fennel, parsley, celery, cherry and carrot. Unlike true food allergies,...