About 30 percent of Americans believe they are allergic to at least one type of food.
They're not.
In fact, according to a new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, only 5 percent of adults and 8 percent of children really do have a food allergy. Why the math problem? Lots of reasons, according to this story in the New York Times. Allergies come and go. Tests for allergies are unreliable. And there is widespread confusion about what is an allergy–a true immune system response– and an intolerance- some unpleasant bodily response to a certain food.
one teaspoon of yellow mustard eaten slowly is all anyone needs for heart burn!