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The assumption that bronchial asthma is due to inhaled allergens, such as the pollens, has sometimes resulted in overlooking allergens in food. Food allergy has too often been ignored or inadequately controlled when it was the sole cause of bronchial asthma or contributed to the effects of inhaled allergens. Recognition of the importance of food allergy in a given patient is usually impossible unless one begins with a cereal-free elimination diet which assumes allergy to cereal grains as well as to milk, eggs, and other less common allergenic foods. This was clearly demonstrated in 50 children and 45 adults, whose bronchial asthma was relieved without use of antigens, vaccines, corticosteroids, or ACTH. Strict adherence to the diet was necessary at first, especially in the winter, but in many cases it was found that tolerance to some foods developed in one to four years and that a more liberal diet could be allowed in the |
