Food idiosyncrasy is an adverse reaction to a food or food component that occurs though unknown mechanisms which even include psychosomatic illnesses.
It is a reaction to a nontoxic food that can’t be traced to the immune system, metabolic system an illness or a psychological problem.
Examples would include sulfite-induced asthma, tartrazine (a yellow dye ingredient) induced asthma, Chinese restaurant Syndrome, food associated migraine headache and a variety of other illness.
Persons suffering from this food sensitiveness frequently have been affected for early infancy, which in a few cases there is a history of hereditary transmission.
In contrast of food idiosyncrasy, adverse reactions to foods such as eggs, wheat, peanuts and other protein sources are likely to be a true allergy or hypersensitivity because they involve an antigen/antibody reaction mediated though and IgE immune response.
Food Idiosyncrasy
