title: Food allergy: the 10 common offenders.
abstract: The 10 chief offenders among food allergens are cow's milk, chocolate and cola (the kola nut family), corn, eggs, the pea family (chiefly peanut, which is not a nut), citrus fruits, tomato, wheat and other small grains, cinnamon and artificial food colors. Food allergy results in a remarkable variety of clinical syndromes. Diagnois rests on an elimination and challenge process. Treatment is avoidance. Desensitization does not work.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D010367:Arachis / Q000009:adverse effects; D002099:Cacao / Q000009:adverse effects; D002935:Cinnamomum zeylanicum / Q000009:adverse effects; D002957:Citrus / Q000009:adverse effects; D002523:Edible Grain / Q000009:adverse effects; D004531:Eggs / Q000009:adverse effects; D005505:Food Coloring Agents / Q000009:adverse effects; D005512:Food Hypersensitivity / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008892:Milk / Q000009:adverse effects; D003313:Zea mays / Q000009:adverse effects
chemical_list: D005505:Food Coloring Agents