In this book, specialist dietitians Isabel Skypala and Carina Venter bring together a team of expert authors to separate fact from fiction and provide the reader with an authoritative and practical guide to diagnosing, managing and preventing food allergy and intolerance.

Published in association with the British Dietetic Association.

Classification and prevalence of food hypersensitivity -- The role of food hypersensitivity in different disorders -- The diagnosis of food hypersensitivity -- Triggers of food hypersensitivity -- Milk and eggs -- Seafood -- Fruits and vegetables -- Peanuts, legumes, seeds and tree nuts -- Food hypersensitivity involving cereals -- Other causes of food hypersensitivity -- Nutritional consequences of avoidance, and practical approaches to nutritional management -- Lifestyle issues -- Allergy prevention and the effect of nutrition on the immune system -- Management of allergic disease.