The immune system is attacking the body when these foods are eaten - an 
autoimmune response is the allergy.  When we're not challenged by them 
early in life, the immune system may not learn to recognize and tolerate 
the all of the foods we eat (and it also may not recognize all of the 
germs, etc. that it should attack).  -=mark=-

Belinda Lawson wrote:
> Apologies if this has been discussed at length on the list and I missed it:
> 
> My husband just got a blood test back that said he was allergic to the 
> strangest things (eggs, pineapple, pinto beans) -- things he really 
> likes and never would've expected!  I'm considering having it done too 
> after I've been on pemmican for a while.  Just out of curiosity.
> 
> My question to the group is:  why do people have food allergies?  One 
> would think that if a one size fits all "pemmican and water" diet cured 
> all ills that everyone's allergies would be the same.  But they wouldn't 
> bother doing testing if everyone was allergic to all the same thing, 
> would they?  What's the underlying mechanism that determines what foods 
> we are or aren't allergic to?  Blood type?  Genes?  Ideas?
> 
> TIA
> -Belinda
>