which came first, the allergies or the disease? (edited)

Thanks, that's interesting.

That's a lot of stuff to avoid though. Isn't it hard? What do you eat?

I've never heard of lectin. I hope Hv has some input on this.

What I learned about allergies is that you're allergic to what you eat and what's in your environment. When you change those things you're OK for a minute and then you become allergic to the new things around you and in you.

That's why we need to work on our immune system. But how? Allergy shots, putting tiny proteins into your blood, trick your immune system into thinking it's "self" and OK so it doesn't attack it. That gives your immune system a rest. Then we have to build it up. That's where good habits, herbs, avoiding stuff (and ?) comes in.