the magic word is SUSCEPTIBLE....................

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"stuart" <ggo@feds.org> wrote in message
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> "rosie read n' post" <readandpost@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>>>
>>> In relatively trivial doses. However, if one gets addicted to any of
>>> the
>>> above foods and consumes signifigant daily amounts of any particular
>>> item,
>>> the probability of developing problems goes up...
>>>
>>>
>>>>
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>>
>> you are talking about HUGE daily amounts.......................HUGE!
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> Well, not necessarily. Sometimes moderate amounts of certain foods, if
> consumed regularily in susceptible patients can cause problems. I once
> heard a colleague put forward the proposal that sometimes we crave the
> foods we are allergic to due to the "kick" they provide. Of course we
> are not discussing strictly mutagenicity or carcenogenic properties
> here, but I think it is generally accepted that the pathenogenisis of
> allergy and malignancy are interrelated at the histiological level.
>