Johns Hopkins University Press Food Allergies: A Complete Guide for Eating When Your Life Depends on It

very good

This book answers a lot of questions about food allergies. Safety, research, types of testing etc.

This book is entirely in q&a format, which can be frustrating to try to read through at length. However, it does a decent job of presenting what would happen if you took notes at a series of appointments with a good allergist to discuss food allergies. The information is based on current knowledge and practice, and matches what I've heard from the heads of the pediatric food allergy programs at two major Boston hospitals as well as a number of other allergists. If you're not sure whether the advice you're getting from your allergist is reasonable or if you keep leaving allergist appointments thinking "I wish I'd asked a few more questions," this book can be incredibly helpful.

As someone who has done extensive research on allergies, I was disappointed that this book contains quite a few factual / scientific errors. It is also disappointing how the author discredits Functional Medicine, Integrative Medicine and Naturopathy. It's almost as if the author is insecure about his knowledge or own medical training so he just criticizes holistic health without understanding it. The format of questions and answers makes it easy to follow, that's the only redeeming thing about this book.

All the question and answer crap is just annoying to read. This book didn’t help me because I couldn’t read it any longer...it’s an annoying format