Originally Posted by HowlerKarma
alpha-Gal sensitization via ticks as mediators is an allergy, albeit a weird one even among food allergies. One problem in differentiation of intolerance from "true" food allergy is the fact that the GI symptoms typical of intolerance can quite often be observed as a part of the systemic symptoms observed in an IgE-mediated response, too. Just because you have GI symptoms doesn't have to mean it's an intolerance. smile

Ahh. Thanks for the clarification.