Fructan, not gluten, induces symptoms in patients with gluten sensitivity

Re:Fructan, not gluten, induces symptoms in patients with gl... by taeric on Wednesday November 15, 2017 @12:50AM (#15701724)

I would similarly be unsurprised if there is just some other factor. I saw an article onetime that showed a link between alergies to apples and the range of an unrelated tree. That is, there was some other type of tree that, if present, increased the occurrence of reported allergies to the apple. Whereas the same apple in a location without this tree had fewer allergies reported.

Sadly... my inability to refind this article makes me suspect that, though I may be unsurprised by this idea, I have no evidence for it. So, if anyone can help refute the idea, that would be great! :)

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Re:Fructan, not gluten, induces symptoms in patients with gl... by asplake on Wednesday November 15, 2017 @01:01AM (#15701758)

You may be thinking birch trees. I’m allergic to certain raw fruits (cooked or canned ok), beans, and tree nuts (peanuts and cashews ok). I’m told this weird combination is a thing.

I found “Oral allergy syndrome” http://acaai.org/allergies/types/food-allergies/types-food-a...

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Re:Fructan, not gluten, induces symptoms in patients with gl... by taeric on Wednesday November 15, 2017 @10:57AM (#15704623)

Thanks for the link! That at least makes it look like I didn't imagine the article. The one I remember was a more direct link between allergies to thing X, but only in the presence of thing Y. With no reported allergies to thing Y.

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Re:Fructan, not gluten, induces symptoms in patients with gl... by jon_richards on Wednesday November 15, 2017 @02:48AM (#15702140)

Holy shit. I've always been allergic to random things like cherries, apples, tomatoes, melon, peaches, etc., but only some of the time and never when it's cooked. It could definitely be some other tree or something that's doing it.

Edit: Just read the other reply. I'm definitely allergic to birch and grass pollen and I've always had hay fever. That solves that mystery.

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Re:Fructan, not gluten, induces symptoms in patients with gl... by taeric on Wednesday November 15, 2017 @10:58AM (#15704638)

Definitely seek out more information on this. I'm still halfway convinced I imagined the article I am referring to. :(

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Re:Fructan, not gluten, induces symptoms in patients with gl... by kaybe on Wednesday November 15, 2017 @12:11PM (#15705366)

That is a new idea, thanks! I was suspecting pesticides or similar, since my allergy is highly batch-dependant and there have been less and less occurrences over time.

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Re:Fructan, not gluten, induces symptoms in patients with gl... by taeric on Wednesday November 15, 2017 @02:24PM (#15706926)

I stress that I may have made up the article I'm referencing!

I ultimately take "allergy" to mean, "we don't fully understand the reason."

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Re:Fructan, not gluten, induces symptoms in patients with gl... by kaybe on Thursday November 16, 2017 @08:59AM (#15712631)

Regardless, it's an interesting theory that I hadn't considered before. It's harder to imagine how that would work, but not inconceivable.

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