Molecular mimicry is a way that a foreign protein can cause difficulties for your body. It can be caused by two types of drugs (such as antivenoms), or it can be food-related, like when our immune system is exposed to an incomplete protein in food and then reacts...
The mucosal immune system is constantly exposed to challenges from the antigenic substances found in food and released from the body’s own microbial flora. The body’s normal tolerance to friendly antigenic substances can be disrupted by a number of...