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<blockquote data-quote="LightPhoenix" data-source="post: 2781181" data-attributes="member: 115"><p>Speaking as a biochemist with a small bit of background in immunology, it may or may not be true.</p><p></p><p>On the one hand, constant low-level exposure to an allergen (like pollen) will reduce the type of allergic reaction that causes "allergy". In reality it shifts it over to a different type of reaction that is less harmful to the body, so it doesn't really go away. However, the physical effects of the allergic reaction can be lessened. Additionally, this really only works with minor allergies. For example, I can't eat eggs without going into anaphylactic shock (which means I cook a lot of my own food, which the ladies love <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> ), and no amount of conditioning is going to help that. However, I used to be minorly allergic to nuts - hives and rashes but nothing too terrible. I was a stubborn kid though, and eventually that "went away".</p><p></p><p>On the other hand, one thing to keep in mind is that ingestion and inhalation are two very different modes of exposure. In the relatively small quantities present in honey combined with the fact that you're probably combining that with other food, thus diluting the allergen further, chances are you won't feel the effects of that pollen nearly as much as if you had breathed it in. So by this reasoning, chances are this is not really as true as people would like to believe.</p><p></p><p>So really, it could be true or it could not be true. Personally I'd lean towards urban myth, because I don't think the concentration of allergen to food, combined with the extremely harsh environment of the stomach compared to the lungs, would prevent any meaningful exposure.</p><p></p><p>Okay, I'll stop now. Alton rocks!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LightPhoenix, post: 2781181, member: 115"] Speaking as a biochemist with a small bit of background in immunology, it may or may not be true. On the one hand, constant low-level exposure to an allergen (like pollen) will reduce the type of allergic reaction that causes "allergy". In reality it shifts it over to a different type of reaction that is less harmful to the body, so it doesn't really go away. However, the physical effects of the allergic reaction can be lessened. Additionally, this really only works with minor allergies. For example, I can't eat eggs without going into anaphylactic shock (which means I cook a lot of my own food, which the ladies love :) ), and no amount of conditioning is going to help that. However, I used to be minorly allergic to nuts - hives and rashes but nothing too terrible. I was a stubborn kid though, and eventually that "went away". On the other hand, one thing to keep in mind is that ingestion and inhalation are two very different modes of exposure. In the relatively small quantities present in honey combined with the fact that you're probably combining that with other food, thus diluting the allergen further, chances are you won't feel the effects of that pollen nearly as much as if you had breathed it in. So by this reasoning, chances are this is not really as true as people would like to believe. So really, it could be true or it could not be true. Personally I'd lean towards urban myth, because I don't think the concentration of allergen to food, combined with the extremely harsh environment of the stomach compared to the lungs, would prevent any meaningful exposure. Okay, I'll stop now. Alton rocks! [/QUOTE]
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