I. Food allergy is an adverse immune-mediated reaction to a food that a person has been sensitized to, and which, when eaten, causes the release of inflammatory mediators or chemicals that act on body tissues and results in symptoms.
II. Food intolerances is an adverse reaction to a food or food additive that does not involve the immune system and results from the body’s inability to digest, absorb, or metabolize a food or component of the food.
A. Statement I is correct
B. Statement II is correct
C. Both statements are correct
D. Both statements are incorrect
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A food challenge in which neither the patient nor physician knows the identity of the test food component, which is usually disguised as a powder in a food known to be tolerated or in a gelatin capsule.
A. Double-blind, placebo-controlled food challenge (DBPCFC)
B. Single-blind food challenge
C. Open food challenge
D. None of the above