It's clear that your gut microbiome plays a big role in how your immune system handles true threats like harmful bacteria or viruses — but we now know that a lack of enough beneficial bacteria in the gut can contribute to the immune system's inability to distinguish friend from foe, leading to the dreaded immune system overreactions known as allergies. (mindbodygreen.com)
An immune system overreaction causes food allergies. (mayoclinic.org)
A new study hints at hidden virus remnants or immune system overreactions (scientificamerican.com)