Allergies are rarely related to anxiety
This is a controversial issue. Recent studies have shown that hypersensitivity to certain foods can cause psychological anxiety symptoms in some people. However, the most carefully done research suggests that this is quite uncommon. Nonetheless, a movement known as Clinical Ecology holds that many illnesses, including those with anxiety, are frequently caused by hypersensitivity or “allergic” reactions to a wide variety of environmental substances; the mainstream of medicine regards these claims as extravagant and unsubstantiated and feels that very few people have anxiety symptoms that could be attributed to allergies. More extensive and well-designed research studies are needed to help resolve this controversy.
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