Plant-based diet may be useful in treating allergic diseases associated with obesity

Allergic diseases are a group of chronic inflammatory disorders of the lung, skin and nasal epithelium characterized by aberrant IgE and Th2 cytokine-mediated immune responses to exposed allergens. A wide range of nutrients and dietary components have been shown to play critical roles in the prevention or treatment of allergic diseases through host and gut microbiota-derived metabolites.