Boston Children's Hospital Jan 22 2025 When is food simply nourishing and enjoyable, and when does it provoke an allergic reaction? The answer appears to lie in the balance of microbes that live in our intestine - and a specific protein secreted by intestinal goblet cells that influences that balance. Excess amounts of this protein, RELMb, changes the profile of intestinal microbes in a way that cause the body not to tolerate certain triggering foods, finds a new study from Boston Children's