Being prone to Allergies is basically a set of conditions where the body’s immune system “unrecognized” a harmless element in our food or environment as a threat. Therefore, the key event in all allergic reactions is histamine release triggered by “allergy bombs”. Those are the mast cells that are primed to react to specific allergens. This is what causes all the characteristic symptoms that drive us crazy: redness, itching, burning, swelling, etc…