Dr. Chiang Bor-luen points out that modern people consume less and less fiber and excessive amounts of high-fat and high-calorie food, which not only disrupts the type 1 immune response, but also triggers the production of large amounts of inflammatory mediators (such as prostaglandins). As a result, when an allergy occurs, the inflammatory reaction is much stronger than would otherwise be the case.
江伯倫指出，現代人纖維攝取越來越少，高油脂、高熱量的食品攝取太多，不僅第一型免疫反應因此失調，更導致體內會製造較多的發炎物質（如前列腺素），因而一旦發生過敏時，發炎反應就會比較嚴重。