Fashionable diseases, past and present

It’s not quite to the levels of peanut allergy, but the more sensitive people have to avoid even tiny amounts - at least some of those with celiac disease will be quite violently ill for a few days from rather tiny amounts. Given that it’s an autoimmune disease (the immune system attacks cells that are in the process of breaking down gluten), the level of reaction could depend on almost anything - including earlier exposure.