Food Intolerance

                                                    and Food Allergies

 

Do you suffer from Food Intolerance?

Have you ever feel bloated or suffer discomfort in your stomach after a meal? Are you accepting these discomfort as part of the your life without finding the cause?

Do you know that the underlying cause of ailments like migraine, eczema, arthritis, bloating could be a case of food intolerance?  

What is Food Intolerance? 

Certain foods and ingredients could give adverse reaction such as migraine, joint pains and fatigue when the sensitive food is taken.  

However, these reaction do not often surface immediately, there is usually a delay of about 48hrs. As such, most people do not relate their ailments to food intolerance,. In face they are symptoms of food intolerance.

There is a difference between food intolerance and food allergies. Food allergies is the adverse reaction of the body on certain food taken causing an almost immediate response..In food allergy, the IgE antibodies target the food allergen setting off an allergic reaction. This reaction surface in the form of rashes, wheezing and it can be life threatening. 

Food intolerance is usually not life threatening but it will give you discomfort and make you unwell.

Food intolerance happens when certain food taken are not digested well. The reason for incomplete digestion is due to a lack of certain digestive enzymes required to digest that particular food.

Undigested food cannot enter the blood stream and it will start to ferment. These trigger a response from our body immune system with an increased level of IgG antibodies targeting the undigested food. Repeat intake of sensitive food  stresses our body immune systems thereby giving rise many chronic health problems.

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