| Food intolerances or sensitivities are a problem for a | | | | breathing difficulties. Digestive distress such as |
| lot of people. Unlike allergies, you can grow into and | | | | vomiting, pain, and diarrhea are also common to |
| out of food intolerances. Food intolerance symptoms | | | | people suffering with food intolerances. Symptoms of |
| are not caused by the immune system as are allergic | | | | a food allergy vary greatly and are often mistaken |
| reactions. They are usually milder and are the body's | | | | for a food allergy. |
| reaction to foods that you cannot break down and | | | | Food intolerance symptoms rarely occur right after |
| digest properly. These effects are sometimes felt as | | | | eating the food but usually take hours or even days |
| headaches, general irritation, loss of sleep, and an | | | | to become apparent. This makes the offending food |
| upset stomach. Food intolerance is a very annoying | | | | sometimes very difficult to determine. Unlike allergies, |
| experience for you. | | | | which seem to stay with you for life, food |
| Allergies on the other hand, are caused by the body's | | | | intolerances are quickly cured by removing the |
| immune system reacting to a normal substance by | | | | particular food that caused the problem from you |
| producing excess antigens. These antigens can cause | | | | diet. |
| severe pathologic reactions and symptoms. A food | | | | Only by removing the food item from your diet can |
| allergy occurs when you come in contact to a | | | | you be sure of reducing and eliminating your food |
| particular food that you are sensitive to with an | | | | intolerance problem. The common test is a form of |
| almost immediate and severe allergic reaction as a | | | | an elimination diet carried out under a doctor's |
| consequence. Food intolerance symptoms take longer | | | | supervision. This will enable your doctor to find and |
| to develop and may not occur for hours or even | | | | eliminate the problem food. By making small changes |
| days after contact with the food in question. | | | | to your diet, sometimes wonder results occur. Many |
| Symptoms of food intolerance and allergies can take | | | | people have experienced relief from a whole range |
| a bewildering variety of forms. They often include | | | | of chronic and unexplained health problems by dealing |
| swelling of the lips, throat, and other areas. Skin | | | | with a food intolerance problem. |
| rashes can result from a food intolerance as well as | | | | |