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Food Intolerances

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Food Intolerance
Often muddled with allergies, food intolerance is a completely different condition. This review explains the symptoms, causes, origins, genetics, prevalence and treatments available to reduce or eliminate the symptoms. Lactose Intolerance is by far the most common food intolerance, but watch out for carbohydrate and fruit intolerance.

Symptoms
Food intolerances are rarely harmful but may cause unpleasant symptoms, including nausea, bloating, abdominal pain and diarrhoea, which begin about half an hour after eating or drinking the food in question. The severity of symptoms varies depending on the amount of enzyme the person makes and how much of the food has been consumed. In alcohol intolerance, there may be intense flushing of the skin, nausea, palpitations, headache and feeling faint.