Testing It Up

Yesterday, we did a feature pointing out the differences between food intolerance and food allergies, as the two are normally mistakenly taken as one or the other. While the symptoms of food intolerance are not as immediate and severe unlike food allergies, the two conditions have one thing in common — they can both be prevented through the diligent avoidance of intake of the foods that cause them. There are no medications to treat food allergy or food intolerance, and as previously mentioned, the only way to prevent its occurrence is by diligently avoiding these foods. However, due to the common nature of the symptoms – nausea, abdominal pain, bloating and diarrhea – which are usually unpleasant but not necessarily viewed as harmful, it is often difficult to associate these symptoms with food intolerance. In this case, it may be beneficial to undergo a food intolerance test to identify the food types and ingredients that one is intolerant to, so that these foods can be cut from his or her diet. Once the offending food types are known, these can be removed from a person’s diet. At this point, it is important to be careful about the specific ingredients in the food that one is taking in. Food labels should be scrutinized carefully, and when eating out, be sure to inform the waiter about cases of intolerance so that the establishment will be able to recommend dishes that you can order without getting sick. Nowadays, however, food intolerance no longer necessarily equates to food deprivation, as there are now food intolerance products or “free-from” products. You can now purchase “lactose-free” milk and other such products, which will allow you to indulge your food fancy without worrying too much about intolerance.

Tags: food allergy, food intolerance, food intolerance test, food poisoning, food sensitivity

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