Question 1

what will help my fatty food intolerance?

Accepted Answer

Enzymes...: Fats in the diet are broken down during digestion by mixing with bile and pancreatic enzymes called lipase. Sometimes taking a digestive enzyme supplement containing lipase with your meal will help. Remember, intake of more than 20-25% of your daily calories from fat is unhealthy. And the total amount of saturated fat component should be less than 10% of the total fat.

Question 2

fatty food intolerance    problem...i had my gallbladder removed in june. i get nauseus after fats?

Accepted Answer

Fat dyscrasia: This can happen. Some folks have an additional medical problem- pancrease, (pancrelipase) post gb syndrome. Etc. Others take a digestive aid after meals and wait until the common duct gets larger over time and less bile dumping occurs.

Question 3

can a food intolerance lab be done with hair samples? take the guesswork out of your diet by learning which foods are best and worst for you. identify your bodys intolerances and imbalances: diet, toxicity, vitamin, mineral, fatty acids, gut biome?

Accepted Answer

: If you ever see such an offer avoid it. Keep your own food diary listing daily intake cross referenced with any symptoms. Do an exclusion for a week or two then re-introduce the item and random associations are eliminated. If the symptom recurs avoid it. There are blood test that can suggest things to avoid &amp; items that are a severe risk. Beyond that, consumer beware. If it sounds too good, it is.

Question 4

how can i determine food intolerance?

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Food intolerance: The usual way to determine food intolerance is to go on an elimination diet for several weeks, followed by gradual reintroduction of foods suspected of causing digestive or other issues.  Then you see how your body responds to each food.  There are many ways to go about this, but an integrative medicine physician can help you.  Commonly offending foods include gluten, dairy, eggs, and soy.

Question 5

how do i know if i have food intolerance?

Accepted Answer

Elimination of foods: The best , least expensive, and most reliable way is to remove something from your diet for a week or two...See how you feel...Then reintroduce it and see if you feel worse.
You can also get allergy testing...Which will tell you if you have acute histamine related allergies (like hives, trouble breathing). There is another path for food intolerance that is hard to test for. Look at alcat.Com test.

Question 6

which medicine is best for food intolerance ?

Accepted Answer

????: A food intolerance is not typically treated with any medicine or medications. It simply means an adverse reaction to food that is not a true food allergy (ige-mediated). If you have GI issues then you could see a GI specialist. Only oral supplement would be a multivitamin or probiotics.

Question 7

what is the definition or description of: food intolerance?

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Not an allergy: Sensitivity means allergy. Intolerance means something else - usually an inability to digest a component of the food in question.  If you are intolerant to cow's milk it could be because you can't digest milk sugar also called lactose.  That is called lactose intolerance which is due to lack of an enzyme that digests the milk sugar.  The enzyme is called lactase.

Question 8

what's the symptoms of a food intolerance in a toddler?

Accepted Answer

Diarrhea/spitting up: Food tolerance symptoms are variable from patient to patient and may differ in the same patient with the food item involved.Most toddlers that are symptomatic will have loose stools and associated cramping.If stools are loose enough for long enough they may have a persistent diaper rash. Some may spit up instead, or just cramp without diarrhea.

Question 9

is there a medical test for food intolerance?

Accepted Answer

A diary: There are a variety of ways you can test for intolerance or allergy &amp; some relatively good. They sometimes will over/under report positive reactions. One of simple methods is to keep a food diary. Eliminate suspect foods for 2 wks &amp; re-introduce them one at a time. Note reactions within 3 days. Do without for 2 wks &amp; see if it happens again. Reproducible rxns eliminate coincidental events.

Question 10

can food intolerance cause anaphylactic shock ?

Accepted Answer

Usually no: Anaphylaxis is an immunologic reaction that happens to people who are allergic to a food (hives, swelling, cough/wheeze/shortness of breath, loss of blood pressure and fainting, severe vomiting/diarrhea).  Food intolerances generally lead to symptoms like nausea, stomach upset, headaches, and sometimes rashes.  They are rarely dangerous.

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How can i determine food intolerance?

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