Question 1

symptoms of food intolerance?

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Any related to food: Any symptoms that are uncomfortable associated with eating a food can be called a food intolerance.
The term intolerance does not specify a particular cause. Commonly those symptoms which are not related to a food allergy are considered an intolerance.

Question 2

what exactly is a food intolerance?

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Food intolerance: Food intolerance is a generic term that has had its meaning morphed over time. Food intolerance is any food that a person cannot tolerate. This can be due to allergies, enzyme deficiencies (like lactase deficiency), medication interactions (tetracyclines and milk), uncomfortable feelings (green pepper causing gastic reflux), and somatic (beans causing 'excessive' flatulence). These are just exampl.

Question 3

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 4

how do i know if i have food intolerance?

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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 5

which medicine is best for food intolerance ?

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????: 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 6

should children be tested for food intolerance?

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No: There has been little information to prove this point, you can however supplement their diet with a vit b complex tablet and omega 3 (fish oil capsules) research and current data indicates benefit in children particularly with fish oil capsules. May also consider screening for sensory integration disorder.

Question 7

what is the most accurate food intolerance testing?

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Actual consumption: Lab tests and scratch tests may say you are allergic on paper, but in reality have no symptoms when ingesting the food. However, actual ingestion of suspect foods should only be done in an allergist's office where they can assess the response, check vital signs, and intervene if there is a severe reaction. Don't try this at home!

Question 8

in easy to understand words, what is food intolerance?

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Food intolerance: Some foods don't agree with everyone. If your body does not make the natural chemicals to break down a food, you may not digest it well. This can cause nausea, stomach cramps, gas, diarrhea or vomiting. An allergy reaction may cause hives or swelling. You may need to avoid that food for a while (or sometimes longer). Some people will grow out of these problems and can have those foods again.

Question 9

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 10

f i t ( food intolerance test ) how much its importance for human living?

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Kindly rephrase: your question, food intolerance, is a broad subject, and no known standardized tests are available except for few, like hydrogen breath test for lactose intolerance, so kindly specify which food you are referring to and which test

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