By: Husna Rizwan
Food intolerance is an epidemic we should all be worried about after 45% of population is believed to be affected by food in the world intolerance but because the symptoms are so varied doctors have a tough time in establishing a correct diagnosis
So what is food intolerance?
Food intolerance also known as food sensitivity which is an adverse reaction in our body to certain foods & accused when your body sees a certain food as a problem food & the foods which cause food intolerance or variant Milk, chocolate, chicken, wheat, spices, spaces nuts & fruits except the cause of food intolerance can be due to one of the multiple factors & engine efficiency sensitivity to certain Chemicals or LgG immune response.
Food intolerance results in a wide range of symptoms such as fatigue, IBS, migraine or obesity symptoms can last for several days or longer & half an instrument making it difficult to identify which foods your body is struggling to deal with.
Through a food intolerance test the kind of foods include diary vegetables fruits grains non-veg food spices & nuts.
How To Interpret Your Test Results?
After you have been tested against all the foods listed in your report, which food is listed in red, yellow or green colour & which colour indicates the strength of your body in you know the reaction to eat your food.
If you experience adverse symptoms & your test shows a rise in lgG antibody to certain foods these may indicate intolerance to the foods removing them from your diet for at least 3 months may result in improvements of the symptoms.
Your food intolerance test results are shown as Elevated Borderline in Normal & concentration of IgG antibodies is shown in brackets after each food.
People who suffer from food intolerance frequently complain of lethargy & a general feeling of unwellness. The symptom often persists for many years. Affected persons regularly report that visits to their doctor have not resolved their problems & in many cases their symptoms are dismissed as ‘all in their mind.’
The following will guide you through your dietary changes:-
Elevated: Indicates strong reaction to that particular food
You should eliminate this food for at least 3 months & substitute to other foods listed in the normal column. For example, if your testing indicates you are intelligent to wheat then cut out wheat & replace with other alternative foods.
Borderline: Indicates the lower reaction to that particular food
You should reduce & rotate these foods for at least 3 months to avoid an increase in intolerance. To rotate foods you need to eat them no more them once every 4 days & substitute them through safer alternatives.
Normal: indicates no significant reaction to that food
These foods can be eaten without restrictions, unless you already know of specific foods that have previously caused a reaction in such cases you should continue to avoid them as this reaction could be due to other reasons.
Food Sensitivity In Babies & Children
In an infant food sensitivity manifest itself colicky symptoms ranging from unnatural persistent fussiness to inconsolable, ear piercing screams that may go on for hours at a time, The baby might develop & unexplained symptoms to ingredients in the formula in case of a bottle fed baby, or food from a complementary diet when the baby has begun eating solid foods.
In an older child the list of possible indicators of food sensitivity is a bit longer it includes symptoms such as Headaches, Stomach ache runny nose, sneezing, loose stool chronic clod, chronic ear infection, constipation, skin rashes, asthma, irritability or lethargy.
Nowadays even the athletes & film stars have come under the grip of foods intolerance due to their habit of the junk food intake
