Many chronic health conditions can be triggered by unidentified and untreated food intolerance’s. If you have any of the following recurring symptoms then you may be suffering from food intolerance. Do not ignore these warning signs or your symptoms could become more severe and could trigger a far more serious condition such as asthma, arthritis, cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular disease or one of many other so-called-modern diseases.

Symptoms of Food Intolerance’s

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• Abdominal Pain
• Joint Pain & Swelling
• Anxiety/Mood swings
• Belching after meals
• Low Libido
• Bloating & Flatulence
• Menstrual Disorders
• Constipation
• Nausea
• Cystitis
• Diarrhoea
• Sinusitis or nasal discharge
• Difficulty concentrating

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• Skin disorders
• Drowsiness/Lethargy
• Snoring
• Stomach cramps
• Fuzzy thinking, foggy brain
• Throat infections – recurring
• Indigestion
• Thrush & other fungal infections
• Insomnia
• Inability to control weight; weight gain or weight loss
• Irritable Bowel Syndrome
• Energy levels are low, feeling exhausted
• Low immune system – frequent colds & infections
• Persistent cough or noisy breathing

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Understanding Food Intolerance

Understanding the difference between intolerance and other types of food reaction is an important starting point because the approach to dealing with them is quite different. Unlike allergies and coeliac disease, which are immune reactions to food proteins, intolerances don’t involve the immune system at all. They are triggered by food chemicals which cause reactions by irritating nerve endings in different parts of the body, rather in the way that certain drugs can cause side-effects in sensitive people.

The chemicals involved in food intolerances are found in many different foods, so the approach involves identifying them and reducing your intake of groups of foods, all of which contain the same offending substances. By contrast, protein allergens are unique to each food (for example, egg, milk and peanut), and dealing with a food allergy involves identifying and avoiding all traces of that particular food. Similarly, gluten, the protein involved in coeliac disease, is only found in certain grains (wheat, barley, rye) and their elimination is the basis of a gluten-free diet.

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