How do you know if you have food intolerance

Do you have food intolerance?
Food intolerance is a condition where a person feels unwell after eating certain foods. The symptoms for food intolerance are often mistaken for common ailments such as headaches, bloating, migraine, irritable bowel syndrome, eczema and acid reflux.
How do you know if you have food intolerance?
Food intolerance is usually diagnosed through a process of elimination, also known as blind elimination. That is, to removing certain food from the diet, wait to see if the symptoms clear up. However, it is sometimes very difficult to identify the food or combinations of foods that are causing the problem as symptoms can appear up to 48 hours after the food is eaten. The process of blind elimination is lengthy and would require lots of patience. Nowadays, there are proven medical test used to diagnose food intolerance. A blood test done to check any elevation in the level of food specific IgG antibodies can identify the problem food or ingredient. Such test will significantly reduce the process of identifying the sensitive food and corrective treatment can be carried out quickly.
There are 4 common types of food intolerance and they are: • Wheat Intolerance - Wheat is a staple and nutritious diet for many people around the world. However, many people do not realise that the underlying cause for some of their ailments could be due to wheat intolerance. Symptoms such as aching joints, bloating, flatulence, fluid retention, eczema and joint pains can be relieved with medical help and by eliminating wheat from our diet. • Gluten Intolerance - Wheat is one of the main problems for people who suffer from gluten intolerance. However, wheat intolerance is not necessarily linked to gluten intolerance. People suffering from gluten intolerance are sensitive to the gluten, a protein found commonly in wheat, barley, rye and oats. • Lactose Intolerance - Lactose intolerance occurs when the digestive system in a person cannot break down completely the sugar called Lactose that is found in milk. Symptoms for lactose intolerance are: Stomach bloating, Diarrhoea., Abdominal pain, Nausea, Flatulence, Vomiting • Yeast Intolerance - Yeast is a fungus organism that feed on sugar and produces gas. We need certain amount yeast in our body to maintain a normal and healthy digestive tract. However, too much yeast in our body will give rise to many health problems.
What to do if you have food intolerance?
Change of diet is important to address the problem of food intolerance. Change of diet would also mean that you have to take out some of your favourite foods and this can be quite distressing. Here are a few tips to help you make that change easily: 1. Make a list of foods that you are intolerance. 2. List the food in food groups such as dairy product is a food group and the type of dairy products are cheese, milk, yogurt and ice cream. 3. Make changing your diet enjoyable by researching on the alternative food available in the market. 4. Nowadays, there are many dairy free products such as soya milk, rice milk, oat milk or lactose free milk, wheat free products such as rice flour, buckwheat flour in the supermarket. 5. A change of diet could also open doors to new cuisines and foods from other culture. 6. Remind yourself of the suffering and inconvenience you used to have when you eat the sensitive food. 7. Certain food can be introduce back to your diet after a period of abstinence so it would be a good motivation to hold on to the new diet till your body is ready to accept the sensitive food again.
Food intolerance is usually not life threatening but it will give you discomfort and make you unwell. Knowing what your food intolerance is; not only enable you to identify the cause of the ailments, it also helps you to take to necessary action to make you healthy again.

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I have condensed my research and experiences which I hope could help others in similiar condition." Jenn Lim, writer of www.gored.eu, about food intolerance.