Chemist Warehouse Catalogue - 07/04-20/04/2022 (Page 30)

nutrition this month could you have intolerance? one in four of us is living with digestive symptoms ranging from annoying some food for thought whekaren fittall food intolerances can cause many and smith says common food intolerances allergic reactions that can be life threatening various symptoms "symptoms of food intolerances can be quite opinion first food intolerance can also cause rashes and really important to seek medical advice and work towards getting an official diagnosis" dietitian milly how are you diagnosed? nutritional deficiencies breath tests designed to help pinpoint a lactose quite differently." for food intolerances that lack credible evidence "the challenging thing with food intolerances is that it can be quite difficult to work out which food is in a food as harmful and releases antibodies to fight to rule out other causes irritates the digestive system the other big difference is that with the exception those foods to try to identify which you might be intolerant to." what is the treatment? approach is slightly different "unlike a food allergy where it's vital to eliminate even the smallest amount of the food in question intolerance can often tolerate a certain amount of the food before symptoms occur." milly says "so once you've identified which food or foods your threshold is so that you can hopefully still eat to remove it from your diet completely." lactose this happens when the body doesn't that's required to break down lactose in milk and other dairy products usually caused by your genetic make related and most people who are lactose intolerant can - and should some contain no or very little lactose wheat this causes gastrointestinal symptoms when wheat-containing foods are called amylase trypsin inhibitors or the fructans in wheat that people react to it's also important to note that while wheat accounts for the majority of also present in many other foods such kidney beans and other grains such as fodmap fodmaps are a collection of short-chain fructans and lactose as well as galacto- different fodmaps and while they're an important food source for good people with irritable bowel syndrome "rather than se diagnosing a food intolerance and important to seek medical advice." milome