FOOD INTOLERANCE

This is difficulty in digesting certain foods and having an unpleasant physical reaction to them.

A person with a food intolerance will often experience discomfort soon after eating certain
foods.It usually involve the digestive system.

SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS

Bloating

Excess gas

Stomach pain

Diarrhoea

Headaches

A runny nose

Malaise-geberal feeling of being under the weather.

If the body is unable to digest a certain food it shows that the body lacks a certain enzyme for
digesting or sensetivity to certain chemicals.

FOODS COMMONLY ASSOCIATED WITH FOOD INTOLERANCE INCLUDE:

Milk(lactose)

Gluten(protein found in wheat)

Food colouring and preservatives

Other compounds such as caffeine and fructose

1.)LACTOSE INTOLERANCE

Lactose is a sugar that occurs in milk.people with lactose intolerance do not have enough
lactase an enzyme that breakdown lactose into smaller molecules that the body can easily
absorb through the intestine.If lactose remains in the intestines it causes stomach
aches,bloating,diarrhoea and gas.

2.)FRUCTOSE INTOLERANCE

Fructose is a sugar present in fruits, some vegetables and honey.Fructose intolerance can also
be due to the lack of enzyme which is rare.Fructose malabsorption in which the body is missing
a protein that allows it to absorb the sugar from the intestines is more common.

3.)GLUTEN INTOLERANCE

Gluten is a protein that occurs in some cereals like barley ,and rye.Gluten intolerance is also
associated with non digestive symptoms like

Joint pain

Brain fog

Fatigue. .

Depression

Anxiety

Headaches