I have a lot of people ask me what is a food intolerance or food sensitivity? Well this is caused when a negative reaction to a food, or it can be related to the immune system or it can be caused by food poisoning. Since symptoms of food intolerances veary greatly they can be mistaken for food allergies.
Food intolerances can be caused by the absence of specific enzymes needed to digest a food or to the body’s responses to certain food constituents both natural protein or artificial food additives. While ture allergies are associated with fast-acting immunoglobulin IgE responses, it can be difficult to determine the offending food causing an intolerance with out proper testing, such as Immunolabs.com, or ALCAT.com.
If the immune system is involved, the response is likely to be IgG related and takes place over an extended period of time, this could result in the causative agent and the response being separated in time and may not be obviously related. To learn more regarding food sensitivity contact a friendswood chiropractor at the friendswood studio to see how they can help you with all of your food sensitivity questions.