Lactose intolerance is a condition caused by a lack of lactase. Lactase is an enzyme that helps you digest lactose, natural milk sugar and is normally produced by your body. Once lactose is in the body, it needs to be broken down into two simple sugars, glucose and galactose, to be absorbed into the blood [...]
Gluten intolerance is relatively common and related to a typical ‘Western’ diet – lots of bread and pasta. It can be reversed through elimination diets and careful dietary planning. People with a gluten intolerance have less severe symptoms and could hypothetically eat gluten once in a while without causing any serious damage.
The terms gluten intolerance [...]
Food intolerance is a disorder in which contact with or absorption of particular ‘trigger’ foods causes unpleasant symptoms and reactions. It is usually diagnosed through a process of elimination – removing a suspected ‘trigger’ food from the diet, and wait to see if the symptoms clear up.
Because a food intolerance can cause some of the [...]