Food allergy and food intolerance testing

Food allergy and food intolerance are both types of food sensitivity. When someone has a food allergy, their immune system reacts to a particular food as if it isn’t safe. If someone has a severe food allergy, this can cause a life-threatening reaction.
Food intolerance doesn’t involve the immune system and is generally not life-threatening. But [...]

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Food Intolerance on the increase.

The Food Intolerance Awaress group have suggested that changing lifstyles may be causing an increase in the number of people in the UK sufferrring from Food Intolerances. 
Muriel Simmons, chief executive of FIA, said that while stress is a mitigating factor, the types of foods we eat also play a part.
“We don’t eat in the way [...]

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Food Allergy vs Food Intolerance

Although may people view them as the same ther is a big difference between a food allergy and food intolerance. A food allergy is the problem that can arise when a protein in the food acts as an allergen that stimulates the production of antibodies that lead to an abnormal response of the immune system. [...]

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Potatoes are the safest thing to eat on the menu

While wheat and dairy are repeat offenders, current research shows that it is the least likely food to cause migraines, eczema and bloating.
Spokesman for food intolerance testing firm yorktest.com, Les Rowley says: “With the amount of potatoes we eat as a nation, there are surprisingly few cases of adverse health reactions.”
“We carried out tests on [...]

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