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DO YOU SUFFER FROM ANY OF THE FOLLOWING?
Bloating after meals
Tiredness all the time
Difficulty sleeping
Itchy skin (eczema)
Poor weight control
Headache
Feeling down
Anxiety
If so you could be suffering from a food intolerance.
Food Intolerances are unpleasant reactions to foods. In some people these reactions can cause distressing symptoms and ill-health. Food Allergy is NOT the same as food intolerance!
Although not life threatening food intolerance should never be underestimated as its impact on sufferers can be significant, severely impacting on their ability to live normal healthy lives.
The incidence of food intolerance is extremely wide and it is estimated that 45% of the population could be affected. Many people with food intolerance experience more than one symptom. Symptoms can often be vague and the root cause of the problem, food, is not always correctly diagnosed.
Sufferers often complain of seeming to be in a ‘fog’, feeling bloated and being tired all the time. Essentially food intolerance is your body’s abnormal reaction to certain foods which can manifest itself in a number of ways.
Some people will have one symptom such as a severe headache whilst others will be unfortunate to experience irritable bowel syndrome, migraine and skin or respiratory conditions.
Realising that your food is a catalyst for particular symptoms is not easy when, unlike the immediate reactive symptoms of food allergy, food intolerance symptoms often appear hours or even days later. In fact many food intolerance sufferers have commented post diagnosis and after having removed their problem foods that they realise they had been experiencing minor symptoms as a result of intolerance for their entire lives
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