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 Food intolerance
Experts often use the term "food intolerance" to describe adverse reactions to food in which the body's immune system is not involved.

You may have heard of lactose intolerance - a condition that makes it difficult for people to digest the sugar in milk. This is quite common in South Africa.

Other people are sensitive to wheat, and others to food additives and preservatives.

Find out what the difference between a food allergy and food intolerance is, which foods are to blame, and how an intolerance is diagnosed.

 CONTENTS
Allergy vs. intolerance
Allergies – it’s war, Allergy vs. intolerance, Understanding food intolerance, Allergy, intolerance: which is it?

Lactose intolerance
Lactose intolerance, Down about dairy?, Lactose intolerant? Take note

Coeliac disease
Allergic to wheat?, A-Z of Coeliac disease, Coeliac disease goes undiagnosed

Sensitive to additives?
Allergic to food additives?, Allergic to preservatives?

 


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