At one time or another, you've probably come across someone who is lactose intolerant and might experience some unpleasant gut symptoms if they have dairy. Maybe it's you — food intolerances are ...

Lactose intolerance is NOT a food allergy even though it is commonly referred as one. Lactose, which is a sugar, is naturally found in animal and human milk. If you look on a food label you will see ...

Fructose intolerance is a condition in which the body has difficulty digesting fructose, a natural sugar found in fruits, some vegetables, and added sweeteners such as high-fructose corn syrup. There ...

A food allergy occurs when the body's immune system reacts to a protein in food, treating it as a threat. Antibodies called immunoglobulin E (IgE) respond by signaling for the release of a chemical ...

“One man’s meat is another man’s poison.” - Titus Lucretius Carus My dietician and I recently came to a standstill. A few months ago she asked me, “How many of your food issues are psychosomatic?” “I ...

If it’s been a few years since you tested for food intolerances, it might be worth retesting to see if you still need to avoid those foods. Perhaps you’ve been avoiding eggs, soy, lactose, gluten, or ...

Histamine intolerance (HIT), also termed enteral histaminosis or dietary histamine sensitivity, is frequently cited as a potential explanation for complex, multi-system symptoms that elude ...

Grace Guthrie was vacationing with her boyfriend in January 2020 when the couple stopped at a café to eat lunch. Guthrie, a 29-year-old dietetic intern at the University of Kansas Medical Center, knew ...