tag: food intolerance

Lactose Intolerance 101

Is your morning bowl of cereal or end of the day scoop of ice cream leaving you feeling a little gassy? Or even worse, causing you to high-tail it toward the bathroom? Well, you may be lactose intole…

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Food Allergy vs. Food Intolerance

There is a lot of confusion between food allergies and food intolerance. Watch this to understand the differences.…

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Dining Out With Food Allergies: Is It Safe To Assume…Anything?

Years ago, maybe I should say decades ago because it was sometime in the mid-90s, I was out for a festive dinner in NYC with a sizable group of 20-somethings. The memorable part of the evening was not…

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They Won’t Eat It, Because You Didn’t: Getting Kids to Eat Everything

I have a story. While hardly a unique story to any parent that was kept up at night by a child in gastric distress, it is a story that I am certain many parents can relate to. I call it the night of “…

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7 Ways Food Allergies Could Benefit You (& the Earth)

By Blythe Copeland, TreeHugger A food allergy diagnosis can range from being a minor inconvenience -- like having to read labels to check for food dye -- to a major health issue (think extrem…

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DIY Food Intolerance & Allergy Test

By Melissa Breyer, Senior Editor, Healthy & Green Living Unexplained headaches, fatigue, depression or weight problems? The culprit might be a food intolerance. In fact, the list of symptom…

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Eating Slowly to Prevent Food Intolerance

When you eat too quickly food does not get chewed and broken down properly, so that when it reaches the stomach it is not in the ideal state for optimal digestion. This means the stomach acid and dige…

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