Food intolerance testing?

In life, some people experience abdominal distension, diarrhea, etc. after eating certain things. For example, some people are not suitable for drinking milk, and they will have diarrhea or stomach pain after drinking milk. This phenomenon is generally called food intolerance. If you want to know which food you are intolerant to, you usually need to undergo examination to confirm the diagnosis. In fact, food intolerance is a relatively complex allergic reactive disease.

Why are they more prone to food intolerance?

The prevalence of food intolerances varies depending on age, gender and region of life.

In general, infants, children, women and adolescents are the high-risk groups. Children are still in the growth and development period, and their immune systems are underdeveloped, so they are more likely to have food intolerance.

Food intolerance is closely related to genetics. Infants and young children whose parents or one of the parents has food intolerance are more likely to suffer from food intolerance than other infants and young children.

Parents should not diagnose their children's food intolerance based on subjective assumptions. It is recommended that relevant tests be conducted to understand the underlying causes of children's food intolerance through professional diagnosis and treatment and long-term evaluation to ensure that their children are free from distress.

Why do they need to be treated differently?

Depending on the test results, food intolerance can be classified as negative, mild, moderate, or severe. Different levels require different responses. Some people can eat less, some can rotate their diets, and some need to completely abstain from food.

Why do we need to make a food "schedule"

Foods that test negative are classified as safe and can be eaten.

If the test results for foods are positive, and if there are few types of positive foods, it is recommended to abstain from eating them completely. If there are many types of food intolerance, not eating all of them will cause nutritional imbalance. You can classify the relevant foods and treat them differently, and eat them in rotation. For example, wheat, milk and pork, these categories do not need to be completely avoided, but a "schedule" should be made and they should be eaten at intervals. Of course, this depends on the specific situation of each person's food intolerance, and you should follow the doctor's advice.

After eliminating a food item from your diet, you need to pay attention to nutrient replacement. For example, parents of babies who are allergic to regular milk can choose alternative milk formula foods or special formula nutritional powders that do not contain allergens. Currently, the scientific community recommends free amino acid formula powder or extensively hydrolyzed protein formula powder, which do not contain milk protein and whose nutritional ingredients can meet the baby's growth and development needs and can be used as a substitute.

Foods that test positive do not necessarily have to be sentenced to life imprisonment. After 6 months of fasting, some symptoms caused by food intolerance will be alleviated or disappear, and some foods will be lifted and gradually returned to the table, which will also help meet our basic nutritional needs.

Never try certain foods that may cause severe allergic reactions.

As children grow older, they may automatically get rid of their intolerance to certain foods, but parents still need to be cautious at this time. It is recommended that they start by resuming eating small amounts, and then gradually increase the amount of related foods after making sure there are no adverse reactions.

For people with food intolerances, strict avoidance of the intolerant food is the best preventive measure. Genetic testing for food intolerance helps us clearly understand our own dietary taboos, master the basic knowledge of food intolerance, types of food intolerance, and the cross-reactions of various immune systems caused by food intolerance, so that we can choose safe food, strengthen the attention to food intolerance in personal health management, take early prevention measures, and nip it in the bud.

We should also pay attention to balanced diet and reasonable diet, learn to read food labels correctly, choose some pollution-free food and food that does not hurt the spleen and stomach; avoid eating some refined, raw, cold, and greasy foods for a long time; keep a diversified combination of fish, eggs, meat, nuts, vegetables and carbohydrates to improve our own immunity and reduce the chance of food intolerance.