Food intolerance and allergy take place when the human body fails to digest the food they consume properly or the food may irritate their digestive system. Common intolerances include celiac diseases and lactose intolerance, which lead to diarrhea, cramps, nausea, belly pain, gas, headaches, or irritability. Today, food intolerance and allergy are growing concerns among many young people in India. Studies revealed a high sensitization rate of about 19% to 26.5% food allergens in both adults and children while food allergy percentage is between 0.14% and 1.2%.
Adverse and Life-threatening Effects of Untreated Intolerance/Allergy
Both untreated allergy and intolerance lead to annoying to life-threatening health diseases. In some cases, people may have sinusitis, chronic asthma, learning or work impairment, severe fatigue, and eczema. A few others also have anxiety, phobia, or other mental health problems.
Patients may even have the deadly and severe anaphylaxis reaction, which may cause shock, throat swelling, and unconsciousness. Other than that, people may have severe food intolerances, like celiac disease or lactose intolerance to cause malnutrition, intestinal damage, and osteoporosis or long-term complications followed by cancer if you ignore and leave intolerance/allergy untreated.
How to Manage Food Intolerance/Allergy
Both food allergy and food intolerance have same management procedures, as they do not have any specific treatment. Instead, affected people only need to manage their symptoms and avoid all those food items completely, which trigger allergy or intolerance. For this, our nutritionists in Delhi recommend our allergic/intolerant patients to write everything they eat daily to track the food items that trigger symptoms.
However, avoiding the triggers may sometimes become complicated, as allergens are often hidden in packaged snacks and beverages. In this situation, our Luvita Nutrition professionals suggest you to check the specific food label to identify the allergens.
Other than that, we work closely with our clients to help them choose alternatives to deal with their conditions. For instance, our nutritionists in Delhi recommend the clients to choose lactose-free milk and dairy products and intake a few lactase supplements to deal with lactose intolerance condition. In contrast, our Luvita Nutrition team suggest you a wide range of gluten-free alternatives, like gluten-free pasta, quinoa, or rice, if you are allergic to wheat or gluten foods.
Managing food intolerance/allergy involves a lifetime process. Hence, contact our experts at Luvita Nutrition to manage your underlying symptoms and initiate to good health.