Food Intolerance

This food sensitivity does not involve the immune system. It pertains to a digestive system reaction where it can't break down a specific food that was eaten. This often happens due to a lack of a specific enzyme needed for digestion. Consuming foods you're intolerant to can cause a range of unpleasant digestive symptoms. In the long term, repeated exposure to intolerant foods can worsen gut health and contribute to other health issues. While food intolerances aren't life-threatening like food allergies.   Common Examples:

• Lactose is found in milk, cheese, and yogurt.
• Gluten pertains to any type of grain, such as wheat, corn, rye, etc.
• Histamine is a chemical naturally found in foods like aged cheese, fermented products, some fish, and red wine.
• Amines are substances produced when proteins in food start to break down, which occurs during fermentation, storage, or decay. 

These are not allergies; they are not serious or life-threatening. Many people with an intolerance can eat a small amount of the offending food without problems.   There are many types of intolerances, and almost any food can cause people problems. Some common ones can be certain fruits or vegetables, herbs, spices, specific ones could be tomato, caffeine, msg, eggs, peppers, seafood, red meat, chicken, or pork. There are many problem foods.