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FOOD INTOLERANCE [2 records]

Record 1 2018-02-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • Digestive Tract
  • Food Industries
CONT

Food sensitivities and intolerances are more common than food allergies, according to the British Allergy Foundation. Neither involves the immune system. A food triggers an intolerance in your digestive tract. This is where your body can’t properly break it down, or your body reacts to a food you’re sensitive to.

CONT

A food sensitivity is an adverse reaction to a food that other people can safely eat. Food sensitivities include food allergies, food intolerances and chemical sensitivities.

PHR

food sensitivity testing

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Appareil digestif
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
CONT

Une sensibilité alimentaire se manifeste par une réaction indésirable à un aliment que d'autres personnes peuvent consommer sans danger. La sensibilité alimentaire englobe les allergies et les intolérances alimentaires, ainsi que la sensibilité aux produits chimiques.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Síntomas (Medicina)
  • Aparato digestivo
  • Industria alimentaria
CONT

¿Qué es la alergia a un alimento? [...] La alergia es una reacción muy específica del sistema inmunológico, que reacciona a una sustancia como si fuera un ataque y libera anticuerpos para defenderse. [Mientras que] la sensibilidad a los alimentos [presenta] muchos síntomas [...] que ni siquiera [pueden] afectar al tracto intestinal (migrañas, fatiga, etc.). Las sensibilidades pueden afectar prácticamente a cualquier órgano, como respuesta al consumo de un alimento.

PHR

prueba de sensibilidad alimentaria

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Record 2 2018-02-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • Immunology
  • Food Industries
CONT

The difference between a food allergy and sensitivity is the body's response. When you have a food allergy, your immune system causes the reaction. If you have a food sensitivity or intolerance, the reaction is triggered by the digestive system.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Immunologie
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
DEF

Réaction anormale de protection du corps après l'ingestion d'un aliment.

CONT

Le système immunitaire déclenche une allergie alimentaire lorsqu'il confond une protéine alimentaire avec un agent nocif. Lors de la première exposition à la protéine alimentaire, le corps réagit en produisant des anticorps appelés immunoglobines E (IgE).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Síntomas (Medicina)
  • Inmunología
  • Industria alimentaria
DEF

Reacción de hipersensibilidad a alimentos con una causa inmunológica comprobada, después de consumir un alimento o uno de sus derivados o un aditivo contenido en el mismo.

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