Helminthic therapy and food intolerance
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Food intolerance produces adverse reactions, often delayed, to foods, beverages, food additives and other compounds found in foods that produce symptoms in one or more body systems or organs, but generally refers to reactions other than food allergy. The term, "food hypersensitivity" is used to refer broadly to both food intolerance and food allergy. [1]
Food intolerance can be the result of an absence of specific chemicals or enzymes needed to digest a food substance, as in hereditary fructose intolerance. It may also be a result of an abnormality in the body's ability to absorb nutrients, as occurs in fructose malabsorption, and food intolerance reactions can be triggered by naturally occurring chemicals in foods, as in salicylate sensitivity. Drugs sourced from plants, such as aspirin, can also cause these kinds of reactions.
For much more detail about food intolerance, including causes, symptoms, diagnosis, management and prevention, see the Wikipedia page about this condition.