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What to expect with food and digestion

What to expect with food and digestion

Some foods cause the same problems in everyone when we eat too much of them or in the wrong combination — this is not necessarily food intolerance. Learn more about how different foods can affect digestion in the “What to expect with food and digestion” infographic.

Lies, damned lies, and gluten sensitivity – a story of statistics

Lies, damned lies, and gluten sensitivity – a story of statistics

The recent study by Di Sabatino and colleagues DOES NOT demonstrate the existence of gluten sensitivity. Although the authors report that “the severity of overall symptoms increased significantly during 1 week of intake of small amounts of gluten, compared with placebo,” it simply turns out that 3 of 59 participants reacted strongly enough during their gluten challenges to skew the group results in favor of gluten sensitivity. Taken on their own, however, we cannot diagnose these individuals with gluten sensitivity because they did not complete the required number of gluten and placebo challenges.

Fast facts on food intolerance

Fast facts on food intolerance

Food intolerance is an adverse reaction to a natural food or a food additive that is not produced by your immune system. Food intolerance can be caused by organic, fresh, or processed foods. It can start to affect you at any point in your life.