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Intolerance
Food intolerance or non-allergic food
hypersensitivity is a
delayed, adverse reaction to a food, beverage or food additive caused
by
mechanisms not involving the immune
system.
Symptoms of a food intolerance may be caused by
the absence of
specific chemicals or enzymes needed to digest a food substance, from
reactions
to naturally occurring chemicals in foods, reactions to food additives
or
reactions to contaminated foods.
A food intolerance is therefore an adverse
reaction to a
food not involving the immune system, whereas a food allergy is an
adverse
reaction to a food involving the immune system. With a food allergy,
the presence
of IgE antibodies against the allergenic food will be found in the
patient.
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