Lactose intolerance is caused by a lack of the enzyme lactase. Milk protein intolerance involves an immune response to ...

Lactose intolerance describes a condition where a person is incapable of digesting lactose - a type of sugar present in milk and dairy products. Food intolerance is different from food allergy. While ...

A multimillion-pound industry has sprung up promising it can detect sensitivities to certain ingredients with a simple remote finger prick test. But the results can be misleading – and even dangerous ...

Food intolerance may be described as an adverse non-immunologic chemical reaction in the body to a non-toxic component of food. This occurs in the absence of any structural abnormality of the ...

Understanding what gluten is, where it tends to hide and which foods are truly safe can take much of the guesswork and stress ...

Intolerance is a growing problem in Pakistan, and it is alarming to see its effects among school children. Children who are supposed to be learning the values of empathy, respect, and acceptance, are ...

Dr Aaron Holley argues that skeletal muscle — not just heart and lungs — is a key, often missed driver of activity ...

You're madly in love with cheese, but your body? Not so much. In fact, every time you chow down on your fave fromage, the subsequent bloating and cramps make you wonder if your ass is about to explode ...

Chemical intolerance, or as it was once known, multiple chemical sensitivity, continues to be a serious health issue. Up to 6% of the U.S. population may react so seriously to chemical exposures that ...

Having specific unusual dietary requirements has become far more mainstream in recent years. There’s an ever expanding ‘free from’ division to most supermarkets to cater for the gluten, dairy or wheat ...