Tag: Food Allergy
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What’s The Difference Between a Food Allergy and a Food Intolerance?
It can be easy to confuse a food intolerance for a food allergy, but the two are very different. Food allergies are relatively rare. Only around 2% of adults have genuine food allergies. With an allergy, the immune system mistakes a food for an ‘invader’ and reacts swiftly, generally within a few minutes. It is…