Food Intolerances

When food makes you sick

Have you been suffering from gastrointestinal problems for a long time , often have headaches and constantly feel exhausted? You have already done some things to get the symptoms under control. But the measures that you have carried out with your therapist so far have not brought the improvement you had hoped for? Your symptoms could be caused by a food intolerance . There are different forms here.

Celiac Disease

Gluten is a protein found in many grains, such as wheat, rye and barley. More and more people are reacting to this with various allergies and intolerances.

Celiac disease is a chronic systemic disease that is based on a lifelong intolerance to gluten . In this serious autoimmune disease, the intestinal villi are destroyed. As a result, food components no longer reach the bloodstream in sufficient quantities.

Fructose intolerance

Fructose is a natural simple sugar that is mainly found in fruit. Fructose is not only ingested through food through fruit, but also through vegetables and, in small amounts, through cereals.

A distinction is made between two forms of intolerance:

In the case of congenital fructose intolerance , fructose cannot be properly metabolized due to a congenital enzyme deficiency.

The second, much more common form is fructose malabsorption . Here the transport system of the small intestine is defective or overloaded. If this transporter does not work, the fructose cannot be taken up (absorbed) from the small intestine or only to a small extent.

Histamine Intolerance

As an important messenger, histamine is involved in controlling various functions such as the sleep-wake cycle or gastric juice secretion. Histamine also playsa major role in allergic reactions. The messenger substance is not only produced by the body itself, but also ingested through many foods.

In the case of histamine intolerance , there is a deficiency or reduced activity of the enzyme diamine oxidase (DAO). As a result, the body can not adequately break down histamine ingested through food.

Gluten Allergy Intolerance

In recent years, cases of people showing symptoms after consuming products containing gluten have been increasing.

If celiac disease can be ruled out, it is possible that non-celiac gluten sensitivity is present. This comes z. B. in the form of an IgG allergy to gluten is more common than celiac disease. In this form of gluten intolerance , symptoms also occur outside of the intestine. In this case, gluten should also be strictly avoided. IgG food allergies are not recognized by conventional medicine and are scientifically controversial in medicine. That is why our approach can be assigned to complementary medicine.

Lactose Intolerance

Lactose is the naturally occurring sugar in milk and dairy products.

In the case of lactose intolerance , the milk sugar cannot be sufficiently broken down due to a lack of or reduced production of the digestive enzyme lactase.