Food Intolerances And Children

There is a growing number of parents that believe their children may be suffering from food intolerance. As always with food intolerance, finding the truth is never easy.

Children develop stomach aches for a lot of reasons, whether it be depression or hyperactivity, because they are still growing, it’s dangerous to cut out major food groups and trying to maintain a diet thats perfectly balanced.

If you think your children have food intolerance, the first thing to do is to talk to a doctor about it, he will be able to tell you if a test is needed or not. Sometimes, in some rare cases, children are born with metabolic abnormalities which results in illness if they eat specific types of food. These children are missing some of the basic enzymes needed to process food, sometimes due to genetics.

One of the most common is primary lactase deficiency, or lactose intolerance, which is a lifelong condition developed when your child was still a baby, it means he cannot properly absorb the sugar naturally contained in milk, this results in symptoms that affect his health.

Some hospitals may conduct a ‘food challenge’ test to determine whether a food allergy exists or confirm a suspected food allergy. A sample of the suspected offending food is given to the person unknowingly. The suspected offending food may be mixed with another food or may be disguised as an ingredient in another food. These food preparation techniques are used to prevent undue influence on the outcome of the test (if the person recognises the food by sight or taste). Another method is to have the person take a capsule containing the allergen.

This test is given under strict supervision because of the dangers of reaction. This would never be attempted on anyone with a history of severe reactions. After eating the food or taking the capsule, the person is monitored to see if a reaction occurs.

The other option is to get a food intolerance test, a blood test that is, which will detect up to 300 foods that might cause food intolerance symptoms in your child… This test is especially usefull in cases where children are belived to have ADHD symptoms, because yest, food intolerance can lead to ADHD like symptoms… This is why the Scientific Laboratory For Food Intolerance, offer the Imupro100 ADHD test, very popular for childrens… for more info check out their food intolerance tests page on their site !