Most people do not have food allergies no matter how uncomfortable they may feel after they eat ice cream or drink milk. The cramps and the bloat are most likely due to having food intolerance to dairy.
The basic difference is that food allergies require an immune system reaction and food intolerances do not. In a food allergy, your immune system mistakenly identifies a specific food or a part of a food as being harmful to your body. That sets off your immune system which triggers specific cells to produce antibodies to fight the evil food or ingredient. The next time you eat even the smallest amount of that food, or sometimes touch it or inhale its particles, the antibodies sense it and signal your immune system to release histamine and other chemicals into your bloodstream to protect itself which causes all sorts of reactions such as swelling and hives and dizziness.
The good news is that only two to four percent of adults and six to eight percent of children under the age of three have true food allergies. The rest of us are likely to have food intolerance. That is important to know because eating even the […]

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