Some foods, such as shrimp, milk, and eggs, can cause food intolerance in some people, so if you experience symptoms such as bloated belly, gas, and poor digestion right after eating any of these foods, ing it and make an appointment with an allergist.
To know if you do not digest some of these foods well you can do a food exclusion test, stop eating the food you suspect for 7 days and then eat the food again to see if the symptoms reappear. If they reappear you are likely to have an intolerance or allergy and you will need to stop consuming it. See more about How to know if it is food intolerance.
Usually intolerance and food allergy are diagnosed in childhood, but adults may also develop this digestion difficulty over time. In any case, the solution is to exclude food from the diet and take an antihistamine if symptoms such as swollen mouth appear, for example.
List of foods that may cause food intolerance
We list food and food additives that most commonly cause food intolerance. Are they:
- Vegetable origin: Tomato, spinach, banana, walnuts, cabbage, strawberry, rhubarb
- Animal origin: Milk and dairy products, egg, cod, seafood, herring, shrimp, beef
- Industrialized: Chocolate, red wine, pepper. Look at the symptoms of chocolate allergy.
There are also food additives, such as preservatives, flavorings, antioxidants and dyes, which are present in many industrialized foods such as biscuit, wafer, frozen food and sausage, which can cause food intolerance. The most common are:
| Food preservatives | E 210, E 219, E 200, E 203. |
| Aromatizers, food | E 620, E 624, E 626, E 629, E 630, E 633. |
| Food Colorings | E 102, E 107, E 110, E 122, E 123, E 124, E 128, E 151. |
| Food Antioxidants |
E 311, E 320, E 321. |
These letters and numbers can be seen on the labels and packaging of the industrialized and if you suspect that you are allergic to some of these additives, it is best to avoid all processed foods and invest in natural foods, making a balanced and diversified diet.
By excluding certain foods from the diet it is important to increase the intake of another that has the same vitamins and minerals to guarantee the nutritional needs of your body. For example: Those who are intolerant to milk should increase their intake of other calcium-rich foods such as broccoli, and those who are intolerant to beef should eat chicken to avoid anemia.
