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Though many food intolerances are progressive and develop slowly over the years, babies and children can also suffer from sensitivity to certain foods.

Babies can be particularly susceptible because their immune systems are not fully developed. It may be instructive to think food sensitivity in babies much like an “acquired taste.”

As we mature, we are able to eat (and enjoy!) richer and spicier foods. As a baby gets older, he/she is able to tolerate more foods than before, since the immune system becomes stronger and more robust throughout childhood.

A baby who is experiencing constipation, diarrhea, stomach cramps or acid reflux may be suffering from his/her mother´s intolerance to a certain food.This is particularly true for babies who are breastfed.

In addition to digestive symptoms, skin rashes and dermatitis are also common side effect of food intolerances.

Fact or Fiction: All-natural diets reduce food intolerances

It is a common myth that you can avoid food intolerances by adhering to natural diet. If a person is intolerant to a specific food, whether or not that food contains artificial additives, is not a factor.

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Women who suspect that they may have food intolerances should undergo food intolerance testing before or during pregnancy to minimize the risk of passing the intolerance to the baby. A food intolerance test can help identify foods that should be avoided, allowing the mother to reduce the negative impact of the intolerance on the baby. Identifying intolerances is critical for maintaining good health in both the mother and the baby.

Even when food intolerances have been identified and managed in the mother, children can develop their own food intolerances. Food intolerance testing can also help identify foods that young children should avoid.

How food intolerance testing works

A food intolerance test, such as the ImuPro Test, measures the amount of IgG antibodies present in the bloodstream following the consumption of specific foods.

If we are intolerant to a food, an inflammatory immune response is triggered as particles enter our bloodstream during digestion. Negative symptoms such as cramping, constipation, bloating, headache, fatigue, and diarrhea can result. Identifying foods that may be causing the inflammatory immune response allows us to remove them from our diet. Then, foods can be added back into the diet in a gradual and structured way, allowing us to ultimately determine which foods we are actually intolerant to. In other words, we are able to identify and avoid the foods that are causing the negative side effects.

Who can get tested?

Food intolerance tests can be given to children over one year of age. If a child is under the age of one, we recommend that the mother undergo testing instead, though ideally women who are pregnant or thinking about getting pregnant should consider having the test done before the child is born to identify any potential intolerance as early as possible. It is especially important that the mother undergo testing if she is breastfeeding the baby.

  • I was super careful about everything that passed my lips while pregnant but all of my kids have some intolerances…. the first noticed was dairy, then surprisingly to me ….strawberries. Reactions from out & out pain to manic behaviour.


    • ONe little girl I know got mouth ulcers if she ate strawberries, but never any other time.

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  • I’m thinking the same thing CHERZ! What evidence are you basing this information on,there is no referencing & nothing to state your qualifications? I have looked on The Australian Breastfeeding Website to better understand this
    https://www.breastfeeding.asn.au/bfinfo/breastfeeding-and-food-sensitivities-0

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  • But if you have a number of different health issues that come and go, how involved would it be to identify any possible food triggers for the health issues? Is it an expensive process?

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  • I really am not trying or do not intend to be rude but am wondering what qualifications you have.


    • doesn’t help that the author links all go to ImuPro which is a company



      • Unless methods have changed there are other methods of testing for some food allergies. My brother had allergy tests done quite a few years ago by one of the top Allergists in SA They were done via a type of “skin” test where some type of Particle was injected into the top of his skin. If he was allergic the substance it showed a reaction. I wasn’t actually there when he had it done but I did see the marks where they had been done. He didn’t have to eat a particular to be tested. Mum was told that he was slightly allergic to some foods. One of them was so nutritious that she was told he could only have so much per week. Using the same or similar method you can also be tested for allergies to plants etc. They narrowed down which grasses and bushes etc he was allergic to. Methods have probably changed over the years –maybe better or maybe not.

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  • An interesting and informative article

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  • thanks for sharing with so many people suffering from this and not knowing a test sound so easy

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  • Its good to know about this, thanks for sharing

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  • Have to admit, never thought about this. Thanks for your very relevant article.

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