What causes food sensitivities?
Most food sensitivities occur with protein complexes of the ingested food that are not adequately broken down by the digestive system, followed by the ingestion of these partially digested proteins with which the immune system cannot identify or recognize as nutritional and, thus, beneficial. Rather, the immune system responds with the production of antibodies, which then causes a cascade of reactions in the body. Over the course of time these continual assaults wear out the immune systems first line of defense, secretory IgA, a protective mucosal layer on the inside of the gut. And this ultimately leads to a pro-inflammatory environment causing a loss of the tight-cell junctions, which is responsible for leaky gut syndrome. As mentioned, the result of this process can be any one (or more) of a number of symptoms such as bloating, constipation, diarrhea, rashes, headaches, fatigue, and fluid retention. How do you know if you have food sensitivities? Of over 100 food sensitivity/allergy
