What is food intolerances?

A food intolerance is a reaction to a chemical that occurs naturally in the food or it may be a reaction to a chemical added to the food. People will tolerate different amounts of chemicals and larger amounts may cause stronger symptoms.

How do members experience food intolerances?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with food intolerances*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for food intolerances*

Who has food intolerances on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 0
20s 8
30s 11
40s 19
50s 10
60s 16
70+ 7

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 19
Female 46

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What is food intolerances?

A food intolerance is a reaction to a chemical that occurs naturally in the food or it may be a reaction to a chemical added to the food. People will tolerate different amounts of chemicals and larger amounts may cause stronger symptoms.



Common symptoms reported by people with food intolerances

Common symptoms
How bad it is
What people are taking for it

Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
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Treatments taken by people for food intolerances

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Compare treatments taken by people with food intolerances

Let’s build this page together! When you share what it’s like to have food intolerances through your profile, those stories and data appear here too.

Got a question about living with food intolerances? Members in the forum might have the answers.



Who has food intolerances on PatientsLikeMe?

  • 0 new patients joined this month
  • 28 say food intolerances is their primary condition

Age
Age Proportion # of patients
<20 0
20s 8
30s 11
40s 19
50s 10
60s 16
70+ 7
Age at first symptom
Age at first symptom Proportion # of patients
0-19 years 0
20-29 years 0
30-39 years 3
40-49 years 3
50-59 years 2
60-69 years 1
70+ years 0

Distribution of sex

Sex
Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 19
Female 46

Diagnosis status
Diagnosis status Proportion # of patients
Diagnosed 8
Not Diagnosed 3

These charts show data from food intolerances patients who have completed their condition history
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