Food sensitivity
[ Food sensitivity ] An unpleasant reaction to a certain food that has not otherwise been identified as a food intolerance or food allergy. Compare: Food Allergy Food Intolerance
[ Food sensitivity ] An unpleasant reaction to a certain food that has not otherwise been identified as a food intolerance or food allergy. Compare: Food Allergy Food Intolerance
[ Food intolerance ] An adverse reaction due to lack of the enzyme necessary to digest a particular food. For example, lactose intolerance, the inability to digest lactose, due to either acquired or congenital lactase deficiency. Compare: Food Allergy Food sensitivity
[ Food allergy ] An allergy with a specific immune system response to a particular food protein, such as milk protein. It manifests within minutes to an hour or so of either smelling, touching, or ingesting a particular food. Symptoms range… Read More »Food allergy
[ Codex Alimentarius ] A collection of standards relating to safety and fairness in the food industries, including dietary supplements, such as vitamins and minerals. It is maintained by the Codex Alimentarius Commission, established in 1961 by the Food and… Read More »Codex Alimentarius
[ Lactose Intolerance ] A food sensitivity caused by the inability to hydrolyse lactose in the digestive tract. The usual cause is a lactase deficiency. Symptoms of lactose intolerance may include abdominal bloating and cramps, flatulence, diarrhea, nausea, or vomiting.… Read More »Lactose Intolerance
[ Organic_Food ] Agricultural products that are produced by organic farming techniques.
[ Glycaemic Load, Glycemic Load, GL ] A numerical value representing how much a specific quantity of particular food will affect blood sugar, two hours after consumption. One gram of pure glucose has a GL of one. Unlike the glycaemic… Read More »Glycaemic Load (GL)
[ Adverse Event, AE ] Any unfavourable and unintended sign, symptom, or disease associated with the use of a medicinal product in clinical trials or regular medical practise. In most countries, AEs must be reported to applicable medical regulatory bodies… Read More »Adverse Event (AE)
[ Calorie, Cal., Kilocalorie, kcal., large calorie ] A unit of measure of food energy. 1 kilocalorie (kcal) is equivalent to 4.184 kilojoules (KJ). A “small calorie” (cal, 4.184 joules) is the amount of energy needed to raise the temperature… Read More »Calorie
[ Erythritol ] A sugar alcohol with about 70% of the sweetness of sucrose and 0.213 kcal/gram of energy. It occurs naturally in some fruit and fermented foods and is approved in most countries as a food additive, principally as… Read More »Erythritol