One of the most common intolerances in children is lactose intolerance. Children who suffer from this condition often experience nausea, abdominal pain, diarrhea, vomiting, fatigue, and pain in their arms and legs. But it doesn't only affect the youngest members of the family.
Experts in the field have shown that between 20 and 50% of the Spanish population is lactose intolerant to some degree, although in most cases those affected are unaware that they have this condition. But why is this? Genes have a lot to do with it.
Not everyone is lactose intolerant, and not everyone who is intolerant experiences the same level of intolerance. This has a lot to do with each person's genes, but other factors such as geographical distribution also play a role. Although most of the world's population tends to have a deficiency of lactase, the enzyme that helps metabolize lactose, there are exceptions, such as the inhabitants of northern and central European countries such as Denmark and Sweden. Nomadic peoples who are highly dependent on dairy products also have a high tolerance to lactose. But as we have mentioned, genetics is very important when it comes to lactose intolerance.
The gene that causes lactase to form can have alterations. When both copies of the lactase gene have no alterations, people are lactose tolerant. If either of these copies is altered, there is total or partial intolerance.
Biosalud has extensive experience in treating all types of food intolerances. Thanks to all these years of work, it has been able to develop a highly successful procedure for curing these conditions in people who visit its facilities.
The first thing we do at Biosalud is afood intoleranceanalysis that includes more than 300 allergens. Once we have the results and check which foods the patient is intolerant to, we put them on an exclusion diet in which they do not consume those foods for at least two months. In addition, we regulate the immune system with homeopathic products and nutritional supplements.
At Biosalud, we are aware of the importance of human genetics in our lifestyle and, of course, in our diet. For this reason, we use FoodGen analysis to provide patients with guidelines on how to eat according to their genes.
