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| Millions of people in the UK have self-diagnosed a food intolerance and may be avoiding key foods as a result, a poll by a testing firm suggests. | |
| Less than a quarter of the 12m people who claim to be food intolerant have had their condition formally diagnosed. | Less than a quarter of the 12m people who claim to be food intolerant have had their condition formally diagnosed. |
| While many of the nine million who also claim to be intolerant may well be so, it is suggested they may just be fussy. | While many of the nine million who also claim to be intolerant may well be so, it is suggested they may just be fussy. |
| Nearly 40% of the 1,500 people polled by Yorktest thought it trendy to be intolerant and many blamed celebrities. | Nearly 40% of the 1,500 people polled by Yorktest thought it trendy to be intolerant and many blamed celebrities. |
| Actress Rachel Weisz for instance has a well-publicised wheat intolerance, TV presenter Carol Vorderman a gluten one, and Rod Stewart's former wife, Rachel Hunter, a lactose intolerance. | Actress Rachel Weisz for instance has a well-publicised wheat intolerance, TV presenter Carol Vorderman a gluten one, and Rod Stewart's former wife, Rachel Hunter, a lactose intolerance. |
| Vague symptoms | Vague symptoms |
| The range of foods people declared themselves intolerant of was diverse, but grapefruit and sushi were declared by those polled to be key culprits. | The range of foods people declared themselves intolerant of was diverse, but grapefruit and sushi were declared by those polled to be key culprits. |
| You may be cutting out something you don't need to which might be putting your nutritional health and your longer term health at risk Tanya HaffnerNutritionist | You may be cutting out something you don't need to which might be putting your nutritional health and your longer term health at risk Tanya HaffnerNutritionist |
| Food intolerances are not as severe as food allergies, which in severe cases can prevent people from breathing properly. | Food intolerances are not as severe as food allergies, which in severe cases can prevent people from breathing properly. |
| But symptoms can nonetheless be uncomfortable, ranging from a stuffy nose to aching joints and nausea. | But symptoms can nonetheless be uncomfortable, ranging from a stuffy nose to aching joints and nausea. |
| However the wide variety of complaints which people pin on food intolerances could be related to a number of other conditions. | However the wide variety of complaints which people pin on food intolerances could be related to a number of other conditions. |
| Nutritionist Tanya Haffner said it was important to seek the advice of a qualified medical practitioner. | Nutritionist Tanya Haffner said it was important to seek the advice of a qualified medical practitioner. |
| "You may be cutting out something you don't need to which might be putting your nutritional health and your longer term health at risk," she says. | "You may be cutting out something you don't need to which might be putting your nutritional health and your longer term health at risk," she says. |