intolerance
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What some mistake for permanent dairy intolerance can be temporary post-virus sensitivity or gut bacterial overgrowth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
“They’ll call it lactose intolerance but they have underlying visceral hypersensitivity.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
Secondary lactose intolerance is when people develop lactose intolerance as a result of a condition such as Celiac disease, which damages the lining of the small intestine and reduces lactase production.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
"There is undoubtedly a level of intolerance creeping in which has become included in protest."
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
People gave those riders a chance to get off the bus, and they didn’t, and I’m going to face intolerance head-on as well.
From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers
This discovery may also help explain a range of digestive issues, including food intolerances and irritable bowel syndrome.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 28, 2026
Disruptions in this newly identified signaling pathway may play a role in conditions such as irritable bowel syndrome, food intolerances, and chronic visceral pain.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 28, 2026
The various infections, electrolyte imbalances and medication intolerances weakened her to the point of collapse.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025
The Food Standards Agency said earlier it recognised there were a significant number of foods that could cause allergies or intolerances.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2025
The little weaknesses and gentle intolerances of the good old man were not such as he would censure, nor would he be altogether out of sympathy with them.
From The English Church in the Eighteenth Century by Charles J. (Charles John) Abbey
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