intolerance
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Roughly two-thirds of the world’s population has some difficulty digesting the sugar in milk—also known as lactose intolerance.
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
Lactose intolerance is also often confused with disorders of the gut-brain interaction, says Shaukat.
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
For the past three weeks, we’ve done nothing but learn about intolerance and racism and Nazism and the Holocaust, and she never said one little peep about this.
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
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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
But what's the difference between food allergies and food intolerances?
From Salon ● Jan. 28, 2025
Sometimes the people became intoxicated with their new found ideas; and, mistaking liberty for license, they ran amok, and called down upon their heads persecutions and many petty intolerances.
From All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers
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