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11. What is the difference between a food sensitivity and food intolerance?

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Step-by-step explanation:

Food intolerance is limited by the digestive system but the symptoms of food intolerance are usually the same as the food sensitivity but the intolerance is more serious then sensitivity

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Step-by-step explanation:

", a sensitivity involves no immune response and an intolerance is characterized by the body lacking a "chemical or enzyme needed to digest certain food."-advancingmilestones.com

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