What are food allergies and their effects?

Food allergy symptoms, but not allergic. what could be the cause?

• I recently went to a naturopath in regards to possible food allergies, but after he ran a food panel (he claimed it was 80% accurate, and it tested for the two things i suspected were causing the problems: Wheat and Dairy), the tests came back as myself not being allergic to anything. yet, whenever i ate before that, i had symptoms as if i was allergic. even small amounts of wheat put me in an intestinal distress. dairy products i'm unsure of because at the time, i was still eating wheat, and didn't think twice about being allergic/intolerant. i cut both milk and dairy out of my system, but sometimes wheat would accidentally sneak in, rarely would dairy. what else besides allergies could be causing these effects? i don't know if its just the food not agreeing with me or something more serious. doctor mentioned digestive enzymes taken with each meal to help, but if there's something else that could be done to help, suggestions are more than welcomed!

• Answer:

  Okay, here's the honest truth based on personal experience. You can be allergic and it not show up on the test. It's a little thing called a false negative. And people can have a false positive that says they are allergic and yet they never have problems. Dairy could be allergy or lactose intolerance. Lactose intolerance means you have gas and bloating every time you are exposed to dairy. Lactaid and soy milk can help reduce this. Dairy allergy means you have cramps and diarrhea. Your body builds up histamines to attack it. Avoidance is the only thing that will help. Soy milk is a great alternative. I don't know about the wheat thing though but that's getting celiac disease which a GI doctor could probably check.