Avoiding offending food(s) is not a solution, although it can serve to reduce symptoms in the near term; addressing the microbial disaster that created the food intolerances in the first place is more likely to yield meaningful long-term solutions. The majority of food intolerances represent SIBO with increased intestinal permeability that leads to entry of microbial and food by-products into the bloodstream that provoke immune responses, which are mistakenly interpreted as food intolerances.
