THE LOW DOWN OF FOOD SENSITIVITIES

DO ANY OF THESE SYMPTOMS SOUND FAMILIAR?

Fatigue

Muscle / Joint pain

Skin rashes

Mood disorders

Food cravings

Sleep apnoea/snoring

Fibromyalgia

Acid reflux

Water retention

Weight gain

Learning disorders

Auto-immune

Headaches/Migraines

Brain fog

These are common ailments reported by our clients with food sensitivities.

Food sensitivities are caused by a leaky gut, aka intestinal permeability. So what causes leaky gut?

Lots of things really, but the most common culprits are inflammatory foods. Inflammatory foods include processed and packaged foods, as well as refined sugar, salt and oils, gluten and dairy. Furthermore, Panadol and Nurofen, alcohol, chronic stress, birth control, chlorine and fluoride (in non-filtered water) and Antibiotics are other culprits.

When a gut is leaky the tight junctions of the intestinal wall become weak and permeable, allowing undigested food particles, yeast, fungi, proteins, bacteria and toxins to move into the bloodstream. These pathogens and alien invaders trigger an immune response in the body, which leads to food sensitivities and potentially many other ailments of the body and mind.

As integrative Health Practitioners, we like to take the approach – Test Don’t Guess! The Complete Food Sensitivity Tests is the test we recommend to our clients to get to the bottom of their food sensitivities and to design a bio-individualised healing protocol to relieve them of symptoms.

When we run the Complete Food Sensitivity Test, we see the most common food sensitives are: gluten, dairy, eggs (especially egg white) and nuts. Clients can also have some, what might seem like surprising sensitivities to salmon, eggplant, sweet potato or even avocado! The Complete Food Sensitivity Test that we recommend tests for 92 food sensitivities.

Do you think you may have food sensitivities? But you can’t do the Complete Food Sensitivity Test just yet? We have a DIY program for you.

HOW TO DO AN ELIMINATION DIET

You could try a simple food elimination diet to see if you can identify any sensitivities. You can always work with someone at ZestFull Bliss to complete this, or you can give DIY a shot.

1. Follow this elimination diet shopping list for 4-6 weeks.

2. Reintroduce foods after the 4-6 week elimination, one food at a time, start with a gluten-free grain.

a. Test the new food over three days, don’t add any other new foods until you have tested for three days.

b. As you are testing a new food take notice of any returning symptomology such as headaches, rashes, weight gain, brain fog, reflux and joint pain etc.

c. If any of these symptoms arise, stop testing this new food and return to the elimination diet until symptoms have passed, then try testing another food.

While it is handy to know which foods are causing you issues, food intolerances are a red flag that you need to complete some deeper gut healing. Please contact us if you would like to know more about the programs and protocols that we recommend.

Yours in health and vitality,

All information is provided for information purposes only and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.