Food Allergies/Food Intolerances: Find out the cause!

Tiredness after eating, chronic fatigue, Skin Rashes, bloating, constipation/Diarrhoea, headaches, sneezing/stuffed up sinuses/coughing, white coating on tongue and more are all common symptoms of Food Intolerances.

The difference between a food allergy and a food intolerance is:

Food Allergy is a true allergic reaction to a food with an immunological response to food or drink, which the body does not see as a hazard. It can result in swelling of the tongue, tingling around throat, difficulty breathing and sudden drop in blood pressure. In severe cases the body goes into anaphylactic shock. Most common allergens linked with anaphylaxis are nuts, shellfish, eggs.

Food intolerances:

Most of my life I suffered from food intolerances..today I am very grateful I can eat what I want when I want. The food was not to blame, my system was unable to handle the foods due to toxin overload and leaky gut, stress and lack of digestive enzymes.

Kinesiology treatments test for the cause behind the reaction to the food and Getting to the bottom of the sensitivity by finding out why you have a poor working digestive system in the first place. Most common reasons for poor digestion is lack of nutrition, lack of digestive enzymes, overload of toxins like bacteria, parasites or fungus.

Problems can be brought on by lack of sleep, poor diets and ageing (natural production of digestive enzymes and hydrochloric acid decrease), medication, poor dietary habits, not making time to eat or chew properly.

Enzymes and a healthy internal balance of acid and alkaline are essential for the absorption of nutrients from your food. Even when you are eating healthy your body will not be able to absorb all of the nutrition that it needs when the enzymes are missing. The problem worsens when stress is added to your system as it does not have the required nutrients it needs to handle the stress resulting in reactions of tiredness, rashes and sneezing.

Most problematic foods are wheat, gluten, Soya, dairy, lactose, eggs, bananas, strawberries. Identification of and the avoidance of the irritating food for a short while as the system is healing and being replenished with nutrients and or enzymes is a priority in restoration. Normally when the system is fully restored the food does not continue to cause a problem.

Eating is basic essential for LIFE, It is  a process in the body which should work away efficiently when the digestive system is not working properly. If your digestive system is not working, I urge you to get it tested and see why…otherwise it can make your life a misery. If you would like further information or to have food intolerance and digestive system testing done please email me at gertrude@kinesicare.ie