What’s your Gut Instinct?
Some of the foods you may love actually don’t agree with your stomach. If you have one or more of following symptom(s) such as
- gas and/or bloating
- heaviness
- sleepiness
- headaches
- backaches
- shoulder tension
- low energy
- lack of concentration
- dark circle under the eye
- water retention
- generally feeling of unwell
It could be caused by the foods you regularly eat. We call this food sensitivity or intolerance, the more technical name is IgG. It is different from IgE which causes an allergic reaction with 24 hours of eating a food.
The IgG reaction occurs slowly within 72 hours and is not life threatening, but your immune system still needs to fight against it, causing symptoms listed above.
Protein from foods leak out of your gut, and your immune system kicks into action to attack this substance which is not harmful. IgG reactions can be detected using a blood test, unfortunately it costs around £200.
I can help you use simple and effective techniques to find these foods that might be disagreeing with you.
The Elimination Challenge test.
Firstly, eliminate a food which you think is ‘suspicious’ from your diet completely for 2-3 weeks. Then reintroduce the food. When you eat it again pay attention to your body and see how you respond. Your body quickly reacts to what you reintroduce and you will be able to notice this reaction, if any, immediately.
Repeat the same process to another food group or type and see whether your symptoms improve or not. If the food reintroduced causes you any of above symptoms, it is better to avoid a little longer and help heal your gut wall.
Unfortunately wheat and dairy are often the cause – try eliminating one of these at a time.
In my next blog post, I will tell you what alternatives you can eat while you are eliminating wheat and dairy.
In my personal case I have to eliminate dairy, egg, banana and garlic!!!! These ‘healthy and nutritios foods’ caused me bloating, gas, heaviness and pain. I was surprised – omelet is my favourite! At first I refused to believe this, but gave it a go to stop eating them. Now I feel so much better – no more bloating and discomfort. More energized I feel light and strong. So believe me I know how hward it is to give up something and break the habit, but unless you try you will never know.
This is the opportunity to discover new products in the market, communicate with your gut and create new eating habit, and of course, I am here to help your transformation!
Let’s not just eat for the sake of filling your stomach
Let’s eat to get energy, healthy and passion!
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