Buy a book that helps your friends understand your diet, or put one under the Christmas tree for relations so they can support you. They may even see how my books may help them too! Are You Food Sensitive? can provide this. You could have a copy of Fussy Baby or two in your gift box for new mothers who have an “unsettled baby”. Helping them think through what may be upsetting their baby may be the best gift you ever gave them! Tolerating Troublesome Food is good for anyone who wants to … [Read more...]
US Dietitians Discussing Food Sensitivities
In the July/August 2017 issue of the USA Academy of Nutrition & Dietetics' Food & Nutrition Magazine featured an article exploring the existence of non-allergic adverse reaction to foods and the debate over what to do about it. You can view the article here. I wrote to the editor of the magazine supporting this new direction for dietitians, as dietitians are the profession best equipped to build on what is know to take on this challenge. My letter was featured in the … [Read more...]
Should artificial colours be banned?
Dietitian Joan Breakey from Brisbane discusses artificial food colouring and allergies. Featured on Ockham's Razor on ABC Radio National on Sunday 11 April 2010. Click here to download the recording or read the transcript. … [Read more...]
Diet and ADHD
Joan Breakey, a dietitian from Brisbane, asks the question why, after 35 years, the controversy about diet and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is still relevant today. Featured on Ockham's Razor on ABC Radio National on Sunday 16 September 2012. Click here to download the recording or read the transcript. … [Read more...]
Frequent Thrush Infections
A delicate matter. Frequent thrush infections happen often enough to be noted among symptoms food sensitive people have. An important part of this idea is that the thrush infection itself can produce the usual symptoms the person has, just as bacterial or viral infections do. It is upsetting to have to deal with the discomfort of the thrush infection as well as having ongoing changes in mood, self-confidence or clear thinking. I have seen patients whose thrush solved on the elimination diet … [Read more...]
Diet for Candida
I am often asked what is the right diet for Candida infection? It is important to know that candida is a yeast but not the yeast we use in breadmaking. It is a completely different type of yeast that grows the little white stuff that can be seen where the infection is visible, such as when it infects the mouth. Yeast for bread is a different shape. Both these yeasts belong to the biological family of fungi, so that is why anti-fungal medicines can be used successfully against for candida, or any … [Read more...]
Tyramine sensitivity still unrecognised
Comment from Ryan. S: I’m a nurse and have been having sort-of hypertensive crises for approximately one year. I became tremulous, nauseous and an erratic heartbeat although my pulse stayed relatively normal. Thank you for your insight into this issue. As I write now, I have just experienced another one of these episodes, though not as bad as the episode that landed me in the ER last week. I have been to the ER 3x in the last few months with these episodes. I have been put on … [Read more...]