Everybody has gut bacteria, or flora, that are usually present. These are determined by the usual diet. The usual gut flora contain quite a variety of bacteria. You can change your gut flora in two different ways - 1. By changing what you usually eat. Different bacteria thrive on particular foods. If you change the type of food you eat in some way you will change the proportion of the various bacteria that grow in your gut. Prebiotics is the name given to the process of changing your flora by … [Read more...]
Food Sensitive Adventures in India
The first introduction to exotic spices was on the plane as we flew from Australia. The smells were pleasant so the flavours were good but a little too strong to test. The cheese was mild and the dry biscuits plain and crisp. Of the fruit the tropical watermelon was the sole low risk option. In India we stayed at a guest house with staff who wondered at people who asked for food with no curry! We were given plain rice pancakes, rice, a vegetable mixture of potatoes, carrot, greens thickened … [Read more...]
“Fast Minds” and Diet
Fast Minds by Surman and Bilkey is a very useful book for those who have ADHD, or think they might. This book describes just what life is like for those with fast minds, the things that can go wrong, and just how to change what you do to have life work much better if you have a fast mind. It describes many stories of how badly things can go wrong for people who may have many talents but who mismanage one aspect of their lives and it spoils their plans. It is written for adults who have, or … [Read more...]
Hot off the press! The new revised Are You Food Sensitive? by Joan Breakey
Just how much salicylates, amines, glutamates and flavours need to be reduced in the elimination diet is still controversial. Summaries of the research and how to apply it are provided for each of the suspect chemicals with the following headings: What are the important exclusions, How can taste help detect suspect foods, Why should these chemicals be excluded during the diet trial, Why do they need revision in 2014? How did the early analysis help, Why is there variation in … [Read more...]
Food intolerance happens in older people too
We may be over 60, healthy with none of the usual lifestyle problems. But enjoyment of life can be reduced if we are dealing with chronic headaches, allergic symptoms: dermatitis, eczema, rashes of some sort, hay fever, blocked sinus, mild asthma, or irritable bowel syndrome [IBS]. We may wonder if we have some intolerance to some food. Usually each person who suspects they have food intolerance has seen their symptoms come on or worsen after particular foods even if it is not consistent. The … [Read more...]
Diet and ADHD – gaps in the research
While there are gaps in the research on diet and ADHD there is much that we do know. Click the link below to see my presentation delivered at the Symposium on Dietetic Research in Adverse Food Reactions at the International Congress of Dietetics in Sydney in 2012 Gaps diet & ADHD B&W forFIP2013 … [Read more...]
ADHD and diet – Gaps in the research ICD 2012
The current research needs for the diet component of diet and ADHD Symposium on Dietetic Research in Adverse Food Reactions ICD Sept 2012 Joan Breakey M App Sc B Sc DNFS Cert Diet TTTC The current research needs for the diet component of diet and ADHDSymposium on Dietetic Research in Adverse Food ReactionsICD Sept 2012Joan BreakeyM App Sc B Sc DNFS Cert Diet TTTC … [Read more...]