“Why don’t you toughen up?” Do food sensitive people feel more or less pain? Children encouraged to toughen up often have siblings who do, in fact, feel less pain. The idea that the amount of pain food sensitive people feel is different, that is more or less than others, took years of my work to develop. What first showed clearly was that pain perception did not relate to the amount of physical change, was the distress in children with reflux. When the oesophagus was viewed by … [Read more...]
Testing food at Christmas
Will you do daring or careful testing over Christmas? You might be lucky. Every January I heard people say they got slack with their diet over Christmas and some said they got away with what they had, and others did get distressing symptoms and will never be that slack again! Some ideas if you want to test carefully Take nuts you want to test to family functions (but not almonds!) Try a small amount of a seasoned turkey (but not stuffing!) Try a diluted commercial mayonnaise with … [Read more...]
Temperature sensitivity is no joke!
You may be teased if you want more or less covering than others. But having a body that changes quickly with even a small change in temperature can mean you feel the distress of being overheated, or feel far too cold. People often do no believe you can have your driving experience upset by air flow that is no bother to them. Or you notice a draught of air from a window open at night that others insist is closed. If your child is temperature sensitive you will learn to carry more clothes when the … [Read more...]
Low Chemical Diet using Diet Detective Method
Do you suspect you react to foods? You may be sure you get symptoms after foods you use occasionally such as chocolate or red wine, but wonder if other foods may matter, as your symptoms still continue, and they may get better or worse even with no noticeable change in your usual intake. You know other people do not feel the way you do. The right diet is in the person not in the diagnosis When a diet is named, such as the ‘migraine diet’ it gives the impression that the correct diet … [Read more...]
Diet can aggravate behaviour and learning problems
When children are experiencing behaviour and learning problems, it’s worth considering whether diet is playing a role. The following interesting results were found in a study looking at the effect of a low additive, low salicylate diet in the treatment of behaviour and learning problems in children. Information from 500 children using diet was collected over five years in the 1980’s.Some improved so much they became just like children are generally.Some improved a useful amount but were … [Read more...]
The Diet Detective Method
The Diet Detective Method is most suited to diet investigation where an initial elimination diet is not known so a best-fit or suggested diet is used. The Method is used for a trial time, usually four weeks, and any changes in symptoms noted. Then detective work continues assessing the outcome when various foods are reintroduced—which we call ‘challenges’. The diet detective method is clearer now but it has been developing over the last forty years. Not everyone reacts to the suspect food … [Read more...]
Is there allergy in IBS?
Unfortunately there are no tests that provide information that gives you a clear diet direction in IBS. That is because there is no clear physiological mechanism known to be at fault in IBS. Diet options for IBS is still a new area for dietetics. It is rather like diet and migraine, another symptom where the problem physiological mechanism is not known. From my clinical research they are both symptoms that occur in food sensitive people. Another symptom is eczema which does have some allergic … [Read more...]