We know what symptoms food sensitive people get from hearing about the symptoms that go away when they go on the low chemical diet, and, importantly, come back when they have foods that cause their reactions. Many food sensitive people have more than one symptom, and their immediate family may have the same or other symptoms. Following is a list of the many symptoms grouped in different ways of thinking about them:- Food sensitivity symptoms may be two types of physical symptoms. Allergy … [Read more...]
Very high blood pressure and food chemical sensitivity
Question Eighteen months ago I went through issues with very high blood pressure. I was put on BP meds, but my symptoms worsened. I was hospitalized three times in the space of six weeks with blood pressure at 218/115. Once the blood pressure came down I was sent home and nobody could explain it. In hospital I ate very little. In between I spent days in bed with chest pain, back and neck pain and breathlessness, brain fog and headaches or migraines. I could barely function. I had every scan and … [Read more...]
What is the fastest way for you to get to your own best diet?
I am now celebrating forty years of working with food sensitivity. What are the key ideas I have found? A main finding is that the diet that is best for you can be worked out by you personally, even though you may start with a diet thought to help with your main symptom. How is this done? You have your own list of foods you know or suspect as causing reactions. You can add the “layer underneath”: lists of foods outlined in my book Are You Food Sensitive? preferably also with the help of an … [Read more...]
Celiac Disease And Allergies: Cooking Pasta May Change Proteins In Wheat
Hooray! Researchers are finding out what patients have reported for years. Have you found that your tolerance a food varies depending on whether the food is raw or cooked? Researchers found that wheat allergens may be changed by cooking. In their work ‘Celiac Disease And Allergies: Cooking Pasta May Change Proteins In Wheat’ published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry they report that some wheat allergens which are soluble are lost into cooking water when pasta is cooked, but … [Read more...]
New discounts for multiple hard copies of books in Australia
Treat yourself and your family or friends to hard copies of all food sensitivity books with new savings on multiple copies in Australia. One hard copy is $25, two are $22.5 each [saving $5], three is $21.00 each [saving $12], and four is $20 each [saving $20], with five at $18 each [saving $35]. You can choose which books you want with this option. As before, e-books to download, read and print out for yourself are still $15 each. … [Read more...]
Q&A about supersensitive fussy child
I often hear about fussy children such as the following story from Lilly. I have an extremely fussy 4 year old who had reflux for over 3 years. She has an extremely limited range of foods that she will eat and is sensitive to alterations in taste eg when we went to OS for a holiday she wouldn't eat a honey sandwich (one of the few things she eats) because the honey and butter tasted different. I also have a 14 year son with Aspergers with similar problems. I saw you mention super tasters in one … [Read more...]
Probiotics and Prebiotics – do they change food sensitivity?
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...]