Where people are sensitive to food chemicals red cordial does increase activity. The following ideas help explain how and why it can be useful, or if it produces more problems than benefits. Usually I am writing about food chemical intolerance as a problem. In the general population foods suspect for causing reactions are those which are sought after as they are enjoyable and stimulating. These include foods high in additives, spicy foods, acidic fruit, peppermint, teas, herbal preparations, … [Read more...]
Managing your diet during COVID-19 stay-at-home time
The down-side to being on a low chemical diet is that a few important foods may not be as easy to get or be in short supply. The up-side is that you eat your own favourite shorter-than-average list of foods. Changes may mean you test some low risk useful foods you may not have been eating, just because they are available. I will include some easy recipes you may like.Make a check-list for groceries. Here we will consider main energy and protein needs.What is your list of staple foods as your … [Read more...]
Recovering from Christmas symptoms
Grief reaction to symptoms
Good day! I feel bad after consuming products with tyramine. I came across your website because I'm looking for a solution to my problem -. Could you tell me please, whether there is and what the medical treatment can be, to avoid diets. Just a list of products - provocateurs too big, it worsens the quality of life. Thanks in advance for the answer! Dear Andrew, Being on a special diet does interfere with the quality of life but not as much as your bad symptoms do, and it is good to find … [Read more...]
Allergy can happen with food sensitivity
Baby Suzie had allergies diagnosed and was given help to manage her diet. But Suzie still had reflux. She was still waking often through the night, had tummy pain, constipation, was irritable, and was not gaining weight. When the Low Chemical diet was added to her diet all of these symptoms reduced and she looked like a different girl with more colour in her now-happy face. Food chemical sensitivity “aggravates the underlying disorder in susceptible people”. The important idea here is that … [Read more...]
Why liked foods can be tested
There are the foods you don’t like anyway, and there are foods you really like and don’t think cause your symptoms. Why is investigating diet complicated? Lydia decided to test just half a glass of her favourite good quality red wine every night for a week. And she tolerated it. But she got gut pain with a cask wine. What we now know that we didn’t forty years ago is that food-sensitivity symptoms are due to the cumulative effect of many foods. And what is more important is that liked foods … [Read more...]
There is a downside to investigating your diet.
There is a downside to investigating your diet. Favourite foods have to be excluded, you have cravings when first on the diet, many other important people, even some your relations, and maybe even your doctor, may not be supportive. You just feel like going bust and eating lots of off-diet foods. Remember that liked foods do not usually cause your symptoms to happen quickly. There is a pleasant lag time, but then symptoms hit during the night or next day. And you have cravings and you wish it … [Read more...]