Food Sensitivities
I turn, ‘This is what you can’t eat,’ into, ‘These are all the things you can eat.’

In general, food sensitivities (intolerances) exist when an individual experiences difficulty in the digestion of specific foods or certain groupings of foods. Food allergies exist when an individual's immune system reacts negatively to a food or liquid causing swelling, difficulty in breathing, wheezing, itching, rashes, or flushing of the skin soon after eating a food.

Food sensitivities can be caused by many different factors and reactivity is not always consistent. This is because the response to food involves not only the immune system or a particular sensitivity to some of the molecules in foods, but is also affected by the health of the entire digestive tract and whether it is providing a good barrier for your body. Therefore when the health of your digestive system is compromised you may have a sensitivity to foods which otherwise would not affect you adversely, such as in times of extreme stress.
Although food intolerances and food allergies cause symptoms in very different ways, the best way to manage both food intolerance and food allergy is the same - avoid eating the problematic food.
Together we will discover which foods you are sensitive to and replace them will healthy and tasty alternatives. We will allow your gut to heal by improving your health and overall lifestyle. From there we can determine when and if you will be able to once again incorporate these foods into your life through a rotation diet.
I find the Food Sensitivity Panel to be a useful tool. More importantly we will look at your day to day patterns and reactivity. As we begin to remove and replace the suspected foods new patterns of sensitivities may be uncovered. The day to day support I offer is useful in immediately identifying these patterns. This approach will direct you along the quickest path to recovery.

If you would like to have your food sensitivity panel run, please use my resource page to contact a naturopath in your area. This is not a requirement of our work together. Please note that the test will not be accurate if you are currently on or have taken steroids in the past three weeks. 

 
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