Gastronomic #1.
Is the food you eat making you ill? Don’t suffer from ignorance!
by
Robert L. Fielding
We are what we eat, but do we really know what we are eating? The recent sweetener scare illustrates how vulnerable we are to what we eat and drink.
Most of us are highly intolerant to certain foods but may not know it. Affecting approximately 45% of people, high food intolerance can have causal links to many ailments:-
Migraines, irritable bowel syndrome, arthritis, anxiety, fatigue, tension, itching, loss of appetite, skin problems, abdominal pains, dizziness, rashes, headaches, and constipation and poor health generally.
- One reasons we don’t know we are intolerant to certain foods is the delayed reaction in symptoms – the delay can be from 2 hours to days after ingestion of the offending food.
- Another is that we may not be aware that we have eaten a particular offending food substance – those who have an intolerance for yeast may like to know that it is found in some vinegars – look at the list of ingredients – keep a ‘food eaten’ journal to track foods you think are giving you trouble – get tested at one of the many labs in Dubai.
- Unlike classic allergies, more than one food may be involved – experts say sufferers can react to four or five harmless looking foods – one suffer typically tested intolerance to wheat, yeast, some nuts and eggs. Combinations of these can be found in cakes, for instance – many manufactured foodstuffs contain several substances – look at the Ingredients and ask if unsure about an unknown ingredient.
Food allergy: is a fast response by the body’s immune system to a perceived invader – signs are immediate, dramatic and visible – coughing, wheezing, vomiting, watering eyes, rashes.
Food intolerance: is the inability to process a particular food – also thought to be a response by the body’s immune system – because the gastro-intestinal tract is unable to produce the right enzymes to break down the food, it passes through unprocessed or lingers in the gut fermenting and producing excess ‘gas’. www.foodintol.com
- One offending food substance can rule out a whole shelf-full of food – yeast is present in bread, cake, beer, vinegar and many other things we eat regularly and often.
- If you are suffering from something but don’t know why, get yourself tested – finding out what is making you ill can and will make a huge difference to your quality of life.
- Lastly, always check with your GP first, particularly if you are taking prescription drugs, which may be causing some reactions.
What patients say:-
· After taking intolerance tests and changing their diet, a clear majority report significant improvements in their condition.
· 79% noted a clear reduction of their symptoms.
· Improvements reported as life-changing.
· Rigorous altering of diet dramatically improved health.
· Even only moderately altered diet changed health.
· 70% of people maintained their health one year after taking the test.
Source: www.uaeyorktest.com
- And note also that some symptoms can be confused with others – IgG* reaction to Gluten is NOT diagnostic of Coeliac disease
- Again, best consult your GP if unsure.
*IgG is an antibody that mediates delayed food allergies. www.dubailab.com
Timetable to better health
Day 1: Get food intolerance test results
Day 1: Start watching what you eat (begin straight away – a day left is one more day to suffer
Days 1 through 365
Avoid offending foods all the time – going back to something returns you to Go – don’t weaken your resolve to get better
After 6 weeks – notice your symptoms disappearing – continue avoiding those foods that caused your ailments – don’t play doctor – don’t decide to return to a food because of your yearnings for it – avoid confirmation bias (only discerning factors that reinforce your prejudices, and acting on those that confirm them.
After 1 year – you might get advice that lets you back on those foods, but why take the risk of topping up your intolerance again
Thereafter – stay cool about those delicious but dangerous foods that you’ve avoided – stay off them –
STAY HEALTHY!
Case study # 1: JK had suffered relatively ill health for years – she was often tired, listless, sometimes nauseous, but her GP couldn’t find anything significantly wrong with her. Last year, she took an allergy test and a food intolerance test and was told she was intolerant to certain foods. These she then conscientiously avoided. Now, less than a year later she feels wonderful, has lost weight and gained a good figure, she exercises regularly, looks good, feels more energetic and lively and life is good again.
Case study # 2: NF has been experiencing various symptoms – rashes of spots suddenly appeared on her arms and legs, she complained of feeling unwell generally, despite several doctors attempts to diagnose the origins of her problems. She readily had a food intolerance test – finding that she is actually intolerant to wheat, eggs, yeast and some nuts, and is now resolved to see it through. She says that at first it is hard going without some of the food she has always enjoyed: she loved omelet’s, the occasional beer and bread, but she is adamant that if that is the price she has to pay for feeling healthier, she is more than willing to pay it, and she’s started to feel better already.
Afterthought
Giving anything up is often a little difficult, particularly at the beginning- but it is always worthwhile – remember, yesterday was the last day of the first part of your life – be sure you thoroughly enjoy the next part of yours.
Robert L. Fielding
by
Robert L. Fielding
We are what we eat, but do we really know what we are eating? The recent sweetener scare illustrates how vulnerable we are to what we eat and drink.
Most of us are highly intolerant to certain foods but may not know it. Affecting approximately 45% of people, high food intolerance can have causal links to many ailments:-
Migraines, irritable bowel syndrome, arthritis, anxiety, fatigue, tension, itching, loss of appetite, skin problems, abdominal pains, dizziness, rashes, headaches, and constipation and poor health generally.
- One reasons we don’t know we are intolerant to certain foods is the delayed reaction in symptoms – the delay can be from 2 hours to days after ingestion of the offending food.
- Another is that we may not be aware that we have eaten a particular offending food substance – those who have an intolerance for yeast may like to know that it is found in some vinegars – look at the list of ingredients – keep a ‘food eaten’ journal to track foods you think are giving you trouble – get tested at one of the many labs in Dubai.
- Unlike classic allergies, more than one food may be involved – experts say sufferers can react to four or five harmless looking foods – one suffer typically tested intolerance to wheat, yeast, some nuts and eggs. Combinations of these can be found in cakes, for instance – many manufactured foodstuffs contain several substances – look at the Ingredients and ask if unsure about an unknown ingredient.
Food allergy: is a fast response by the body’s immune system to a perceived invader – signs are immediate, dramatic and visible – coughing, wheezing, vomiting, watering eyes, rashes.
Food intolerance: is the inability to process a particular food – also thought to be a response by the body’s immune system – because the gastro-intestinal tract is unable to produce the right enzymes to break down the food, it passes through unprocessed or lingers in the gut fermenting and producing excess ‘gas’. www.foodintol.com
- One offending food substance can rule out a whole shelf-full of food – yeast is present in bread, cake, beer, vinegar and many other things we eat regularly and often.
- If you are suffering from something but don’t know why, get yourself tested – finding out what is making you ill can and will make a huge difference to your quality of life.
- Lastly, always check with your GP first, particularly if you are taking prescription drugs, which may be causing some reactions.
What patients say:-
· After taking intolerance tests and changing their diet, a clear majority report significant improvements in their condition.
· 79% noted a clear reduction of their symptoms.
· Improvements reported as life-changing.
· Rigorous altering of diet dramatically improved health.
· Even only moderately altered diet changed health.
· 70% of people maintained their health one year after taking the test.
Source: www.uaeyorktest.com
- And note also that some symptoms can be confused with others – IgG* reaction to Gluten is NOT diagnostic of Coeliac disease
- Again, best consult your GP if unsure.
*IgG is an antibody that mediates delayed food allergies. www.dubailab.com
Timetable to better health
Day 1: Get food intolerance test results
Day 1: Start watching what you eat (begin straight away – a day left is one more day to suffer
Days 1 through 365
Avoid offending foods all the time – going back to something returns you to Go – don’t weaken your resolve to get better
After 6 weeks – notice your symptoms disappearing – continue avoiding those foods that caused your ailments – don’t play doctor – don’t decide to return to a food because of your yearnings for it – avoid confirmation bias (only discerning factors that reinforce your prejudices, and acting on those that confirm them.
After 1 year – you might get advice that lets you back on those foods, but why take the risk of topping up your intolerance again
Thereafter – stay cool about those delicious but dangerous foods that you’ve avoided – stay off them –
STAY HEALTHY!
Case study # 1: JK had suffered relatively ill health for years – she was often tired, listless, sometimes nauseous, but her GP couldn’t find anything significantly wrong with her. Last year, she took an allergy test and a food intolerance test and was told she was intolerant to certain foods. These she then conscientiously avoided. Now, less than a year later she feels wonderful, has lost weight and gained a good figure, she exercises regularly, looks good, feels more energetic and lively and life is good again.
Case study # 2: NF has been experiencing various symptoms – rashes of spots suddenly appeared on her arms and legs, she complained of feeling unwell generally, despite several doctors attempts to diagnose the origins of her problems. She readily had a food intolerance test – finding that she is actually intolerant to wheat, eggs, yeast and some nuts, and is now resolved to see it through. She says that at first it is hard going without some of the food she has always enjoyed: she loved omelet’s, the occasional beer and bread, but she is adamant that if that is the price she has to pay for feeling healthier, she is more than willing to pay it, and she’s started to feel better already.
Afterthought
Giving anything up is often a little difficult, particularly at the beginning- but it is always worthwhile – remember, yesterday was the last day of the first part of your life – be sure you thoroughly enjoy the next part of yours.
Robert L. Fielding
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