Sandra asks…
Can Gluten or Dairy intolerance cause an uncontrollable “addiction” to those foods?
I have terrible digestive problems including bloating, nausea, flatulence, loose stools, very tired after eating etc. but the worst thing is uncontrollable hunger. It feels more like an addiction to gluten/carby foods – cereals, bread, crackers etc. not necessarily unhealthy, but I keep craving them after eating, even when my stomach is full. Could this indicate a food intolerance, or am I just greedy? I am also putting on weight and have to do a lot of exercise to avoid getting fat. Any advice welcome!
admin answers:
Your not addicted but when you eat your body isn’t absorbing the nutrients so its telling you that you are still hungry which makes you eat more.
It used to be commonly thought that only skinny people could have celiac because when their body didn’t absorb the nutrients or any thing else from the food they could never gain any weight.
Doctors have begun to realize that it works the other way to, and that people gain weight because their body kept telling them to eat more and more. I had this problem and when I cut all gluten out of my diet I noticed that I didn’t have to eat as much food to fill up as I used to and I started loosing weight.
If I were you I would cut out gluten immediately and within the week you should notice a big difference in your diet and your digestive problems will go away.
Jenny asks…
Food intolerance question?
I have bad bloating due to IBS. I thought that wheat was the main cause of this so I stopped eating it. After a couple of weeks I took a food intolerance test at Holland & Barrett. It came up with cow’s milk, tomatoes, MSGs and various e numbers. Wheat did not test positive. I was told to keep off the wheat for another 2 weeks and then reintroduce it. It made me bloat but there were no other symptoms. I then gave up milk, tomatoes and e numbers. I’ve so far only reintroduced milk which again only made me bloated. Am I intolerant to wheat ? Does all food that just makes me bloated mean I’m intolerant to them (beans, brocolli etc)? Or do they have to make me ill as well? Hope I’m making sense!
When I spoke to doctor she just said to stop having fizzy drinks & veg with dark leaves. She didn’t seem interested so I doubt I would be able to get proper tests done.
admin answers:
You definitely need different tests / opinions. H&B is not enough and if your GP is not helpful then insist on seeing someone else that takes you seriously.
You might also consider a more holistic approach via e.g. Kinesiology, homeopathy etc.
A good Health Kinesiolgist can often pinpoint and eliminate food/substance allergies (google the term).
Btw: MSG is a terrible substance. Allergy or not you should definitely stay far, far away from it -> it is known to cause obesity apart from being often the culprit in histamine reactions
Donald asks…
FOOD INTOLERANCE- a few questions?
I have a few questions about Food Intolerance (not Food Allergies, since I´ve read they are different).
1. Are there special tests to diagnose Food Intolerance??
2. What is the name of the specialist/doctor who specializes in Food Intolerance?
3. Can Intolerance to certain foods cause Depression or Anxiety????
admin answers:
1. Yes, and you can do it at home, no problem.
2. A doctor
3. Yes
Food intolerance happens with any food or drink that does not contain a protein. In order to be allergic to anything, it must contain a protein. That is the big difference.
A very simple test can tell you if you have an intolerance or an allergy. Sit in a chair for about 5 minutes and let your pulse stabilize. Take your pulse for a full 60 seconds (not 15 x 4 thing). Do this twice to make sure your pulse is stable and reads the same beats.
Now, put the food or thing you want to test in your mouth and chew it for 30 seconds. Spit it out or swallow it and then take your pulse again for another 60 seconds.
If your pulse is more than 6 beats faster, you are intolerant to the food or drink. If the food or drink contains a protein, they you are allergic to it. If you happen to have type “O” blood, then use 4 pulse beats as the criteria.
You don’t need a dermatologist to tell you if you have an allergy or intolerance; simply use that test and it is very effective. It was designed by a doctor and really works every time.
Depression and anxiety can happen from excess stress, but it is how you deal with stress that is the key. We all get stressed from time to time, but learning how to deal with stress is the key. Having nutritional deficiencies and eating or drinking garbage food can create depression or anxiety. Taking drugs is NOT the solution to those problems.
Watch these videos to see why drug companies should be ashamed and any doctor that prescribes drugs to deal with these problems is either getting paid handsomely to do that, has an agenda for profit, or is just simply ignorant.
Do your homework before going to doctors looking for solutions they have to offer. More people are being killed by doctors than any single major disease in America today. The iatrogenic problems are rampant due to drugs, poor diagnosis’s, bad science, and major indoctrination by drug companies of doctors and patients.
Good luck to you
Robert asks…
food intolerance test?
where can i get a food intolerance test in essex?
admin answers:
A friend of mine recently had this test done in Southend Essex and was really pleased with the results. She was told to leave out several regular foods for four weeks which she did and it has worked. She got it through a web site called
http://www.foodsensitivitytest4u.co.uk Hope this is helpful.
Donna asks…
Odd food intolerance query?
Is is possible to feel perfectly fine eating a meal one day, but suffer symptoms of food intolerance with exactly the same meal the following day?
admin answers:
This is common for children, but not too often found in adults. Food sensitivity is different from a food allergy too. Most commonly this happens when someone eats a leftover and it’s been left out too long or put away too soon. When this happens someone can be sensitive to the same food they ate before. Bacteria grows this way, grows in the food overnight and when you eat it you can become ill. Since you left out any type symptoms you’re suffered from it’s too hard to say what might have happened in your specific case. Please note any for your question or the doctor if it ever comes down to it again. There is a website that you might find the answer. Go to webmd.com and enter food intolerance in the search area and choose which link you want. Good luck and God Bless
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