Eat Well & Breathe Easy while honoring your Food Sensitivies
Do you have days when you feel frustrated and overwhelmed?
As if your life is simply out of control?
Truth is, we all have days like this.
In fact, I’d venture to say it’s a fact of life, especially in today’s fast-paced world.
Just think how easy it is to get sidetracked by work and family and outside obligations!
Unfortunately, this often means there isn’t enough time for YOU.
Well, it’s time to take back your power, my friend!
That’s right.
I’m putting YOU back in command!
Do you sometimes feel like there’s a lot of drama going on in your body?
With Halloween just two weeks away, it seems like the perfect time to explore this drama in greater depth, since these so-called mimics, marauders and masqueraders are present 24/7.
Yes, you read that correctly.
You see, even though your body is beautifully designed to deal with these pranksters at a moment’s notice, sometimes your immune system does make mistakes.
Or rather, we think of them as mistakes, but in all actuality, your immune system is simply doing what it’s designed to do.
And that is to protect you.
So, what’s really happening here is that some of these invaders are actually very clever, mimicking or masquerading as something other than what they really are.
And the immune system gets confused.
Let me explain.
Do you have Celiac Disease?”
Or, perhaps the bigger question is “ “Do you have a gluten-related disorder, most often referred to as Non-Celiac Gluten Sensitivity – or Gluten Intolerance?”
Did you answer “yes” to either question?
In that case, gluten certainly is a toxin, at least to you.
If you’re one of the lucky ones who doesn’t appear to have a sensitivity to gluten – that doesn’t necessarily mean you’re completely off the hook.
According to Dr. Tom O-Bryan, who refers to himself as the Gluten-Free Doc, “Everyone should be checked for a gluten sensitivity. And if you have the celiac gene, you definitely want to be checked every two years or so. You might be fine now, but at some point you will likely cross the line.”
Why is that? [Read more…]
Have you ever been in this situation?
You’re at a restaurant, watching the person next to you devour a pile of crisp sweet potato fries.
They look SO tempting.
In that moment – what would you do?
Would you reach over and grab one, without a moment’s thought?
Which of the following outcomes best describes you?
Do you see yourself in any of these sceanrios?
Of course, if you answered (C) – that is the correct answer! [Read more…]
Do you sometimes feel like a human guinea pig?
Perhaps you’ve even experimented with different foods, in an effort to figure out what might be a trigger for you.
Let me preface this first by saying – if you have Celiac disease, or an Autoimmune condition, this is in NO WAY a license to re-introduce gluten!
Got that?
However, your dietary triggers could also be dairy, eggs, or nuts – or any number of different foods.
Let’s take a closer look at eggs for a moment.
Are eggs a regular part of your diet?
They use to be for me, too.
I often enjoyed scrambled eggs, or an omelet for breakfast.
And I absolutely LOVED making soufflé! (As fancy as that sounds, it’s not that hard. Seriously!)
At this point, however, it’s literally been years since I last ate eggs.
In recent weeks, however, I decided to re-introduce them – as a human experiment, if you will.
Using me as the guinea pig.
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