#3 Dealing with Hidden Food Allergies for Gluten Free Diet

May 31, 2010 By 2 Comments

How Do I Know If I am Allergic to Gluten?

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Symptoms of Food Allergies – Hidden food allergies can cause a myriad of problems including: Acne, Anxiety, Bags under the eyes, Canker sores, Chronic coughing, Compulsive Eating, Constipation, Depression, Diarrhea, Fatigue, Hair loss, Headaches, Irregular heart beat, Irritability, Poor memory, Poor physical coordination, Rashes, Short attention span, Shortness of breath, Sinus problems and Sore throat.

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If you have had these problems for a long time, hidden food allergies may be to blame.

The symptoms that are caused by hidden allergies seem to appear out of nowhere. For example, someone can suffer chronic headaches for years and not realize that they are experiencing pain because they continue to eat dairy. Instead, they believe that they have a tendency toward migraines and take prescription medication for the rest of their lives.

These types of allergies are becoming more prevalent in our society. When humanity ate whole foods that came with natural enzymes and minerals, hidden allergies were not common at all. However, over the last 50 to 75 years the average diet relies on processed food made with chemical additives. Our body chemistry does not know what to do with these foreign chemicals. The result is allergies and sensitivities.

Another benefit with using a gluten free diet is a weight loss regiment. Whether your goal is to lose weight or at least maintain where you are at, using a weight management program with your gluten free diet can really help you and your body to feeling better sooner.

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#7 Gluten Free Diet with Allergy Rotation

May 28, 2010 By 1 Comment
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Food Allergies and Gluten Free Diet – To discover your own hidden food allergies, you are going to have to be an allergy detective. Using an allergy rotation diet will help you seek out your allergens and help you with your gluten free diet. Once you have discovered the culprits, you can remove them from your diet and have more vibrant health and be gluten free.

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A successful allergy rotation diet will eliminate enough foods to help you feel well. Then you will reintroduce the offending foods one at a time to test your reaction.  This makes it easy to separate possible allergies from definite allergies.  

It is important to remove all possible offending foods all at once. Eliminating one food at a time is not an option, because if you have hidden food allergies you are most likely allergic to more than one food. If you had a strong allergy to just one food, you would have discovered it by now.

It will not be easy. Rotation diets are hard, especially if you have been craving your allergens. However, the rotation diet is an experimental phase. You will not be on this diet for long. It is simple a way of testing how your body responds to different foods. The strict diet is only in place when you are searching for the allergens. After you’ve discovered them, you can eat almost anything else. Remember, the rewards for finding and eliminating allergens will be very great.

Carrying out an allergy rotation diet will take some time and planning. Make sure to plan this diet during a non-stressful time. For example, don’t try it during the holidays. Tell your family members that you are going to be undergoing a special eating regimen for the next several weeks and that you would appreciate their support.

Keep in mind that if you have a variety of allergies, you may actually feel worse the first three to five days that you are on the allergy rotation diet. You may be experiencing withdrawal symptoms. Make sure to drink plenty of water and commit to finishing the process, no matter how badly you may feel at first. Your well being will improve as you continue following the plan.

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#2 Gluten Free Diet & Dealing with Hidden Food Allergies

May 24, 2010 By Leave a Comment

When someone has a prominent, severe food allergy, they are normally diagnosed at a very young age. Often allergies like these, such as an allergy to peanuts or gluten, presents itself in the toddler years when a child is being introduced to new foods besides breast milk or formula.

When detected it is best to try a specialty diet to see how it will react with your body. If the suggestion comes up for a gluten free diet, you will start seeing so many options available that you did not see before. You will being reading more of the labels and you will be more aware of what is available and what you can have to help with your gluten free diet.

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As the previous section explained, these food allergies are very detectable. Normally the symptoms present themselves within minutes or hours of eating the offending allergen. People with severe food allergies are aware of their allergies and often carry lifesaving medication with them in case they come into contact with their allergen.

However, hidden food allergies are much harder to detect. Many times allergic reactions to foods that are eaten can have a delayed response in the body. This leads to a series of mysterious symptoms that, until the food allergies are discovered, seem to make no sense to the sufferer or the doctor. People fail to make the connection between their symptoms and the foods that they eat. As a result, these symptoms go on unrecognized and untreated for years.

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