More and more people are finding themselves intolerant to one if not two or more foods. The first trick is finding out which foods are causing a reactions, as most of us suffer from delayed food allergies (affecting a whopping 45% of the population), and not immediate food allergies (only 1.5% of the population suffers from this type of reaction!).
How do we know if we are reacting to certain foods? Symptoms usually show between 2 hours to 2 days after eating that particular food, and range from bloating, gas, constipation or diarrhoea, inability to loose or put on weight, skin disorders, chronic headaches, wheezing, sinusitis, asthma, and ulcerative colitis, among others. One usually finds that the food one craves are the exact foods that one is intolerant too. Keeping a food diary, writing down what you ate and when as well as what symptoms you experience and when, is one way to help you identify problematic foods as one will often begin to see a pattern after a week or so.
How do we know if we are reacting to certain foods? Symptoms usually show between 2 hours to 2 days after eating that particular food, and range from bloating, gas, constipation or diarrhoea, inability to loose or put on weight, skin disorders, chronic headaches, wheezing, sinusitis, asthma, and ulcerative colitis, among others. One usually finds that the food one craves are the exact foods that one is intolerant too. Keeping a food diary, writing down what you ate and when as well as what symptoms you experience and when, is one way to help you identify problematic foods as one will often begin to see a pattern after a week or so.
If you think you are intolerant to a food, try avoiding it for 3 months, and at the same time rotating the other foods in your diet. If you are unsure of what foods to avoid, start with wheat, oats, rye, barley (all gluten containing grains), as well as milk, cheese, yoghurt, cream and other dairy products. Most reactions after hearing this is 'what is there left to eat?'. The Wellness Warehouse has made food intolerances and other special dietary needs easy as we stock a wide range of wheat, gluten, dairy, soy, sugar, nut and even yeast free foods and flour mixes. From cereals, breads, muffins, biscuits, crackers, rusks to pasta's, pizza bases, cake/pancake/waffle and other mixes. For the lactose intolerant we have a variety of soy milk, oat milk, lactose-free dairy milk and milk-alternative powders (rice, soy, quinoa, oat), and goats cheese. Soon we will be adding fresh goats milk and yoghurt to our list.
Feel free to come chat to me or any of the food market staff for more assistance with your dietary needs and intolerances.
Thank for that Taryn!
ReplyDeleteI totally need to try and keep a food diary
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