Before I started my doctoral program, that meant I had to narrow my focus to a specific area (sugar addiction) I was studying food intolerances.Souvy A lot of books on the subject begin with food reactions, and proceed to chemicals that are found in our workplaces and homes as well as gasoline fumes and so on. While these are important however, they’re not about nutrition. My fascination with the food allergies has been the relationship to addiction. Recently I “attended” the webinar of J.J. Virgin, whose first book (I believe) was about food intolerances and ways to eliminate these foods in order to improve your health and shed weight. The presentation re-ignited my fascination with food intolerances and addiction. Common food intolerance triggers include chocolate soy, corn wheat (or other gluten-containing food items) and peanuts. They also include eggs, dairy products and sugars, as well as other sweeteners. What does food intolerance look Like? Some symptoms include joint pains, headaches/migraines fatigue, sleepiness, depression, heart palpitations stomach pains, irritability as well as bloating and other symptoms. Since digested food is circulated throughout the blood stream, effects of intolerance may be seen everywhere within the body. The reactions to food may be similar every […]
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