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what is ‘reactivity’? and is it a life sentence?

August 16, 2018 by Kate Leave a Comment

reactivity food chemical intolerance solution Reactivity means, simply, that your body reacts to many things. This can be anything – foods, chemicals in the environment, criticism, emotions, pain. If you’re a reactive person, you feel everything strongly. Your system over-reacts to everything. (Feeling things strongly is not necessarily a bad thing, but reacting to everyday things can be really difficult.) Signs and symptoms cover every body system, but primarily skin, lungs, nose and eyes, nervous system (mood and headaches) and gut.

So, how do we quieten these reactions and make life easier on the reactive person? …

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Filed Under: Intolerance Tagged With: chemical sensitivity, emotions, enzymes, food-intolerance, gut health, heavy metals, hormone, immune system, inflammation, moods, nutrients, probiotics, pyrroles, reactivity, sleep, stress, you're worth it

Food additives – why avoid them, what symptoms can they cause, and which are worst?

June 20, 2018 by Kate Leave a Comment

food additives intoleranceFood additives are prevalent in many processed foods. But do you know how they affect you and your family? They can cause mood changes, skin conditions, affect digestion, learning, asthma and much more. Read on to find out what other common symptoms can be caused by artificial colours, flavours and preservatives….

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Filed Under: food additives, Intolerance Tagged With: additives, antioxidants, artificial colours, Fed Up, fedup.com.au, flavour enhancers, flavours, food additives, food-intolerance, numbers, preservatives, processed food, snacks, Sue Dengate, symptoms

chia pudding – sugar free dessert or breakfast

June 10, 2018 by Kate 2 Comments

chia pudding dessert breakfast soluble fibre sugar free glutenfree dairyfreeIf you sit a bit long on the loo, these chia pudding treats are for you!

Chia seeds have a huge amount of soluble fibre – when mixed with liquid, they form a jelly-like consistency, which helps to form healthy stools. Soluble fibre also binds toxins and cholesterol and helps to excrete them from your body. …

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Filed Under: Intolerance, Recipes Tagged With: dairyfree, food-intolerance, glutenfree, grainfree, healthy recipe, low-amines, low-glutamates, low-salicylates, recipe, soluble fibre, sugarfree

Coconut chai bliss balls – Love your liver!

February 25, 2018 by Kate Leave a Comment

chai spice and coconutty goodness

Everyone loves a good bliss ball, right? These delicious coconut chai bliss balls are as healthy as they are tasty (with no dates in sight). Slightly sweet and coconutty, with lovely chai spices throughout.

They are super easy to make, and you can choose whether to use almond meal (no blending!) or cashews, which are lower in natural food chemicals, amines, if you’re sensitive.

The spices help your liver to detox more efficiently, so this delicious bite can even be your ‘food as medicine’. You can even add maca powder, to help your body adjust it’s stress response and keep you calmer! …

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Filed Under: Nutrition, Recipes Tagged With: almond, amine, anti-inflammatory, bliss ball, cashew, chai, coconut, coconut oil, dairyfree, detox, food-intolerance, glutenfree, inflammation, intolerance, liver, low-amines, nutrition, spice, sugarfree, turmeric

Merry Xmas and 5 important lessons I’ve learned

December 21, 2017 by Kate Leave a Comment

Well, here we are at the end of the year, and hasn’t it been a busy one! (Well, isn’t it always!?)

This year, I have completed 27 assignments, 273 student clinic hours, graduated with a distinction average from my nutritional medicine degree…

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: ask for help, calm, christmas, coffee, cook, detox, discovery, food-intolerance, health, learning, manage stress, me time, meditation, naturopath, nutritionist, quick fix, stress, tea

Easy Baking – Banana Bread **or apple crumble** Muffins

October 5, 2017 by Kate Leave a Comment

I am all for baking! I absolutely love baking… and, let’s be honest, eating my baking. But I no longer have any desire for high-sugar, wheat-filled, inflammatory and unhealthy muffins and cakes! No thank you! Gluten-free whole-food healthy baking and treats for us now.

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sugar-free sweet banana muffins

Sugar free is healthier

My intolerances led me to gluten-free baking, but it’s my desire for a healthier lifestyle that has kept me creating new and healthier treats. There is really no need to eat a lot of processed sugar, and we all know it’s not healthy. The less sugar you eat, the healthier you’ll be.

apple crumble muffins gluten free dairy free egg free

apple crumble alternative

Fruit adds sweetness and goodness

Fruit has the benefit of being the whole package – fibre, vitamins and minerals, in a perfectly sweet package. This allows the slow release of energy over time, keeping us fuller for longer, and without spikes and troughs in our blood sugar (which can lead to disease over time). Using bananas for sweetness is a perfect way to get a tasty treat without added sugar, and some B vitamins for energy, to boot! **And now, a new apple quinoa crumble version below!…

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Filed Under: Nutrition, Recipes Tagged With: baking, banana bread, banana muffins, dairy free, egg free, food-intolerance, gluten free, grain free, healthy treat, intolerance friendly, low-amines, low-salicylates, nut free, paleo, sugar free, whole food

Top 7 gut healing tips for food intolerance

September 25, 2017 by Kate Leave a Comment

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looking after your gut health reduces food intolerances

With all types of food intolerance, comes an underlying gut problem. Heal your gut and your body will react less. Your body is reacting to foods because there’s an imbalance of bacteria and ‘leaky gut’. If you have ongoing gut symptoms, emotional problems, skin issues or multiple sensitivities, then a good old gut healing protocol may be just what you need.

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Filed Under: Intolerance, Nutrition Tagged With: behaviour, emotions, fibre, food-intolerance, gelatine, glutamine, glycine, gut healing, gut health, inflammation, inflammatory foods, mental health, prebiotics, probiotics, proline, sleep, vitamin C, zinc

Did you know there are 2 types of food intolerance?

August 11, 2017 by Kate 2 Comments

 

types food intolerance IgG elimination diet

finding the diet that is RIGHT FOR YOU is the key to managing food intolerance

I’d be surprised if you said yes! There aren’t many people who do. Some say chemical sensitivity is the only type of food intolerance, others say it’s all about IgG. When in truth, both exist and are very real for the people suffering from them. The key to the riddle is knowing how to test for each type.

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Filed Under: Intolerance Tagged With: amines, antibody, antigen, chemical sensitivity, colours, flare-ups, flavours, food-intolerance, glutamates, gut healing, IgG, immune system, inflammation, leaky gut, reaction, salicylates, symptoms

Sofia’s elimination diet – part 4 – salicylates and amines

January 15, 2017 by Kate Leave a Comment

top-view-1248955_640So, to recap, an elimination diet is designed to help you discover food intolerances in a systematic and structured way. It allows you to determine exactly what foods are a problem, how much of that food triggers a reaction and what reactions occur. You can test gluten, wheat, dairy, soy, eggs, salicylates, amines or glutamates – basically whatever you like. It’s deliciously simple, but not all that easy, because it means being on a strict diet. The best thing is, once you’ve done it, life becomes a whole lot easier! Suddenly, you’re not guessing anymore. You can avoid the triggers or cut them down, depending what works. You can improve your gut, get healthier and enjoy all the delicious foods that don’t make you sick. Now, if it’s your kids, don’t you think they’d want that too?

fruit-1234507_640Sofia’s elimination diet discovery mission is nearing its end. We’ve discovered soy and gluten (along with cow’s dairy) are the worst triggers of her eczema. Next we tested salicylates and amines, and I was a little surprised with the result….

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Filed Under: Intolerance Tagged With: additives, chocolate, dairy, eggs, elimination diet, food-intolerance, fresh herbs, glutamates, gluten, honey, kids, low-salicylates, MSG, prawns, salicylates, smoked salmon, soy, stone fruit, strawberries, wheat

Sofia’s elimination diet – part 3 – food challenges!

January 9, 2017 by Kate 2 Comments

kiddie fish cakes - simple elimination diet

kiddie fish cakes – simple elimination diet

Happy New Year everyone! Hope you have all had a peaceful break and some wonderful family time. I’ve had a lot more time to play with my kids, and I’ve really enjoyed it. Less time to make up new recipes and write blogs, but that’s ok, it’s a good time of year just to be.

In light of my new, more relaxed attitude, I’ve kind of just winged the food challenges for Sofia, letting natural occurrences (like a sandwich at Grandma’s) become the challenge. Here’s what I’ve discovered.

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