The best way for me to understand it might help you too. A food allergy is something you really can't live with. Sometimes there may be more extreme reactions although not always. An allergy to something means your body is going to attack as if a foreign object is in your body often creating an immune response.
As an example, if you are allergic to gluten - and you eat it - the body will begin the attack process needed to deal with it.
However, if you have an intolerance to gluten this process won't happen.
What does happen with an intolerance?
You can feel sluggish, bloated, tired, not have proper bowel movements. There are many symptoms you could find. The body simply does not function as it should if you are eating a food to which you are intolerant.
There have been many theories on this. It's suggested that you need to eat what you direct ancestors ate in the Blood grouping diet.
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Other readers of my blog have found the theories in this book have been a massive help too - the Optimum Nutrition Bible.
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Although I do think there are foods which suit us and foods which don't, the best way to find out is to keep a food journal and to begin the elimination diet which can help you to listen to the body and adjust what you need to adjust to make your health feel better.
Something that is important to understand is that the body is a complex tool and these days we are finding it a struggle to give it what it needs. Keep the body moving to keep the lymph system flowing and detox, don't eat food loaded with chemicals, try and keep a balanced diet....the list goes on.
One rule to take away just for today is to start listening more to the body. You will find a massive help there just with that one change alone.
Wishing you the very best of health.
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