Food Intolerance

                                                    and Food Allergies

 

How to make the necessary changes to ease your food intolerance 

 

The symptoms of food intolerance can be discomforting and will make you feel unwell. Hence, after diagnosing what causes your food intolerance through test such as FoodScan113, it is necessary to make the appropriate changes to alleviate the discomfort.

It is easy to make the necessary changes to cope with your food intolerance. As you will need to change your diet and avoid the sensitive food, it is important to prepare yourself for the changes. Speak to an advisor like a nutritionist. It could be difficult initially to forgo the favourite food that is making you unwell but it is worth remembering that regular intake of these food are the cause to your present problems.

Here are a few tips on how to make the necessary changes:

  • There are many replicate foods available in the shops nowadays. You can replace diary milk for soya milk or oat milk and wheat flour for rice flour or buckwheat flour. With replicate food, you will still be able to have the food you enjoyed. 
  • Eat a variety of food at different meal time, for example, take porridge for breakfast, snack on a fruit, have a vegetable soup for lunch and a rice based meal or fish and vegetables for lunch. 
  • In order to ensure that you only eat the right kind of food, it will be a good idea to plan your menu ahead. Planning ahead give you time to select carefully the food that is good for you. It also prevent you from slipping back to quick fix food that will make you unwell. 
  • Make a conscious effort to avoid the sensitive foods. When you go on your food shopping, read food label carefully to ensure that they do not contain any of the ingredients that causes your food intolerance. 
  • There are things you can do in advance. Certain meals can be prepared in advance such as cook brown rice, lentils or pearl barley and freeze them for use when needed. 
  • Follow a healthy eating plan using fruit, vegetables, whole grains, pulses, nuts, seeds, fish and meat. Include high energy food like lentils, sweet potato and beans for a complete balanced diet. 

When you have a diet free of your food intolerance, you could enjoy the benefit of a symptom free life almost immediately. Furthermore, some of the sensitive foods can be reintroduced into your diet after a period of abstinence. Food intolerance need not be a lifelong ailment, find out what your food intolerance is with laboratory test such as foodScan 113 and with proper care, you will feel well again.