Food Intolerances and Panic Attacks – 100% improvement

I went to a fantastic talk on food intolerances by Lorisian.  Lorisian tests for food intolerances and is accepted a ‘gold standard’ by the medical profession.  Did you know that only 2% of the adult population suffer with a true allergy whereas over 45% of our population suffer with food intolerances?

Testing for a true food allergy is fairly straight forward.  Obviously you can do a blood test to test for antibodies but a cheaper and quicker way is to do what is called a ‘skin patch’ test.  This involves putting a small amount of the suspect food on your wrist before you go to bed.  If the patch is red and/or itchy in the morning, you are likely to have an allergy to that particular food.

Testing for food intolerances is more complicated because the reaction to a particular food can be anything from 2 hours to 72 hours which makes the food very difficult to pin point.

Here are some interesting findings from a trial done in 2004 (Atkinson et al) when food intolerances were removed from the diet.  Improvements were significant:-

• IBS improved by 84%
• Diarrhoea improved by 87%
• Constipation improved by 90%
• Bloating improved by 92%
• Abdominal pain/cramps improved by 90%
• Indigestion improved by 89%

Another trial publishted more recently in 2011 (Mitchell et al) looked at food intolerances on migraine headaches.  Here are the results:-

• Migraines improved by 76%
• Headaches improved by 85%

From a personal testimony, I suffered with horrible migraines which caused me to be in bed for 2 days when they occured.  I no longer suffer with migraines as long as I avoid my culpit foods.

Being a GAPS practitioner, I know well the association between ‘gut permeability’ and mental health problems.  Gut permeabilities leads to multiple food intolerances.  Here are some more results:-

• Depression improved by 92%
• Anxiety improved by 77%
• Mental fog improved by 87%
• Panic attacks improved by 100%
• Tension improved by 67%
• Insomnia improved by 83%
• Bad moods improved by 93%

Here are some results for skin improvements:-

• Eczema improved by 83%
• Itching improved by 86%
• Psoriasis improved by 88%
• Rashes improved by 84%
• Bad skin improved by 88%
• Acne improved by 87%

Here are some results for musculo-skeletal improvement:-

• Arthritis improved by 74%
• Fibromyalgia improved by 75%
• General aches and pains improved by 88%
• Swollen joints improved by 84%

And finally…

• Fatigue improved by 87%
• Lethargy improved by 89%

So there you go, overall a HUGE improvement.

Another interesting trial was done on weight.  Results showed that people who eliminated foods they were intolerant to had a reduction in wieght, body mass index and waist-to-hip ratio.

Culprit foods should not be avoided forever.  Once the gut is healed, you should be able to re-introduce the foods.  If you would like some further advice on food intolerances or ‘healing your gut permeability’, please do not hesitate to contact me.