Sugar Intolerance
Are you driven by cravings and need sugary foods to keep you from feeling helpless
or hopeless? You probably tell yourself things aren’t so bad and you can stop
anytime. But you can’t and things keep getting worse? Problems stemming from sugar
cravings and sugar sensitivity include depression, overeating, headaches, tiredness,
anger, mental fogginess, irritability and much more. Some people are addicted
to sugar, so if they are sugar sensitive trying not to eat sugar is like telling
a drug addict to simply stop taking their drug. Why? Because sugar addiction,
like food intolerance, affects the same biochemical systems in your body as highly
addictive drugs. Without sugar or simple carbohydrates, you can experience withdrawals
just like a drug addict.
By slowly changing when and what we eat, we can change how we feel - dramatically!
Low glycemic load (GL) diets such as the “Holford Low GL Diet” are the most effective
as they are based on one principle: If you lose blood sugar control, you gain
weight, and feel hungry and tired; If you gain blood sugar control, you lose weight,
feel happy and full of energy. However, it is really important to carry out a
food intolerance test first before embarking on any dietary changes. The reason?
Once an immune response is triggered in the body (as evidenced by the raised food-specific
IgG levels) the body feels that it is ‘under siege’ thus hoarding supplies, storing
fluid and increasing weight. Provocation of the immune system also leads to inflammation
and swelling and causes the release of endorphins ultimately producing the well-known
cycle of allergy (intolerance) and addiction; over 50% of those with food intolerance
actually crave the foods that they are intolerant to! In addition, serotonin levels
drop adding to the cycle of cravings which are in turn satisfied by foods which
destabilise insulin and blood sugar and ultimately cause additional weight gain;
in other words a vicious circle and it takes an overall approach to ‘undo’ the
damage done. The low GL Diet can help reduce sugar intolerance, but the identification
and elimination of any food intolerances is also needed in order for the approach
to be fully effective.
Do you think you may suffer from food intolerance?
Taking a First Step Food Intolerance Test enables you to eliminate uncertainty
and confirm whether you have food intolerance through a ‘positive’ or ‘negative’
test result. This way you can check if you have a food intolerance before taking
the Second Step FoodScan 113 which is the comprehensive service that identifies
the specific foods you are intolerant to.
Need further information?
Please call our food intolerance specialists on 0800 074 6185 who will be happy
to provide you with free, confidential expert advice and guidance on the First
Step food intolerance test. Alternatively
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