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I have become increasingly concerned about how restrictive many people's diets are. It has become Paleo this and allergy that or elimination this or that for millions of people. What is troubling to me about all this is the reason behind it for many people. Many people start noticing not feeling well when they eat blah and this leads them to try various methods of food elimination. Problem is, as I have found both personally and professionally, food is not usually the culprit, but your declining health is.
One IMPORTANT sign your health is in trouble is the inability to digest certain foods you previously had no trouble with like dairy...I am not saying that anyone needs to eat dairy but I'd like to use it as a common example. So in order to counter this dairy is eliminated and then often you start to eliminate all foods containing dairy, then eggs, and so on...
Pretty soon, you have eliminated 50% of your diet and while your symptoms may have improved for a bit they in time become even worse. At this point too, many people start noticing many other health changes such as fatigue or anxiety or both.
At the same time, your relationship with food is becoming strained and stressful. Many folks lose all enjoyment of eating at this point and their symptoms become even worse and their diet even more restrictive. Needless to say, an already compromised digestion is tremendously hampered by tension and anxiety. Many of my client's experience difficulty living any type of normal life when they begin treatment since they, are tyrannized by what they will eat and their worlds become smaller and smaller. This is difficult for their friends and family relationships as well. Most of our clients reach a health crisis around this time and finally seek the help they need instead of trying to figure things out for themselves.
When they reach me on an initial visit and I am able to illustrate to them what is actually going on in their bodies whether it be a liver problem, bacterial imbalance, emotional problem or excess inflammation somewhere and on and on their first reaction is relief.
This relief stems from two things: 1.Not having to be in charge of their problem
any longer. 2.Understanding the actual disorder they have and leaving their "management" of it behind.
I think that food has become a convenient and popular place for people to vent all their heath frustrations has become extremely popular within the internet. It's because it is something we all can manipulate and control. There is also safety in numbers and entire communities on the internet devoted to various eating lifestyles.
Outside of the relatively small percentage of people who have real food allergies I think this is unhealthy and preventing most of them from receiving real bona fide professional help for their problems.
One of the most gratifying things to me as a Naturopathic clinician is watching people begin to liberalize their diets, lose their anxiety and develop once again a healthy and enjoyable relationship with food as their health problems recede.
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Taryn DeCicco, ND, LAc, LDN
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