![]() With the pinnertest, I scored a 3 (highly reactive) to tuna, turkey, sweet potatoes, and coconut. I wasn’t intolerant to any of the foods I suspected like dairy, gluten, caffeine, or alcohol but I’ll still probably avoid them for the most part. I took the Pinnertest, which tests for over 200 foods on a sliding scale of 1 to 3, with 3 being a high reaction and 1 being a mild reaction. The results weren’t at all what I was expecting, but they make perfect sense. No longer do I have to guess what foods to exactly avoid in order to make my skin and digestion happy, I now know! And knowing what is been triggering my digestion, bloating, and (partially) my acne feels amazing. I am beyond happy and relieved that I did. My Experience with Food Intolerance TestingĪfter driving myself absolutely crazy up the wall with dieting, cutting out certain food groups, and suspecting-but never confirming intolerances I finally went ahead with a food intolerance test. Food intolerance tests can be helpful because they take the guesswork out of cutting out certain foods, spices, or herbs. The top three food intolerances are dairy, gluten, and caffeine but, you can be intolerant to perfectly “healthy” foods and herbs as well like sweet potatoes or even cilantro. If you feel better after a month or two, it is possible that you have a food intolerance. ![]() If you suspect a food intolerance, go with your gut and try cutting out the food. Unfortunately, these tests aren’t 100% accurate- most boast around a 90% success rate, pretty close but not exact. A blood test like the Pinnertest or Everlywell can test up to 200 food intolerances on a sliding scale of how it truly effects your body showing mild, moderate, and severe reactions. Other than the obvious side effects of a food intolerance like hives, irritable bowel syndrome, or getting physically ill- the only way to truly tell if you have a food intolerance is by taking a blood test (or by cutting the food out completely). How Do I Know if I am Intolerant to a Food? For example, drinking almond milk everyday could lead to an intolerance developing- but this is more of talk between health message boards online and lacks sufficient data to back it up. People have also speculated that eating too much of one food can cause your body to develop an intolerance. Histamine in foods, like fish for example can also cause intolerances. The chemical compound of a specific food can make you more prone to an intolerance, like caffeine in coffee or amines in certain cheeses. Lactose intolerant people typically lack lactase). It could be that you have an absence of an enzyme that is able to properly break down food (ex. So, what causes a food intolerance and how do you develop one? Well, food intolerances develop for a variety of reasons. When you have a food intolerance your digestive system is unable to properly digest foods, unlike an allergy or auto immune disease where your body sees it as a foreign invader. Which is more times than not, persistent and cystic. Food intolerances are less serious than food allergies but can lead to digestion issues, gas, bloating, migraines, throat irritation or coughing, feeling under the weather, AND you guessed it- acne. These questions led me to the discovery of food intolerances. Impossible? Guess again, I’m living proof! This made me wonder what sort of connection does diet really play in our skin health? And is there a way to test if your body is actually responding negatively to certain foods?įood Intolerances: What They Are and How You Develop Them Yes, I gave veganism a go for a few months but yet still continued to breakout in large, painful underground cysts. I mean everything from paleo to low GI to veganism. Take it from me, a chronic acne sufferer who has tried ALL the diets. And while that may work for some, for most people that sort of dieting and lifestyle simply isn’t sustainable. ![]() Why does it have to taste so good but be so bad for us? Better yet, try a no carb, raw vegan, zero sugar, corn free, grain free, gluten free diet. I'm sure you’ve heard it before- “stop eating so much greasy food and your skin will clear up!” Or avoid the pizza, cookies, cake, sugar, french fries, and cheese- oh the dreaded cheese.
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