Break Your Diet Addiction

Break Your Diet Addiction
Module 2
What’s Eating You?
* It’s not your fault. How we ended up on the diet roller coaster.
* Get to know your body: common signs to pay attention to.
* The most common foods people are sensitive / allergic to.
* How to tell if you are allergic.
* How to test yourself.
* When to seek professional help.
Diet roller coaster
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Chemicals
Food cravings
Artificial Sweeteners
The End of Overeating
Food Sensitivity vs.
Food Allergy
Food Sensitivity: A food sensitivity is the tendency for the
body to react unfavorably to a particular food. This reaction leads
to inflammation and tissue damage that causes many problems.
Food sensitivities can be very difficult to identify because these
reactions can take anywhere from 45 minutes to several days to
manifest. That means you could be reacting today to something
you ate 2 or 3 days ago!
Food Allergy: Food allergies and food sensitivities are two
entirely different things. Although they are both reactions to food,
that’s where the similarities end. Unlike food sensitivities, food
allergies are typically very easy to identify because the reactions
are often immediate and dramatic. With a food allergy, your body
is reacting to an immune response (as though there is a foreign
invader in your body).
Most common foods people are sensitive / allergic to:
•Corn
•Soy
•Wheat
•Dairy
•Eggs
•Peanuts
•Shellfish
•Tree nuts (walnuts, cashews, hazelnuts, pistachio, brazil, almond, etc)
Common Symptoms
for food sensitivities / allergies
• Tired / low energy /agitation
• Runny nose
• Skin problems
• Headaches
• Weight gain
• Congestion*
• The corners of your eyes itch*
• GI problems (constipation, diarrhea, bloating, gas, etc.)*
• Arthritic pain (i.e.. Muscle and joint pain)*
* These are the most common symptoms according to Stephen Rechtschaffen, MD. (from the Omega
Institute)
How to test yourself for food sensitivities.
1) Pay attention to how you are feeling after each meal. Write it
down. If you notice a common denominator, choose that food
group to work on first.
2) Take out that food (I.e. all dairy or all wheat, etc) for 7 days.
3) On the 8th day, add that food back in. If you are sensitive to that
food, you will experience a strong reaction -
When to seek professional help.
You should seek professional help when you feel you’ve done all
that you can but are still feeling that you have symptoms that
are not going away.
There are other types of
allergies / sensitivities that
you may have
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Food
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Chemical (perfumes, dyes, detergents, shampoos, cosmetics)
3.
Environmental (i.e.. If you live in the city, the smog)
Action Steps:
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Let’s do an experiment this week. Take all dairy out of your
diet (i.e.. Milk, cheese, yogurt, butter, cottage cheese, cream
cheese, cream for coffee, sour cream, curd, protein powders
or bars that have whey or casein, etc.) for 7 days and add it
back in on the 7th day.
On the 8th day, add dairy back in.
Post your results in the forum. Let us know how you felt or
any changes that you noticed.
What should you replace it with for these 7 days?
Keep adding in new foods this week and incorporate them
into your meals as often as you can.
Make sure you keep your buddies accountable.
Always remember, to have this work twice as fast, keep
journaling, it brings more clarity to your eating.
Quote of the week:
•What the mind of man can conceive and believe, it
can achieve
»Napolean Hill
•Effort only fully releases its reward after a person
refuses to quit.
»Napolean Hill