How can you tell which food to eliminate to test for food intolerance?

The way I get my clients to see which food they should try to eliminate first is to have them write a food log of everything they eat.  On the food log track your reactions within the first hour and a half after you eat.  Look for any change, ie. bloating, gas, belching, energy drop, mental fog, skin reactions, increased flem in the throat, nasal passage becomes blocked, any kind of reaction. And make a note on your food log of your reaction.  After doing this for a week look at which foods seemed to give you the most problems.  Ie. if you have a bad reaction every time you eat something with wheat in it, you probably have a problem with wheat.  So try eliminating that for at least 2 weeks.  After you have avoided it completely for 2 weeks introduce it back in and see if you have a bad reaction to it.  If so, you’re intolerant to the food.

If you have a lot of reactions scattered throughout your food log which is often the case this can be difficult to identify the problem food.  This could mean a number of different things, but often times it’s because you’re eating a food you’re intolerant too frequently. Which can create intolerances to other foods as mentioned in my previous post.  Some of the most common foods to be intolerant to are: gluten, wheat, corn, soy, beef, and dairy.   So those are usually good places to start if you’re having lots of reactions try eliminating at least one of those for two weeks, then re-introduce it and look for negative reaction. Hope the info helped.  Any questions or you would like professional help identifying what foods you’re intolerant to shoot me an email at info@peak-personaltraining.com.