Common foods that cause allergies and intolerances include wheat, dairy foods, sugar, citrus fruit, chocolate, soy, corn, and nuts. But it can be any food. The most likely offender is often something that is frequently consumed. Foods that cause a delayed response, often cause an overall feeling of “just not right” with a few niggling symptoms present most of the time.

Symptoms can appear as earaches, recurrent ear infections, itchy eyes, runny nose, asthma, depression, hyperactivity, insomnia, stuttering, hair loss, itchy skin, eczema, apathy, generalized aches and pains, cravings, excessive weight and resistance to diet change among many more.

The increase in allergies and specifically food allergies and intolerances is probably linked to consuming these foods in one form or another everyday throughout the year and not having a varied enough diet. Our bodies are also bombarded with high levels of chemicals like pesticides, fertilizers, car exhaust, medications, food additives, plastics, and cleaning products everyday. This “toxic load” makes it difficult for our bodies to function and can ultimately lead to allergies and food intolerances.

There are three things to remember;

1. If you are nursing you must stay away from offending foods, as you can pass your allergy on to your child through breast milk.
2. If one parent has allergies or intolerances to anything there is a marked increase in the likelihood that your child could also suffer from an allergy or intolerance.
3. Rotating cow’s milk, goat’s milk, and soymilk on a 4-day basis after your child is one year, may help to avoid a milk allergy.

Solving the problem requires eliminating the offending foods through a rotation diet or hypoallergenic diet. There are also many more nutritional deficiencies and considerations that need to be addressed.

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