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Eliminating the Foods that are Bad for You
Did it ever occur to you that the reason you can’t lose weight may be due to the fact that you are eating foods that you’re allergic to? This is a revelation to many people who have struggled unsuccessfully for years to get rid of unwanted pounds.
The prevalence of food allergies is on the rise in both children and adults.1-2 Allergies can be responsible for a number of health issues including irritable bowel type symptoms3 and migraines.4 Very few people are aware however, that immune responses to foods can go on to create a number of metabolic disruptions that can contribute to weight gain.
At LMI where we counsel people to lose weight using our Metabolic Code Diet (MCD) eating program, we see this all the time. We had one patient in our diet group who had tried a very low carb diet in the past, and lost no weight. The reason? She was sensitive to dairy and didn’t know it. On her previous diet, she was eating a lot of cheese. On the MCD, which is a lower carb, low allergen eating plan, she cut out the cow’s milk cheeses and dairy products, ate according to our meal recommendations, and the weight started coming off.
An Allergy Preventive Diet
In recent years, we have seen both food and seasonal allergies dramatically increase in adults. Allergies are an indication of gut health, and may be a sign of internal inflammation.
Are Milk and Dairy Products Really “Super Foods”? Not If You Have Food Sensitivities
Food allergies, food sensitivities, and food intolerances are three types of reactions you can have to foods. They can wreak havoc in your body and occur without you even realizing it.
What does this have to do with milk and dairy products? Milk and other foods made from it, like cheese and yogurt, are allergenic foods. [...]
A Healthier Diet…Minus the Wheat and Dairy
The diet guidelines we use at LaValle Metabolic Institute exclude any food that contains cow’s milk or wheat. This surprises many people because they’ve been trained by good advertising and marketing to think that cow’s milk dairy products and whole-wheat products are the only way to get calcium and fiber. While these staple foods can be nutritious, they can tear down your health if you have developed a sensitivity to them.
