Coping with Food Intolerances

If you are wondering how to cope with the necessary changes that discovery of a food intolerance brings, this is the how-to-book for you. Dr. Thom, who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of food sensitivities in his Portland, Oregon practice, will guide you through the sometimes confusing and always difficult transition through the elimination of offending foods in your diet. He will tell you: the difference between a food allergy and a food sensitivity, and why some doctors overlook the importance of food sensitivities in illness; why the food you are most sensitive to is sometimes your favorite food, the one you just can't go without; why childhood food sensitivities seem to disappear, only to resurface later in adult life; how to shop for, cook, and enjoy healthy substitutes for dairy, wheat, corn sugar, and other common causes of sensitivity; how to identify hidden food sources of allergens; how to monitor your progress with a symptom checklist; and how to actually improve the nutrition and enjoyment of foods in your diet while making changes. Here is the book to unravel the mystery of your sensitivities and what to do about them, and at the same time, bolster your immune system, so some other disease won't catch you.