Food Sensitivity

Ever wonder why you go on an elimination diet and suddenly react violently to foods that you thought you were okay with?  We all speculate. Have we lost the enzymes to digest that specific food?  Many people hear this happens and don't want to do an elimination diet for this very reason.  I stumbled across an old podcast from the Paleo Mom where they talk about gut health.  In a nut shell she says the body has several immune responses, among them one that reacts to the food and another that dampens that response.  When you eliminate a food the immune response that dampens goes away more quickly then the immune response that reacts.  So when you reintroduce that food the reaction is there in full force but the dampening has been reduced so you really feel the full effects of the immune response.

Here is the podcast if you want to listen for yourself.  The first 20 minutes are just banter which you can forward through if you just want the information. 

http://www.thepaleomom.com/2013/05/tpv-episode-39-show-notes-gut-health.html