Food Sensitivities...A Quick Guide to What Turns Your Stomach
My friend (and fellow food critic) Katie told me about a method where hair samples are tested in order to understand food intolerances and sensitivities. This test also helps find environmental sensitivities. It's not an allergy test. But it does help uncover problematic foods. What made me take this test for me and my son? My son is fourteen now, but all his life he has had irritable bowel syndrome and headaches. So have I. I figured it was partially inherited since my father suffered from these as well. I have done enough research to know that the foods we're eating are not safe for everyone to eat...in part because of the additives in them. Or the pesticides used. And because Katie and her daughter had more insight into their food and environmental triggers after taking this test, I scraped up the money to conduct it for me and my son. What is the difference between having a food allergy versus sensitivity? A food allergy is often much more serious than an intoleran
