Are you struggling to navigate food sensitivities?

Food sensitivities can be so subtle. Some people are unsure if they have food sensitivities at all. Food and environmental sensitivities can impact your health, your detox pathways, and can significantly hamper your lifestyle. One example is a sensitivity to dairy. For some, this can cause diarrhea and impact social life. Others who are sensitive to gluten may have constipation. Food reactions can look different for everyone and this is why it can be hard to navigate food sensitivities, even with bioenergetic testing.

There is also a difference between food sensitivities and food allergies, as they are not the same thing.

If you find it hard to navigate food sensitivities, this blog post can give you common connections between foods, environmental toxins and body systems! Identifying your own specific food sensitivities can be a challenging process, as they can vary greatly from person to person. Testing methods for food sensitivities vary too.

How to Navigate Food Sensitivities On Bioenergetic Testing

Certain foods tend to be more commonly associated with sensitivities. These include gluten, dairy products, corn, eggs, soy, and peanuts among the top culprits. These are common energetic sensitivities we see on test results. The significance of these can have nuanced interpretations due to the burden on the body’s drainage pathways and detox systems. 

CBH Energetics tests for over 300 energetic environmental and food sensitivities. The sensitivities that are pulled into the report from your samples may reveal themselves because:

• Your Digestive System may be stressed.
• Your Nervous System may be stressed (the nervous system and digestion are linked!).
• An energetic toxin may be driving the sensitivities. Think Mold or Candida!

If you find that many different foods or environmental items are resonating as sensitive, don’t despair!  We’re here to guide you while you navigate food sensitivities on bioenergetic testing!

First, let’s go over some common signs in the body to help you navigate food sensitivities more clearly. 

Common Signs Of Food Sensitivities

Symptoms of food sensitivities can vary from person to person. These sensitivities can also vary from food to food and change from week to week. If this is something you are experiencing, then you may need to take a deeper look at your body systems in general. It  may not be the foods that are causing the sensitivity. However, here are some common signs to look out for as you navigate food sensitivities:

• Digestive issues such as bloating, gas, diarrhea, or constipation.
• Headaches or migraines.
• Fatigue, especially after a meal.
• Joint pain.
• Skin issues, like rashes.
• Mood swings. 

These symptoms can be mild or severe, and they may occur immediately after consuming the trigger food or be delayed by several hours. Unfortunately, food sensitivities may disrupt your Digestive System, leading to nutrient deficiencies and poor absorption of essential vitamins and minerals. 

This could be due to the inflammation of the digestive lining or gut mucosa. When this becomes inflamed, the tight junctions of cells may separate and cause a Leaky Gut. Leaky gut may be associated with chronic conditions like IBD (irritable bowel disease), asthma, and has even been linked to Type 1 Diabetes. (1)

Chronic inflammation can also be caused by food sensitivities and can fuel the fire of other parts of the body, if they are imbalanced. There are so many bidirectional relationships between systems in the body, like the gut-brain connection. 

How Do I Navigate Food Sensitivities From a Bioresonance Perspective?

If you haven’t completed a bioenergetic test yet, keeping a food diary can be helpful in pinpointing which foods trigger your symptoms. By tracking your meals and any subsequent reactions, you can start noticing patterns and identify the potential physical culprits.

If you have tested, no matter the amount of sensitivities, or kind of sensitivities that have energetically appeared, just know that most of the time, there is always an energetic link. The lists below will explore some of these links. 

Navigate Food Sensitivities With Food groups

Here are some connections between foods, body stress and environmental toxins:

• Grains – These may show up because of mold and mycotoxins or exposure to glyphosate.
• Dairy – If dairy is giving you gas or bloating, consider an imbalance of lactase, or an overabundance of parasites. 
• Vegetable – Of all the things that can show up as imbalanced! Aren’t veggies good for you? They are, but if you do not chew thoroughly, or you do not have diverse make up of bacteria in the gut, you may find these troublesome. Some vegetables, like nightshades, may be linked to joint pain 
• Nuts – A nut sensitivity may be genetic, or due to mold, low lipase as a digestive enzyme, low stomach acid, or Pancreas stress.
• Coffee – While we think of the caffeine that can impact the Nervous System and the Liver, coffee may also contain mold. It may cause adrenal stress, Locomotor Stress, and decrease minerals.
• Pork – When pork shows up on a report, we look to see if there are energetic parasites, or an imbalance of proteases which are part of protein digestion.
• Peanut Butter – Peanut butter contains a lot of fats, and we need lipase to digest fats. Is there a lipase imbalance on your test? Peanuts may also contain mycotoxins. 
• Corn – The starchy veggie may contain aflatoxins produced by Aspergillus species, which are also related to alcohol and xanthan gum. Xanthan gum is in a lot of gluten free products.

As You Navigate Food Sensitivities, Should You JUST Focus on Food?

With the amount of elimination diets that people try, you would think that the food itself and the reaction to it is THE cause of food sensitivities. Yet many still struggle with digestive issues AFTER they eliminate the culprits, or what they think is the culprit.  If it’s not the food, why do your digestive issues seem to be food-related?

While you can be sensitive to a food, you may have other things that are driving food sensitivities, including these:

1. Histamine and parasites. 
2. Cross-reactivity or molecular mimicry.
3. Leaky gut.

In fact, all three can be related.

When parasites are causing digestive stress, there is inflammation. Inflammation can trigger histamine issues. There has been a study that looked at proteins from foods that caused reactions in people and parasite proteins. There were many proteins found that were similar, and this mimicry can cause the Immune System to recognize the food as an invader when a similar antigen is present (2)

Parasites can directly affect the gut, causing intestinal permeability or leaky gut. 

Can Diets Navigate Food Sensitivities?

Elimination diets, and alternative diets have been beneficial for some people while they navigate food sensitivities. The most well-known is the gluten-free diet, which eliminates all sources of gluten, a protein found in wheat, barley, and rye. Many try dairy, corn, and soy free diets as well.

There is also the FODMAP diet, which restricts certain types of carbohydrates that can cause digestive issues. FODMAP stands for fermentable oligosaccharides, disaccharides, monosaccharides and polyols. This type of diet has been used for those suffering from IBS or SIBO.

It is always important to consult with a healthcare professional before making any significant dietary changes.

FAQ’s To Help You Navigate Food Sensitivities on Bioenergetic Test Results

Diet cola: am I energetically sensitive because of the aspartame?

Yes, this is a possibility. You may also be sensitive to the caffeine, or the carbonation of the beverage. If there is Locomotor System Stress, and mineral imbalances like phosphorus, boron or calcium, the cola itself may be contributing to energetic mineral imbalance. 

I’m sensitive to dairy/gluten/egg, why did this not show up?

If you are sensitive to any food and avoid it, the food may not show up. With bioenergetic testing, the items that resonant are the most important to address, or avoid according to the testing. This is not the same as Western testing, that looks for antibodies in the blood. 

If eggs are there, does that mean I can’t eat them anymore?

As a general rule, we suggest you eliminate the food for 30 days if possible. If eggs are the sole protein source, then this may be more difficult. We recommend you speak to a practitioner as you try to navigate food sensitivities, to come up with a plan that works. 

Peanuts are on the list, but not peanut butter or peanut oil.

Peanuts are a whole food, whereas peanut butter or peanut oil are derivatives of peanuts and have undergone processing. Peanut butter has sugar and emulsifiers added to it, as well. You could almost say it was a diluted form of a peanut! 

White/Brown Rice are sensitivities, but not rice milk, rice syrup, or rice flour.

Again, the processing is different and the proteins of the food have changed.

The report shows a sensitivity to cow’s milk but not whey, butter, yogurt, or cream.

Cow’s milk does contain a high amount of lactose, or milk sugar, whereas the other dairy products have less, along with more fat. Look for an energetic lactase imbalance when you see cow’s milk on a report. 

Why are there so many meat sensitivities?

Meat can be hard to digest for anyone with stress in the Pancreas or the Digestive System. If there is an imbalance in hydrochloric acid, protease, or if parasites resonate on a report, typically seeing an energetic sensitivity to meat may be a signal to remove the food while you are correcting a toxin imbalance. 

There is also a syndrome called Alpha-Gal Syndrome, which leads people to react to red meat. This usually starts with a tick bite (3).

I’m a vegetarian and beans are on my list. Does this mean I can’t eat beans? They are a staple of my diet.

This sensitivity may be related to the amount or kind of gut bacteria that contribute to digestion. Any digestive stress can come from the Nervous System as well. When you are in a stressed state, you may not properly make enzymes to digest and even move your food through the gut. Supporting digestive enzymes with a digestive enzyme supplement and supporting your Nervous System may help. This can be done with some simple exercises in Breathwork.

There are foods that resonate as sensitive, yet I have never consumed any of these things, ever?  Why would that be?

Your body may be very energetically sensitive to things you have never had before! Your body may recognize one food as very similar in protein structure to another food, and this can show up on bioresonance testing. It may also mean that you could be very sensitive to the food or ingredient if exposed.

You might also have a negative emotional connection to a food that shows up on bioresonance testing. You may never consume that food.

• Is that because you hate it?
• Did it make you feel unwell at some point?
• Did something upsetting happen when you ate that food?

The good news is that if you don’t consume the food or ingredient, you don’t have to eliminate it! There can be many reasons why foods can show up as sensitive, and many ways to navigate food sensitivities.

Tips and Takeaways as You Navigate Food Sensitivities

Food sensitivities, in general, are complicated! They can be related to:

• Conditioned food avoidance and body mistrust (a mind-body connection to food).
• Your immune system (in the digestive system and mucous lining).
• Lack of digestive enzymes or gut bacteria imbalance.
• Not enough chewing.
• An energetic toxin: think parasites in the toxins list? Look for an energetic fish or pork sensitivity. Mold in the toxin list? Certain fruits, wine, or kombucha may be on the energetic sensitivity list.

These are just some of the most frequently asked questions about energetic food sensitivities on bioresonance testing. Please book a consult with one of our practitioners to dig into the deeper connections between your energetic sensitivities and your body. This way you can make a food plan that is right for you.

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