The Vital Side Podcast 72. Why Food Sensitivities Start in the Brain with Lindsay Mitchell
Themes: Food Sensitivities, Brain Retraining, Chronic Illness & Inflammation, Gut Health, Reframing Limiting Beliefs, Nervous System Regulation, Mind-Body Connection, Safetyism
Do food sensitivities limit the joy and freedom you currently feel in your life? Have you struggled to understand why you experience them in the first place? In this episode, Lindsay not only takes us into the science behind food sensitivities, but also dives deeper into how they are directly tied into the stress response of our brains, or the “gut-brain reaction.” She also shares some tools that you can start using today if you experience food sensitivities.
Show Notes:
-Not all food sensitivity tests are created equal- how they differ and what they can tell you about how your body is responding to certain foods
-The Everly test and the IgG immune response
-Why your body starts to see foods as “dangerous”
-Shifting from immediately starting elimination diets into instead starting with the “why”; Why is my body giving an inflammatory response to these foods?
-Explaining the bodys’ chronic stress response to food sensitivities, or the “gut-brain reaction”
-The correlation between stress chemicals such as cortisol and adrenaline, and your bodys’ inflammatory response to certain foods
-Dropping the beliefs of diet culture and practitioners that don’t address your “why”
-Starting to look at food as freedom
-Questions to ask yourself to help you reflect on how food makes you feel and affects your life; When you think about eating food, what does that allow you in your life? What does food represent for you? How can you use food to allow you more freedom in your life?
-Addressing your bodys’ perceived “threats” starting with your outward environment and then looking inward
-Simple ways you can start today to help you reframe your mindset around food to make your body feel safe even with “dangerous” foods
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