Yes! Nutrition Advancement has helped many people over the years with inflammation-related health issues and it can help you too. If you’re tired of trying different medications or health professionals for your health issues contact us today for an assessment.

During your assessment you’ll be screened for inflammation and given feedback on if your symptoms are related to inflammation from your diet. If so, we will screen for foods that will get you well and provide resources to help you be as successful as possible. Your health goals are our health goals!

Leaky gut is diagnosed by a primary health provider. It is a combination of symptoms that often include fatigue, headaches and digestive issues. Leaky gut refers to the lining of the small intestine. The lining of the small intestine in a healthy person has tiny holes to absorb food once it has been broken down. In the case of leaky gut these ‘holes’ are too big and food particles are absorbed before being broken down.

What causes these ‘holes’ in the small intestine lining? Inflammation. When inflammation is released in the gut it damages the lining of the small intestine. When these ‘holes’ in the small intestine exist in the case of leaky gut food and nutrients are not absorbed as they should be and then we are coping with mal-absorption issues.

Many people are advised to follow a gluten-free, casein-free diet or paleo diet. However if these diets still include foods that a person is sensitive to it will not produce the results a dietary intervention is capable of which is to allow any whole foods back into the regular diet in moderation.

Food sensitivities are sometimes termed delayed food allergies. This is because they produce symptoms 45 minutes to 3 days after eating the offending food. Food sensitivities produce the same inflammation as food allergies or environmental allergies but over a longer period of time. Most people dealing with food sensitivity issues may have 20 foods and chemicals they are sensitive to out of 150.

Many food sensitive folks are eating the same foods everyday and increasing the amount of inflammation from over time. What symptoms food sensitivities cause depends on your particular body and its strengths and weaknesses. For example two people get sick from the same virus. One person has a sinus cold and the other a dry cough.

Why did they get different symptoms from the same virus? Because it went were the body is weakest. This is the same with food sensitivities. A food sensitivity is an over-reaction of the immune system to a particular food. The immune system attacks the specific food and releases inflammation because it thinks it will hurt you. As in the case of a virus our body attacks it and you get better.

The proper way to address the food sensitivities is to focus on which foods the body is not attacking. After 2-3 months of avoiding the food sensitivities we can reintroduce them without causing inflammation. This is very different than a food allergy which often means lifetime avoidance.