Food Allergies, Sensitivities & Intolerances
What are Food Allergies, Sensitivities & Intolerances?
What are food allergies, sensitivities & intolerances?
Contrary to popular belief, there is a distinct difference between food allergies, food sensitivities and food intolerances that is crucial to understand so that clients receive the right kind of dietary intervention. Some food and environmental reactions involve IgE-mediated immune pathways while others follow very different chemical cascades.
Working with a comprehensive treatment team, including an allergist, primary care physician, dietitian, and others is often a key ingredient in successful management of food allergies, sensitivities, and intolerances.
What are some food allergies, sensitivities & intolerances and other related autoimmune conditions?
Food allergies, intolerances & sensitivities and other autoimmune conditions:
-IgE-mediated food allergies
-Food Protein-Induced Entercolitis Syndrome (F-PIES)
-Celiac Disease
-Gluten Intolerance
-Lactose Intolerance
-Congenital Sucrase Isomaltase Deficiency (CSID)
-Eisinophilic Esophagitis (EOE)
-Contact Dermatitis
-Oral Allergy Syndrome
-IgG Food Sensitivities
How can Amy help treat food allergies, sensitivities & intolerances and related autoimmune conditions as an Eating Disorder Registered Dietitian Nutritionist?
How can Amy help?
It is incredibly important to distinguish between whether you are experiencing a food allergy, intolerance, sensitivity or another autoimmune condition so that you can receive the right kind of assistance. Amy uses her clinical experience and understanding to help decipher what you are dealing with and make dietary recommendations accordingly.
Whether a low-FODMAP diet, specific enzyme supplementation, elimination diet, food avoidance, environmental change, further testing, or other strategy, Amy tailors her interventions to what is evidence-based, tolerable, psychologically-, emotionally-, and behaviorally-appropriate and safe for each individual. She inquires with curiosity to appreciate how each client identifies with their allergies.