Food Sensitivities

[Spearhead]

I'm wondering if any of you have any problems with food sensitivities and how you work around this. In my case I took the LEAP MRT food sensitivity test which screens for 120 different foods and chemicals http://www.forresthealth.com/store/LEAP-MRT-Food-Allergy-Test.html.

My results came back that I was Highly sensitive to watermelon, all foods with capsaicin, and tuna, and moderately to beef, pork, eggs, and crab.

I'd really like to know what your thoughts are on food sensitivities when the raw factor is taken into account? Do you think I will tolerate these foods much better eaten raw or is the food sensitivity still going to take hold? Today for example I made the mistake of cooking an egg for breakfast and the outcome was pretty much hell. I felt extremely weak, bloated, anxious and disorientated.

I also know that my inflamed, leaky gut is likely making the tolerance to these foods much less than what it could be, but I still think there are certain foods that I would be sensitive to if my gut was fine.

Any thoughts?

[TylerDurden]

Most people who have a food-intolerance to a cooked food can usually tolerate the raw equivalent a bit or a lot better, but generally never 100%. It's better to play safe for now and avoid the raw equivalents of cooked foods you currently can't tolerate. You can always try those foods at a later date when your gut/immune system  has healed.

I'm not too sure of the validity/accuracy of food-intolerance tests. I've hard, for example, that some coeliacs may not register on such tests despite having grain-allergies, for example.

[RawZi]

    If I were you I'd stay completely away from temperature altered/damaged food for now.  You can probably tolerate those foods raw, but be careful about sources and combining.  Go slow, not more than one new food in a week, and drop the item that you get a reaction to, not to try adding it back again for months.

[William]

Some of us find that we have no bad reaction to raw dried, while fresh and raw causes problems.

[Ioanna]

It took me a few months, but for me it's just been about finding what works and sticking with it in hopes of reaching increasing levels of strength in my digestion to accommodate more varieties of paleo.

I've taken those food-sensitivity tests. I have none except for sweet potatoes and asparagus which I never liked nor ate anyway.  All other (and the list is extensive) foods were tested to be very safe for me.  I can tell you though that I absolutely cannot eat these foods with horrible digestive problems.  I also know that hard-boiled egg will not work for me right now.  I may try a raw egg yolk in the near future... will let you know how that works.  Also, I have posted this, but I cannot tolerate the same meat I eat fresh in dehydrated (85degrees) form.  I don't know why, I just know what works and staying with it for now.