Bless me father for I haven't blogged

I did question my commitment to blogging and it has been 7 days since my last blog, but there is good reason for this.
Wait for it.
I have been busy (hurray)
And what have I been busy with?
Allergies, and not just my own (peanuts,hazelnuts, wheat, sesame seed, my list is endless)
Its that time of year when we have booked our holidays and we head back to the gym to try to achieve the bikini body and we want all the help we can.
We tell ourselves that its not the chocolate on the biscuit that's causing our weight gain but the wheat in the biscuit.
Well the good news is, we could be right.
According to Nutritional expert Patrick Holford, a person who has a wheat allergy could lose 8 to 10lbs in a week on eliminating it from their diet. One reason for this is because we tend to retain water when we eat a food that doesn't agree with us
So the reverse is then true, if we develop a food allergy then it can cause us to gain weight. I have seen this first hand, after giving up cigarettes (using only flower essences) I started to gain a little weight. I wanted to control my weight gain so I started a diet. The diet I chose was Patrick Holford's low GL diet and I loved it because it meant I could eat lots of my favourite foods like fresh fruits, nuts, berries, beans etc.

After 6 weeks I had gained 10lbs, my skin broke out, I was constantly bloated and all the fruit sugars had kick started my candida.

I should point out that the Low GL diet is a very good and healthy way of eating BUT It didn't work for me.
WHY?... because it turns out I have allergies to most of the Rose family (which includes blackberries, strawberries, raspberries, blueberries), nuts (peanuts, hazelnuts) and some legumes, all of which I was eating every day.
This is a fact, if I eat peanuts I will gain a temporary 5lbs within 48 hours.
If I were to eat peanuts every day i'm sure this 5lbs would be maintained.

I hear the same story in my clinic every day.

"I eat healthily and excercise regularily and yet I am gaining weight, could it be a Food Allergy?"

The simple answer is yes

So if you are doing all the right things and are still gaining weight consider having an allergy test.
In fact, why not get me to do it. I come highly recommended.
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