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Let food be your medicine and medicine be your food
- 1. Hippocrates circa 400BC “Let food be your medicine and medicine be your food"
- 2. You Are What You Eat
- 3. • bloatedness • diarrhea • regurgitation • rashes/flushing
- 4. • bloatedness • diarrhea • regurgitation • rashes/flushing
- 5. Food = Nutrition • How your body looks, feels, functions depends largely on what you put in it. • The body needs a bare minimum of the right food to function. • 1000 - 1800kcal per day
- 6. Lucretius circa 75BC “What is food to one man may be fierce poison to another”
- 7. Food Allergy • Immediate onset IgE-mediated, skin test positive, often self-diagnosed • Delayed onset IgG-mediated, skin test negative, rarely self-diagnosed also called: Food Intolerance - UK Food Sensitivity - US
- 8. IgE Response to Food • Generally rapid onset after ingestion • Histamine production is rapid • Classic ‘Allergic’ response
- 9. IgG Response to Food • Food proteins are recognised as “foreign” • Food specific IgG production and formation of antigen/antibody complexes • Complexes are deposited in tissues and activate complement • Complement and macrophages stimulate Inflammation • Delayed reaction and may last for days
- 10. Common Food Intolerances Cows Milk Cheese Nuts Gluten Wheat Egg Soya Yeast
- 11. Food Intolerance Test (FIT) • Detect the presence of IgG antibodies to specific foods which may be implicated in food intolerance in symptomatic patients • Provide a means to identify the foods most likely to cause a problem, provided the symptoms are food related
- 12. Food Intolerance Test (FIT) • ELISA: Enzyme-Linked ImmunoSorbent Assay • a few drops of blood
- 13. Food Intolerance Test (FIT) • More than 200 food antigens tested • antibody count >30 • ranked according to reactivity • interpretation by physician and/or nutritionist
- 14. How does it affect us? • First tissue of contact • Persistent inflammation • Malabsorption
- 15. Conditions related to Food IgG • Bloating • Abdominal pain • Migraines • Allergic rhinitis • Insomnia • Palpitations • Weight problems/Obesity • Persistent cough • Anxiety • Pre-menstrual • Skin problems problems • Itchy skin (eczema) • Irritable bowl syndrome • Sinusitis
- 16. On endoscopy... • Flattening of the absorptive surface of the intestines (villi) • Normal villi
- 17. Malabsorption • Autoimmune diseases • Headaches • Fatigue • Depression • Arthritis and joint pain/stiffness and swelling • Chronic Respiratory symptoms (wheezing or bronchitis) • Abdominal Pain • Bowel Problems (colitis, diarrhoea, constipation)
- 18. Malabsorption
- 19. DISEASE GENETICS ENVIRONMENT
- 20. Thank you.