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Food Intolerance, Allergy or Sensitivity?   The Differences are Critical

Delayed Food Reactions (Sensitivities) are the source of your confusion

Most people think that if food is going to bother them, it will be immediately after they eat the food. This might be the case for food intolerances and food allergies. A food sensitivity can bother the day after you eat the food, or 3 days after, or even a week after. This variable delay from ingestion to the symptom happening is where most of the confusion lies with respect to many of our chronic inflammation issues. Learn the details behind this troublesome inflammatory food reaction.

Food Intolerance, Allergy or Sensitivity?  The Differences are critical

Food allergy reactions happen immediately after we eat a food. Food sensitivity reactions can happen several days to weeks after we eat the offending food. This delay can explain why we can struggle to correlate our diets with our inflammatory symptoms (either digestive or systemic) This video explains these concepts in great detail

One Problem with ALL Anti-inflammatory
Diets:  Your  GENES and DNA

Many people try to eat very healthy diets, and yet they still struggle with inflammation. The reason is quite simple, generic healthy isn't always healthy. An anti-inflammatory food for one person might be inflammatory for another. Watch this video to real world case examples showing this concept.

Inflammation causes IBS, It's not the other way around
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If your health concerns include any digestive issues (IBS, Reflux, Diarrhea, Constipation, Gas, Bloating, Nausea) Please watch this video to learn the connection between inflammation and digestive disorders. The concepts in this video will likely be part of your first visit.

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Your bloods tests all come back normal and you're still exhausted. Chronic and HIDDEN inflammation is the likely cause. Chronic inflammation can lead to various metabolic burnout states, that can all contribute to your fatigue and exhaustion state. Food allergies and sensitivities (the food reactions you don't know about) play a crucial role in this chronic inflammation state.

Condition Specific Pre-education

If any of the conditions outlined in the images below relate to your health concerns, please click on the image and watch the video prior to your visit with Dr. Woodworth. 

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