Food Allergies
Case History Sara
Sara was eating all organic whole grains, vegetables, and meats, and feeling good. What she didn’t know was that she could have been feeling great! After one month on the Hauser Bear Diet, Sara received her food allergy test results and learned that she had a gluten allergy and that all of the healthy whole grains she was eating were harming her. She also had a pineapple and garlic allergy. Sara had to make some adjustments to her diet – she discovered gluten-free pastas, breads, and crackers that fit nicely into her current meal plans. She stopped cooking with garlic and started exploring other spices to use in her dishes at home. She also had to stop eating pineapple, which she didn’t mind doing.

Now Sara is feeling great, her weight is continuing to drop and she is almost to her goal weight. She also has more energy and says that she doesn’t feel as bloated as she used to feel. Initially it took time to adjust to watching out for gluten, but once Sara got the hang of things she began to enjoy her gluten-free meals without reservation.

There are many people that have food allergies that don’t even know it. If someone has a sensitivity or allergy to a particular food it could be causing symptoms like low energy, headaches, inability to heal properly, mental fog, weight gain, and many other symptoms. These symptoms can be relieved by avoiding any foods you are allergic to!

Food Allergies
Even if you are following the Bear Diet perfectly, you may be missing an important piece to your overall health puzzle if you do not test for food allergies in addition to your Hauser Diet Typing.

Take the case of Sara, a Hauser Bear Diet Type who was following the diet perfectly. Sara was eating all organic whole grains, vegetables, and meats, and feeling very good. What she didn’t know was that she could have been feeling great! After one month on the Hauser Bear Diet, Sara received her food allergy test results and learned that she had a gluten allergy and that all of the healthy whole grains she was eating were actually harming her. She also had a pineapple and garlic allergy. Sara had to make some adjustments to her diet – she discovered gluten-free pastas, breads, and crackers that fit nicely into her current meal plans. She stopped cooking with garlic and started exploring other spices to use in her dishes at home. She also had to stop eating pineapple, which she didn’t mind doing.

Now Sara is feeling great, her weight is continuing to drop and she is almost to her goal weight. She also has more energy and says that she doesn’t feel as bloated as she used to feel. Initially it took time to adjust to watching out for gluten, but once Sara got the hang of things she began to enjoy her gluten-free meals without reservation.

There are many people that have food allergies that don’t even know it. If someone has a sensitivity or allergy to a particular food it could be causing symptoms like low energy, headaches, inability to heal properly, mental fog, weight gain, and many other symptoms. These symptoms can be relieved by avoiding any foods you are allergic to! If you haven’t had your food allergies tested, it may be a good time to consider having that test done; your health will never be the same!

Alternative Foods for People with Dairy Allergies
Finding out that you’re allergic/sensitive to dairy foods can be hard swallow. Think about how many foods contain milk, cheese, and even more so-butter. These are all dairy products that may be in your list of foods to avoid. But there are alternatives out there...

Milk
There are a few choices you have when finding options for milk. You have the choice of soy milk, almond milk, rice milk, oat milk, or coconut milk. If you didn’t react to goat’s milk on your allergy test you can go that route too.

Cheese
Yes, there are cheese alternatives! Did you know that? The two main ones are soy cheese and rice cheese. While they don’t taste exactly like real cheese, they can work. These may be better used for recipes and homemade pizzas instead of just taking a chunk to snack on. The other option would be goat cheese if you didn’t test out to be allergic to goat’s milk.

Don’t let the rice part fool you when it comes to rice cheese-it is not high carb. In fact in most rice cheeses there is little to no carbohydrate. On a side note, if you are using the cheese in such a way that melting it will affect your dish, rice cheese may be the way to go. It tends to melt a lot better than soy cheese! Keep your Hauser Diet in mind when using cheese substitutes, it still fits under the dairy category on your diet. So, only take in as much as is allowed for your specific Hauser Diet.

Yogurt
Unless you are not allergic to goat’s milk, soy yogurt will be your only substitute in this area. As with any yogurt, purchase plain!

There are even alternatives for things such as butter, sour cream, and cream cheese. Theses will most likely be soy based. You can look in almost any health food store for these options. Don’t think a dairy allergy has to restrict your food choices, you just have to find new ones.