Reply To: Evolution of Diet Culture & Body Ideals
Hi Isabel,
Thank you for your patience.
I’m unfamiliar with EAV, so I will not be able to provide an answer to your question. It looks like there have been varying results in research regarding its diagnostic potential, but that it’s not suitable for allergy testing. I don’t think it’s widely accepted in the conventional medical community, but that doesn’t mean it’s invalid. I recommend doing some research and critical thinking into EAV, and going from there. You could get further allergy testing by a Naturopath to determine your food intolerance / allergy to casein, or you could introduce it back in an see how you feel (keeping a diary for this is very helpful, as sometimes the response is delayed).
In response to your question about intuitive eating and food allergies, you can eat intuitively while simultaneously avoiding harm to your body if you have an allergy. It’s not intuitive eating if you literally have lactose intolerance or Celiac and you decide to eat bread or dairy, it’s causing damage to your gut lining. I have been eating intuitively for about 5-6 years now, but I don’t eat gluten because it makes me feel unwell (physically and mentally). There has to be a balance between reaching for what your body asks for, and respecting your body enough to eat what it feels best on. Does that make sense?
I recommend you check out Christy Harrison – she has a podcast on intuitive eating and she debunks many myths around this topic. It’s great! She has two books as well (Anti-Diet being one of them).
Riley