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There’s a lot of content out there already about the reasons why you should be healthy. It talks about the prevention of diseases, the promotion of feeling better overall and generally enjoying life.  However, the benefits of a healthy diet also go deeper than that when it comes down to the smaller, person-specific details. A healthy diet may not be a healthy diet if you have not identified your allergies and intolerances.

As you will come to find out by the end of this article, “healthy” means something different to each and every one of us, even if you wouldn’t have thought so beforehand. Here’s what you really need to know about the benefits of a healthy diet, and what it means for you specifically.

Find out what your “healthy” is:

As briefly mentioned above, “healthy” doesn’t mean the same thing for everyone. It all depends on what your allergies and intolerances are. The perfect example is the BMI that you often hear mentioned in weight loss programs.  While it is important to keep an eye on your BMI and generally use it as a rule of thumb for what range your weight should be in, it is just a number and should be treated as such. This is also the case with common foods and portions. What is too much for one person, may not be too much for another.  Likewise, cheat days may work for some people, but maybe they don’t work for you.

Regardless of how you look at it, “healthy” means something different to everyone — from the body to mind and back again — so understanding what it means for you as an individual is the first step to, well, getting there. You may be surprised at some of the things you have an intolerance to.

Get testing done:

When you’re ready to start putting your health as an important feature in your life, you’ll want to make sure that you are going about it the right way. This includes understanding potential weaknesses or issues.  For example, you may have allergies and intolerances that you either have never encountered or kept assuming was from other issues. Understanding what’s really going on can help you to keep the focus on your overall health. Take the time to get allergy and intolerances tests done so that you can take better care of yourself and avoid those symptoms that you never really could understand before.

Avoid those allergies and intolerances:

When you know what the problem is, and where it comes from, you can avoid it and enjoy better overall health. Think about it: when your body is busy fighting off a food allergy or intolerance, it is running itself down.  It doesn’t have room in its efforts to make you feel or act at your best. Therefore, you can’t be as healthy as you would be if you avoiding those harmful foods in the first place.

Having a healthy diet is important for remembering your worth.  When you take proper care of yourself, you’ll just feel better, plain and simple.  You’ll find that allergy and intolerance testing will help you get that much closer to a better version of yourself. All for the sake of your health, of course. Identify your intolerances with an intolerance test from Sensitivity Check today

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This article was written by Donna, our Nutritionist / Care Manager

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