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Miriam Nyasha Kwari
Herbalist

Many different symptoms can be linked to or caused by food allergies or food intolerance. The symptoms include the following and more;

Respiratory ailments, skin rashes and other reactions, mood swings, restriction of bronchitis, migraine headaches, palpitations or racing heart, copious mucus production, fatigue, flatulence and belching, heartburn, diarrhoea, constipation, etc.

The list is long, but these will at least be familiar with all of us.

Sometimes, food intolerance is created over years by eating wrong food every day. For instance, we all know the effects of white sadza, our meal for most families in Zimbabwe on a daily basis.

For some people, even in the morning, they have sadza.  This is awkward because there are so many diseases coming from the mere continuous consumption of these meals.

We are not saying there should be a ban on eating sadza, but there should  be some regulation. Most of the maize meal powders have nothing to offer our bodes in terms of good health. For most part, we all are eating ourselves in disease, depending on how much and ow often we partake on it.

Many people have come to me complaining of ill health and the minute I mention sadza, they frown saying they have no option. Just out of interest, what happened to “mutakura wenyemba nenzungu?” where s “rupiza?”  The truth is there are many options.

We have them except we just do not want them. However, sadza, be in “mugaiwa” or refined is the main culprit and I will say it over and over again. Eating such food repeatedly like that will deplete our body of enzymes needed for breaking down food.

As a result, there is improper digestion, which in turn results in improperly digested food particles passing into the blood stream. These food particles that pass into the blood stream, are not recognised by body and they are considered to be foreign bodies that should be attacked. This attack of the immune system may be experienced as allergy symptoms.

The best way to know if one is intolerant or allergic to food is to totally eliminate it from one’s diet completely. It is important to watch the signals that the body gives. Sometimes one becomes grumpy, and can be drooly, or have wild cravings or headaches for the first few days.

This withdrawal, in my view, is a good indication that you might have had a food allergy. After a few weeks, one is encouraged to try the food again in small portions. If one experiences any negative effects, then it means that particular  food is not part of what you should consume in the first place.

Supporting your system with raw foods will help with food intolerance or allergies. The stomach relies on enzymes contained in raw foods to help break down the foods we eat.

Most food that is processed or cooked, is devoid of most enzymes so that the pancreas and the liver have to work hard to produce enzymes to help with the digestive process. After all this has happened, the food gets into the small intestines, where it begins the process of absorption.

What are the possible solutions to all this?

1. Pawpaw is one of the foods that helps with digestion. It helps break down food well, especially protein.
2. Juicing veggies are another way that is very effective with loads of yellow such as carrot
3. Beetroot is commendable a million times over
4. Rose hips tea
5. Wheat grass juice
6. Broccoli juice
7. Parsley tea
8. Carrot juice
9. Raw fruits especially apples and peach and grape
10. Veggies all including covo juice combined or singularly
11. Calendula tea
12. Turmeric tea

There is more but I am sure that this is a good starting point. Do not forget to sip on Graviola. Keep warm and remember to stay safe in this Covid-19 era. God bless you as you look after yourselves and each other.

Miriam Nyasha Kwari/0773378571/

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