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    Food Allergy Isn't About The Food? Trauma Links | Webinar

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    Sick of being told your food sensitivities are just 'in your head' or that you're 'just unlucky'? What if that seemingly random food allergy or intolerance isn't about the food at all, but rather a deeply buried memory or trauma? This BSB perspective challenges the conventional wisdom, suggesting that our bodies can associate specific foods with high-magnitude emotional experiences from our past. We explore how early life events, even subconscious ones, can program a physiological aversion. Forget endless elimination diets that never quite hit the mark. It's time to dig deeper and consider the psychological roots that might be driving your digestive distress and allergic reactions, offering a radically different path to understanding and reclaiming your relationship with food.

    What you'll learn

    • Food allergies and intolerances can originate from traumatic experiences, not just biological reactions.
    • High-magnitude emotional events, even in childhood, can create a lasting physiological aversion.
    • The subconscious mind can link specific foods to distressing memories, triggering adverse reactions.
    • Conventional approaches often miss the psychological component behind chronic food sensitivities.
    • Re-evaluating your personal history can reveal unexpected connections to your current food issues.

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    you know, you're feeding a a young baby, you know, you're feeding a a young baby, you know, you're feeding a a young baby, you're feeding them u carrot you're feeding them u carrot you're feeding them u carrot and there is a huge explosive fight that and there is a huge explosive fight that and there is a huge explosive fight that happens. Maybe you're giving your kid happens. Maybe you're giving your kid happens. Maybe you're giving your kid carrots consistently and there's always carrots consistently and there's always carrots consistently and there's always a fight at dinnertime or there's always a fight at dinnertime or there's always a fight at dinnertime or there's always a fight around who's going to feed the a fight around who's going to feed the a fight around who's going to feed the baby and now later in life that baby has baby and now later in life that baby has baby and now later in life that baby has that child has an an issue with the that child has an an issue with the that child has an an issue with the digestion of carrots or has a minor food digestion of carrots or has a minor food digestion of carrots or has a minor food allergy or intolerance to carrots. allergy or intolerance to carrots. allergy or intolerance to carrots. And I was like, "Holy sh like, is that And I was like, "Holy sh like, is that And I was like, "Holy sh like, is that is that a thing? Like is that real?" is that a thing? Like is that real?" is that a thing? Like is that real?" So anyway, fast forward, you know, 2005, So anyway, fast forward, you know, 2005, So anyway, fast forward, you know, 2005, and I'm explaining this idea to my and I'm explaining this idea to my and I'm explaining this idea to my friend who has an allergy or an friend who has an allergy or an friend who has an allergy or an intolerance to milk. And I said, you intolerance to milk. And I said, you intolerance to milk. And I said, you know, if there was a situation that you know, if there was a situation that you know, if there was a situation that you when you were young and maybe you drank when you were young and maybe you drank when you were young and maybe you drank milk, you know, at a certain time with milk, you know, at a certain time with milk, you know, at a certain time with dinner or if for breakfast, etc. And dinner or if for breakfast, etc. And dinner or if for breakfast, etc. And during that consumption of milk, you had during that consumption of milk, you had during that consumption of milk, you had a experience that was intense for you. a experience that was intense for you. a experience that was intense for you. It was a high magnitude. You could call It was a high magnitude. You could call It was a high magnitude. You could call it a trauma or you could just it just it a trauma or you could just it just it a trauma or you could just it just affected you. It's something that you affected you. It's something that you affected you. It's something that you know either affected you in that moment. know either affected you in that moment. know either affected you in that moment. It's something that got burrowed in the It's something that got burrowed in the It's something that got burrowed in the subconscious or it's a memory that you subconscious or it's a memory that you subconscious or it's a memory that you can actively remember. can actively remember. can actively remember. And I was like, that could be part of And I was like, that could be part of And I was like, that could be part of the puzzle. And I just was like, this the puzzle. And I just was like, this the puzzle. And I just was like, this could be completely irrelevant. I'm just could be completely irrelevant. I'm just could be completely irrelevant. I'm just throwing it out there. Two days later, throwing it out there. Two days later, throwing it out there. Two days later, she comes back. She goes, "I have been she comes back. She goes, "I have been she comes back. She goes, "I have been thinking about what you said." thinking about what you said." thinking about what you said." And I realized, she goes, "One, I And I realized, she goes, "One, I And I realized, she goes, "One, I couldn't eat cereal as a kid. If I ate couldn't eat cereal as a kid. If I ate couldn't eat cereal as a kid. If I ate cereal, I had to put water in it or I cereal, I had to put water in it or I cereal, I had to put water in it or I had to had to had to uh eat cereal with orange juice." Like, uh eat cereal with orange juice." Like, uh eat cereal with orange juice." Like, ew. ew. ew. And she's like, "So, I know the time And she's like, "So, I know the time And she's like, "So, I know the time frame of like when that was happening." frame of like when that was happening." frame of like when that was happening." She's like, "So, I was thinking more and She's like, "So, I was thinking more and She's like, "So, I was thinking more and more about the days when I was still more about the days when I was still more about the days when I was still able to eat cereal with milk." She's able to eat cereal with milk." She's able to eat cereal with milk." She's like, "And it was right around 5 years like, "And it was right around 5 years like, "And it was right around 5 years old that I could no longer consume milk old that I could no longer consume milk old that I could no longer consume milk with my cereal." And she's like, "And I with my cereal." And she's like, "And I with my cereal." And she's like, "And I remembered that I walked in. I heard remembered that I walked in. I heard remembered that I walked in. I heard something. I walked into my parents' something. I walked into my parents' something. I walked into my parents' bedroom and my dad was holding my mom up bedroom and my dad was holding my mom up bedroom and my dad was holding my mom up against the closet by her neck because against the closet by her neck because against the closet by her neck because they had a blowout fight. they had a blowout fight. they had a blowout fight. And she goes, "I am almost positive And she goes, "I am almost positive And she goes, "I am almost positive that's the exact time frame that I was that's the exact time frame that I was that's the exact time frame that I was Oh," she goes, "And it was at night. I Oh," she goes, "And it was at night. I Oh," she goes, "And it was at night. I always had a glass of milk right before always had a glass of milk right before always had a glass of milk right before bed. I got out of bed because I heard bed. I got out of bed because I heard bed. I got out of bed because I heard the noise the noise the noise and I went and I that was what I saw." and I went and I that was what I saw." and I went and I that was what I saw." And she's like, "I think it was the And she's like, "I think it was the And she's like, "I think it was the exact same time frame that I could no exact same time frame that I could no exact same time frame that I could no longer drink milk." Like, holy. Like, longer drink milk." Like, holy. Like, longer drink milk." Like, holy. Like, doesn't always work out that way when I, doesn't always work out that way when I, doesn't always work out that way when I, you know, say things like this. And you know, say things like this. And you know, say things like this. And she's like, I I literally like she's she's like, I I literally like she's she's like, I I literally like she's like, intuitively, I I know there is a like, intuitively, I I know there is a like, intuitively, I I know there is a strong correlation to that experience strong correlation to that experience strong correlation to that experience and the onset of not being able to drink and the onset of not being able to drink and the onset of not being able to drink Okay.

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