They are the extreme classics that touch each other. On the one hand we have a large group of people convinced that if they get fat it is not because they eat too much , but because somewhere there is unhealthy food that makes them fat, that is, they have some form of food intolerance that, however, no doctor can identify. in a scientifically valid way. It is the third great excuse for one’s bad diet and for one’s bad eating (often too little) after the tale of slow metabolism and that of unidentified “thyroid problems “.

For heaven’s sake, I’m not saying there is no shortage of people who actually suffer from food intolerances or thyroid problems. I’m just saying that if all the people I met and I meet really had intolerances and thyroid problems the world would be a worse hospital than it is. They are called excuses. And the people who write books on the diet of intolerances, find out which foods are bad for you with this test of blood, DNA, hormone profile, etc., are manipulating three or four skimpy news items, blaming the blindness of the doctors. To this already bleak picture, in which people are confused and deluded (food intolerance also causes weight loss due to malabsorption, it can also cause bloating and digestive problems that cause overweight, but it is not so frequent) with the idea that eliminating some categories of foods will pass that ” chronic immune-type inflammation ” at the root of the extra pounds, generally citing this study .

Now, to understand if food intolerances are the real, real cause of our extra pounds, we need to do a food intolerance test. Too bad that some of the tests you will be subjected to are not scientifically proven (if you try to do the same type of test twice it could give you different results!), As you can also read in this and this other article . Furthermore, if even doing ALL the tests you come out of an intolerance, it would still be not recommended to eliminate the food from your diet ., but vary your diet, including that food only once or twice a week. All things considered, the big problem that causes us chronic inflammation and obesity can be the little varied diet, full of unhealthy foods, unhealthy for everyone, eaten for too long. And back to the starting point: a correct and varied diet .

On the other hand, anyone who is convinced that he has an intolerance is because he has read a book and excludes a series of foods from his life based on what the author on duty tells him. Now gluten-free is in fashion. If you are not celiac, why are you eating gluten free? Mystery.
And so a lot of people eliminate entire categories of foods for no valid reason other than subjective impressions, incurring far more serious health problems than “two or three extra pounds”, as this report explains .
In short: before resorting to the THREE EXCUSES , rely on a dietician for your doubts. The dietician can prescribe any tests, but don’t do it your way.