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BC Dietitians can Help Support You Understand and Manage Your Food Allergies & Sensitivities
If you’re struggling with a food allergy or sensitivity and feeling sick after you eat, you may be eliminating foods from your diet in an attempt to figure out what could be causing your symptoms. Trying to manage symptoms on your own or self-diagnosing can be overwhelming and not getting down to the root cause of the problem. Eliminating all these foods from your diet often cause further issues and malnutrition.
Registered dietitians have the knowledge and experience to work with you and your doctor to help make sense of your food allergies or sensitivities. We use an evidence-based approach to help you understand your symptoms, implement an elimination diet, find appropriate food substitutions, ensure nutrition adequacy despite the dietary restrictions, guidance on reintroducing foods back into your diet when it is deemed safe and prevent future reactions.
When you’re introducing foods to your baby, it’s important to use a preventative approach so you’re minimizing your child’s risk of developing food allergies. If you’re looking for answers to your child’s existing food allergies, your dietitian can help you find clarity and navigate the health system to get you the care you need. Your dietician will also help you to make sure that your child’s nutritional needs are met through education and find clarity around foods that are safe for your baby to eat.
We help children and adults with the following:
⮞(IgE) Mediated Allergy – If you or your loved one is suffering from E(IgE) Mediated allergy, they may have symptoms that include: hives, rash, swelling, anaphylactic reactions
⮞Non-IgE Mediated Allergy – If you or a loved one is suffering from Non-IgE Mediated allergy, they may have symptoms that include: vomiting and diarrhea.
⮞Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE)– A swallowing disorder that affects the esophagus that could lead patients to feel like food is stuck or impacted when they eat.
⮞Food Protein-Induced Enterocolitis Syndrome (FPIES) – An inflammation involving both the small intestine and the large intestine (colon). Symptoms include severe vomiting and diarrhea within 2-3 hours of eating the food.
⮞Allergic Proctocolitis – This typically affects young babies and could present as blood and mucus in the stool.
⮞Lactose Intolerance
⮞Gluten Intolerance
⮞Other food allergies or sensitivities
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Frequently Asked Questions
A diabetes diet plan is a eating plan that helps manage your blood sugar, manage your blood pressure (if applicable), manage your cholesterol (if applicable), helps you get to or maintain your healthy weight and reduce the risk of diabetes complications including stroke and/or heart attack.
Here are some general recommendations for a diabetes diet:
- Get enough fiber – ie. 30-50 g fiber/day with 10-20 g/day coming from soluble fiber sources (ie. oranges, strawberries, oats, lima beans, avocado). Calculate your fiber needs here.
- Choose lower glycemic index carbs often – lower GI foods may have less effect on your blood sugar than higher GI foods
- Eat less than 10% of total daily calories as added sugars
- Less than 10 g/day sugar alcohols
Food allergy dietitians typically have clinical experience working in allergy clinic that treat patients with diagnosed food allergies. These RDs will also partake in continuing education to stay current with the latest research, treatment guidelines, and best practices in food allergy management.
A food allergy dietitian can help you with the following :
- learn why your body is not managing your blood sugar effectively and how to improve this for you specifically
- understand optimal eating times to stabilize your blood sugars
- understand how many grams of carbs, fiber and protein to aim for at a meal and snack
- understand food pairings that can help stabilize your blood sugars
- achieve and maintain healthy weight
- manage other comorbidities ie. high cholesterol, high blood pressure, PCOS
- reduce risks for other complications ie. heart diseases, heart failure, kidney disease, lower limb amputations
- avoid unnecessary food restrictions
Typically, remission may be possible if:
- You have been diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes for less than 6 years
- Are able to lose weight if you’re over weight
- A1C ranges from 6.0-6.5% for a period of time
- Are not taking insulin
We make it easy for your to find a specialized diabetes dietitian in BC. Check out the dietitians listed on this page – if you are looking for a specific subtype of diabetes ie. type 1 diabetes, gestational diabetes, click on the particular categories above. Look through the diabetes dietitians and click on their profiles to read more about their qualifications, experience, and services. Connect directly with your diabetes dietitian and get started !
