Dana and Cristina dig into the question: how do we figure out if something that is inherently restrictive might be appropriate for this season of your life? Can you manage chronic health conditions without food restriction? What are other ways we can go about managing our symptoms? If we do have a medical reason for evaluating the place a food has in our diet – how do we do that without triggering a restrict-binge spiral? How do we navigate this without allowing the stress of eliminating a food to exacerbate our current symptoms? {Yes – we know it’s very complicated, and extremely nuanced!}

Resources Mentioned:

* Part 1 episode: What is restriction? It’s not what you think…* GI-MAP Stool Testing* DUTCH Testing – Saliva Hormone Panel* Organic Acid Testing

NOTE: All of these are available through functional medicine practitioners like Cristina & Dana, or Naturopaths, Functional Medicine doctors, etc., and they are mostly out-of-pocket costs. Contact us if you’re interested in getting some of these done and you’re having trouble finding a provider in your area, we can help you find someone!

More episodes on how to manage chronic health conditions without restriction:

*  How to get back on track without dieting or restriction* 96 | Compassionate Nutrition, Intuitive Eating, and Elimination Protocols with Cristina Curp* How gut issues are influenced by your relationship with food, with Marci Evans* Food sensitivities vs intolerances vs allergies 101* Healing from the root cause with mindset work, with Lana Shlafer

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