Why am i craving the foods that Im intolerant of?
There are two possible reasons, and the answer may be a mixture of both. I don’t know how old you are, but you and your body are used to eating these things, and to the effects they produce (your body probably knows more about this part than you do), such as raising blood sugar fast – a common result of eating carbs, so on. It’s difficult to unlearn habits we’ve lived for many years, especially if the foods concerned were anywhere near your list of “faves”. Secondly, in some people with a gluten intolerance, digestion of gluten does not take place completely. Normally, this is done in two stages, the first stage producing an opioid peptide called gluteomorphin or gliadomorphin. Similarly casein (a protein in dairy products) breaks down at the first stage to an opioid peptide called caseomorphin. You may have spotted the “morphin” at the end of these words. These two substances have a structure very similar to opium – and this would be fine if they were broken down further, or even simp
