{"id":17980,"date":"2013-04-03T07:29:28","date_gmt":"2013-04-03T14:29:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fxnutrition.com\/?p=2827"},"modified":"2025-08-28T15:42:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T15:42:14","slug":"shining-the-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fxnutrition.com\/blog\/shining-the-light","title":{"rendered":"Shining the Light"},"content":{"rendered":"

For the past few days I’ve been waking up with allergic shiners<\/strong> ~ dark and puffy little bags of skin beneath my eyes.
\nI’ve also been in California, spending the holiday weekend with my family, celebrating Passover and Easter and my son’s spring break.<\/p>\n

But what’s up with the shiners?<\/h2>\n

What’s my body telling me & what do they shine the light on for me to see?<\/h2>\n

For one they’re telling me to cool it.
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\nThey’re telling me that it’s an ideal time to dial it back; that it’s the perfect
\ntime for a gentle detox, like the upcoming blood sugar balancing BOSS detox<\/a> starting on Monday.
\nBut wait, how did I get from shiners to detox?<\/strong>
\nAllergic shiners are a telltale sign of a delayed food sensitivity.
\nBut they’re not the only sign of such sensitivity.
\nAllergies and sensitivities can be difficult to detect. Testing doesn’t always do the trick, so listening to your body’s messages and tuning-in to its responses is among the finest diagnostic tools for whether or not what you’re eating is best serving your individual needs.
\nYes, there are the obvious responses to food consumed ~ anaphylaxis, presenting as stomach pain, skin rashes, congestion or the inability to breathe within minutes to hours of eating. Yet reactions can be much more subtle<\/strong>. Like a parent who learns to discriminate between the difference in her child’s cries in order to appropriately tend to her needs, I suggest that we live as acutely in sync with our own bodies messages.
\nI’m not suggesting that you live in hyper-vigilence, jumping at ever cry. I am<\/em>recommending that you pay attention<\/strong>.
\nThese little signs and clues that your body presents can be the insight you’ve been looking for. They can reveal so much more of the information that you need in your pursuit of optimal health, disease prevention and longevity.<\/p>\n

What’s your body telling you<\/em>?<\/h2>\n

First and foremost, if you experience any kind of inflammation ~ pain being the most conspicuous ~ you can suspect that there may be a physiological response to something you’re eating on a regular basis. The following symptoms, other than pain, are also suggestive of underlying, internal or chronic inflammation, the kind you cannot<\/em> “see”:<\/p>\n