I’ve noticed in my practice that the body becomes more sensitive after following a healthy diet – roughness of skin, bloating, low energy after eating sugar and refined foods. What is the scientific explanation to it? Are there studies?” And then she clarifies, “Healthy diet is a balanced plain diet for 30 days that strictly exclude refined sugar, refined oils, refined flour, and cow dairy.

Dr. Amy Nett: That’s interesting. I’m not sure that I’ve necessarily seen this all that consistently, so I’m a little bit curious in how many patients you’ve seen this in. A lot of my patients actually feel better on the Paleo reset, but I think maybe you’re saying maybe that after they’ve done a clean diet and then they eat refined foods, they’re more sensitive to them? If that’s what you’re saying, I think sometimes, I’ve heard Chris explain, this is the kind of a clean windshield effect that sometimes once you have a clean windshield if you get a speck of dust on it you notice it a lot more. But if you have a dirty windshield and there’s only one more speck of dust, and it’s not really that big of a deal. I don’t know what you’re referring to or sort of the same idea that once you’ve been needing a really clean diet and you have a new baseline for how you’re feeling, then once you reintroduce these foods maybe the reaction is more noticeable, so I’m wondering if that’s what you’re observing.