A century ago, asthma was rare. Now it is anything but that! Asthma is one of the few chronic diseases on the rise: its incidence has soared by 73% percent since 1982. Nearly 17 million people have asthma, including 5 million children. Asthma cuts across all class and race lines and can last a lifetime. The cost to our country is staggering. Almost $2 billion a year is spent to treat pediatric asthma. Parents with asthmatic children lose $1 billion a year by staying home to care for their children when struggling with respiratory health challenges. There is a growing list of theories as to why asthma has been increasing…
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What Triggers Migraines?
Most common cause is food sensitivities from various foods. In many cases, the attack may occur hours or even days after exposure. Refer to specific foods below. Hormonal changes during women’s mensies or when taking oral contraception or after menopause are common. A drop in estrogen levels can precipitate migraine attacks and normal stable levels can prevent them. Most women have migraines during their menses, which is the time of greatest hormone fluctuations. Stress related ~ overwork, inadequate sleep, increased worries & anxieties & overexposure to computer radiation. Emotional stresser such as major life transitions: deaths. Allergies to people, animals or other environmental factors. Some migraines are triggered by hypoglycemia…
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Why is the incidence of food allergies increasing in our American culture?
Here’s a few to think about! You can be predisposed by your parents having allergies/ whether it is to seasonal allergies or foods. Untreated maldigestion & malabsorption place a burden on the intestinal lining & disruption of the friendly bacteria flora balance. This contributes to the intestinal tract lining becoming extra permeable. This permeability is commonly called leaky gut syndrome. GMO grown foods that are increasing more in our diets. This is especially so with corn, soy & wheat. Our modern western diet is linked to allergies. Junk food consumers are exposed to refined foods, processed oils & excess sugars that damage the intestinal walls & contribute to food…
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Why Do Allergies Develop?
A great majority of our immune system resides in the lining of our gastrointestinal tract. In fact the GALT (Gut Associated Lymphoid Tissue) is regarded as our largest immune organ, and it is there to mount an immune response towards foreign harmful agents for our protection and yet remains tolerant to the foods we eat. Normally the gastrointestinal tract is elegantly controlled: able to discern the appropriateness of its actions toward foreign agents that are harmful to the body (virus, bacteria) versus foreign agents that are benign (food). Under the distinction healthy individuals do not mount an immune response against most foods and antibody production is appropriately down regulated. This…
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Why does the traditional medical community NOT test for food allergies?
I am often asked this question. The role of food allergies interrelated to disease is minimized by mainstream medicine. The concept of severe food allergies is accepted by more traditional medical doctors now but the fact……. that a food allergy might cause or aggravate digestive & other health problems isn’t easily accepted. Even though hard science supports the link between food allergies and many illnesses, such as gastrointestinal problems, chrone’s disease, irritable bowel & colitis, headaches, repetitive ear infections & possible learning disabilities……the role of food allergies linked to disease in still minimized by most of the medical profession. Food allergies can cause as well as aggravate many digestive complaints……and…
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Why Food Reactions Strike Some, Not Others
The human body’s digestive system frequently takes a back seat to heart or brain. The surface area of the intestines, if laid out flat would cover a football field. It requires this much surface area to absorb all the food we consume each day. It is important to realize that the gastrointestinal tract (GI) is one of the few places in the body where the inside is exposed directly to substances from the outside world. Water, food, swallowed air and nutrient foods pass through us from the contaminated outside environment every danger. The body has an incredible and complex way to protect itself from internal contamination. For instance, the cells…
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How Are Food Allergies Diagnosed?
The Elisa or Rast blood panels are commonly used to check for IgE reactions to common food. The Elisa blood test can help you discover with ease which foods in your diet may be a source of more harm than good. Just a simple finger prick, to collect a couple of drops of blood is enough to identify elevated IgA and IgG antibodies to foods you are reactive to in your immune system. Naturopathic doctors offer this Elisa test, known as the (Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay). A full blood draw can be used to identify IgE antibodies in addition to IgA and IgG. Immediate food immune reactions create an antibody…
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Why Do We Often Crave Foods We Are Allergic To?
Studies have shown that eating foods to which we are allergic to can elevate blood sugar in a way that is similar to consuming foods high in sugar. We actually get a sort of “high” from those foods that contribute to our desire to eat them. Some allergy foods have protein like substances that have opioid properties, meaning they can act like endorphins that make you feel exhilarated. This is the case with both milk & wheat proteins, which can act like opioids, or elevating mood substances. Cheese is a more concentrated form of milk and many find in consuming it, that they crave more & more after having just…
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Are You the Victim of Hidden Allergies?
Are you allergic to certain foods? Do you even know? It might surprise you to find out that many people experience symptoms of food allergies, without full blown allergy attacks, yet attribute these symptoms to other maladies. What can you do to determine whether you have food allergies or intolerance? Be diligent – proper testing and diagnosis is key. Most people think of food allergies as reactions to certain foods causing obvious symptoms, such as stomach pains, itching, swelling in the face and lips and red raised skin rashes. As a description of food allergies, this is accurate. Yet for the majority of Americans, more subtle and often unassociated symptoms…
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How Allergy Desensitizing (NAET) Works
Understanding Allergy Treatment from a New Perspective Allergy desensitizing treatments are not new and have been around successfully treating thousands of allergy sufferers for over 30 years throughout the world. This unique system of treatment care utilizes a body/mind approach for getting to the root of pollen allergen reactions & food sensitivity challenges. It synthesizes an energetic form of medicine that works with the body’s intelligence one food at a time, re-acclimating your mind and immune system to transform antagonistic foods or pollen allergens to become friend and not foe. One desensitizing method is called “NAET” which stands for Nambudripad Allergy Elimination Techniques. NAET has its foundation principles rooted in…
