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Food
allergies (sensitivities) easily masquerade as many illnesses and conditions.
You may have occasional or continuous symptoms, become worse after certain
meals, or better when not eating. If you are experiencing a constant,
resistant illness, you should consider hidden food sensitivities as the
underlying cause. Any bodily system can be affected.
The
cardiovascular, digestive, immune, and nervous systems are the most frequently
affected. The weakest part of a person's body is the first to show dysfunction.
Manifestations of food sensitivities may involve one or multiple systems
of the body and result in such responses as the following:
-
Blood Sugar: diabetes, low-blood sugar (hypoglycemia).
- Cardiovascular
System: heart palpitations or fluttering, numbness, arrhythmia,
poor circulation, high-blood pressure, racing pulse.
- Eye,
Ear, Nose, Throat: dark circles under the eyes, discoloration or
lines under eyes, itchy eyes, blurring vision, discharge from eyes or
nose; bleeding or stuffy nose; swollen, dry or tickling throat, hoarseness,
sneezing, coughing; ears stop up, ring, buzz, or hurt with repeated
bouts of ear infections, impaired hearing, vertigo or dizziness. Meniere's
disease is sometimes the result of food sensitivities.
- Gastrointestinal
Tract: indigestion, cramps, hemorrhoids, cold sores, constipation,
vomiting, gas, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, diarrhea, colitis,
gastritis, irritable bowel syndrome.
- Genitourinary
Tract: itching, burning, bed wetting, or frequent, urgent or painful
urination.
- Immune
System: chronic sinus infections, frequent colds and flu, autoimmune
diseases, food allergies.
- Lymph
System: chronic enlargement of lymph glands, especially in the neck.
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Musculoskeletal System: legs ache with joint stiffness that appears
like arthritis, muscles ache and spasm, muscle stiffness, cramps, twitching
muscles, joint problems.
- Nervous
System and Brain: mood and personality changes, frequent headaches,
migraines, anxiety, fainting, insomnia, depression, irritability, psychoses,
hyperactivity, attention-deficit syndrome.
- Respiratory
System: asthma, bronchitis, respiratory infections, wheezing, sinusitis,
congestion.
- Skin:
hives, rash, eczema, itching, acne, sweating, hot or cold flashes, rough-red
cheeks, allergic wrinkle on nose, earlobes red and warm to touch.
- Miscellaneous:
inflammation, mouth breather, sucks thumb, a low-grade fever (99 to
99.8 degrees Fahrenheit), swelling of different parts of the body, heavy
sweating not related to exercise, fatigue not helped by rest, marked
fluctuations in weight, looks anemic.
According
to some recent studies, the incidence of food sensitivity is greater
than the incidence of any other type of illness affecting people.
By some estimates, 60 percent of the population have unknown food
sensitivity or allergies and about 95 percent of these people go undiagnosed.
Food sensitivities can be the most puzzling and frustrating cause
of illness. Symptoms can be so vague they are dismissed as neurotic
in origin. A person who suffers from a multitude of minor, chronic
complaints is a candidate for the diagnosis of food sensitivities.
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Causes
of Allergies
- Digestive
Problems
Food
allergies may develop when food stuff is not digested properly
because of stomach, gallbladder and pancreas malfunction. Instead
of being digested the food ferments. Our clinical experience shows
again and again that many food allergies simply vanish once the patient's
digestion is normalized with the help of the appropriate digestive
supplements by Thorne Research and/or Sanum. Go to
Dr. Z's Self Evaluation for further on-line help.
- Dysbiosis/Abnormal
Bowel Flora/Candida
Abnormal
bowel flora/candida tends to irritate the intestinal lining. This
can lead to increased permeability of the intestinal wall (Leaky
Gut Syndrome). Not fully digested food particles can enter the
blood stream and cause a variety of allergic reactions. Specific nutritional
supplements by Thorne Research and/or Sanum are recommended
to help restore normal bowel flora. Go to
Dr. Z's Self Evaluation for further on-line help.
- Hypoglycemia/Low
Blood Sugar
If the
blood sugar level for some reason is depressed below normal, or if
blood sugar levels drop too rapidly, the brain is unable to function
appropriately. This can lead to a wide variety of symptoms associated
with abnormal nervous system function, including many allergy type
reactions. Go to Dr. Z's Self Evaluation
for further on-line help.
- Overexposure
to foods
Eating
the same or similar foods often can lead to food allergies. The main
culprits in the US are wheat, dairy, corn, sugar, and increasingly
soy. Read the labels of processed foods. Change of eating habits
typically brings on dramatic improvements. For stubborn allergies
see Dr. Z for (NAET) Nambudripad's Allergy
Elimination Technique.
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