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FOOD ALLERGIES

Health care specialists estimate that over 90% of the people suffer with food reactions, which are commonly called food allergies.  The reactions are often so weak the person is not even aware of the condition, yet suffers from symptoms such as excess hunger and sinus drainage.

FOOD REACTION.  The connection between food and illness is well known to those in health care.  Experts estimate that over 90% of the people suffer with food reactions.  These reactions range from mild discomfort to episodes requiring emergency medical treatment.  Food reactions that occur immediately are normally not treatable.  However, the delayed reactions, which is properly call FOOD SENSITIVITY, is often corrected through medical treatment that includes a rotation diet plan.

IMMEDIATE REACTION.  Immediate reactions are usually very harsh.  The early symptoms may include acute nausea, abdominal pain, skin eruptions, rapid swelling, or breathing difficulties.  On rare occasions, emergency medical help is needed to preserve life.  People with this affliction usually know the cause and avoid the food altogether.

DELAYED REACTION OR FOOD SENSITIVITY.  In most cases food sensitivities are acquired through overexposure.  Foods causing a reaction are often favorite ones that have been eaten daily over a long period of time.  The severity of the reaction varies greatly from person to person.  One person may eat foods daily for years and develop only weak responses, while another eating the same way may develop acute reactions. 

FOOD WITHDRAWAL.  Health practitioners have noted that strong food sensitivities and addictions usually develop together.  Foods causing a strong sensitivity reaction are usually those eaten daily over a long period of time.  The addictive aspect of food sensitivities becomes very clear when eliminating a food causing a strong reaction.  Doing without the food will usually worsen symptoms bringing out feelings of frustration, anger, and depression.  The withdrawal process develops in three stages: (1) during the first four or five days, symptoms intensify as the offending foods are being avoided, (2) the following ten days bring on slight or no change, and (3) during the last 15 days significant improvement is noticed.  The entire withdrawal process takes about 30 days.

SYMPTOMS OF FOOD SENSITIVITIES. Symptoms of food sensitivities are usually very subtle, imprecise, and hard to identify.  There is a 1 to 30 hour lapse between eating the food and the reactions.  The reaction starts out very weak and slowly becomes stronger, making the cause and effect connection very obscure.  Food sensitivities are sometimes called “hidden food allergies.”

The victims of food sensitivities suffer from such a wide variety and degree of physical and emotional maladies that they are often labeled “neurotic” or “hypochondriac.”  The extremes are people complaining of chronic fatigue, depression, and metal dullness: and those displaying totally different symptoms, such as hyperactive and aggressive behavior.  Allergists and immunologists have reported suspected correlation between food sensitivities and the following symptoms:

  • CHEST AND ABDOMEN. Abdominal pain, asthma, belching, bloating, colitis, constipation, cramps, crohn’s disease, diarrhea, flatulence, heart palpitations, nausea, rapid pulse, vomiting
  • EMOTIONAL. Aggression, anxiety, concentration difficulties, crying spells, depression, feelings of unreality, hyperactivity, insomnia, irritability, lethargy, nervousness, nightmares
  • HEAD. Canker sores, dark circles under eyes, dizziness, earache, faintness, bleeding gums, headaches, hearing loss, hoarseness, itchy eyes/ears/mouth, migraine headache, nasal polyps, nose-picking, puffy eyes, rhinitis, ringing ears, sinusitis, sneezing, sore throat, water eyes
  • LIMBS. Cold hands/feet, joint pains, muscular soreness, muscular aches/pains, swelling, weakness 
  • SKIN. Dermatitis, eczema, hives, itching, rashes, red blotches, spots
  • GENERAL. Arthritis, bed wetting, chronic fatigue, excessive hunger, excessive perspiration, frequent urination, low-grade fever, overweight, swollen lymph nodes, sleepiness after meals.

Please note that the symptoms listed above can stem from many sources.  Diagnosis of any health problem should only be made by a qualified health care professional.

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