Were you aware that 75% of all medical spending in the US is spent on chronic conditions such as migraines, headaches, ear infections, weight issues, irritable bowel, psoriasis, to name a few? And yet classic medicine is best known for treating acute conditions whereas holistic medicine has better results with chronic conditions. The reason for this is that many of the conventional medical treatments focus on symptoms rather than getting to the root cause, as holistic medicine aims for.
The secret that the average person are unaware of is that their foods may be causing a good portion of their problems, amongst other toxins such as dental amalgam silver (mercury) fillings and environmental toxins. But for the purposes of this article, I will be focusing on foods causing toxicity.
There’s much to learn about healthy eating, but even then, after learning what foods are beneficial and ways to prepare them, some foods that do well with you may be poisoning another. That is why its crucial to get a blood test to see which foods you’ve accumulated an allergy to and which would enhance your health.
If you are experiencing symptoms such as aches, pains, indigestion, and other non-threatening but annoying ailments, you could be one of the 95% of the population that suffers in this way. The good news is, don’t even bother live that way any longer! it’s not that you are just getting old – in fact these reactions also develop in young young people. minors such as those afflicted with ADHD or Autism reacted beautifully to changes in their diets after having a blood test done to see which foods would slow down their progress and which would speed it up. Simple changes in your diet most likely is what your body is crying out for, especially elimination of foods you crave.
There are two variants of reactions to look out for. One is immediately and the other can occur any moment (usually up to two hours), and even up to three days. The immediate reactions occassionally occur in the skin, digestive tract and breathing. When this occurs, your body begins to develop antibodies. The mast cells will begin to produce histamine which can affect your breathing. The delayed reactions can take up to three days, as I discussed, to appear on the scene. But the good news is that toxic reactions are reversible. Symptoms normally fall away after three to six months of changing the diet and avoidance of trigger foods.
There is a way though to test for reactions to the foods you eat, at home. For immediate reactions, you can talk to your doctor, as he / she will be able to immediatly find the food culprit. If the reaction isn’t severe, some folks will experiment with to figure out which food is the aggravator and eliminate it through trial and error.
If the reaction is delayed, self testing can be done, but is a little trickier. You can eliminate a whole family of foods such as dairy or grain and then take note as to what happens thereafter in a food diary. basically, to be thorough you would have to eat something and then not eat for three days just to test for reactions. The good news is that there is an easier way than starving yourself! Through blood testing you can easily determine which foods are causing your body to react, which in turn build toxicity and allergic reactions. You would first find a licensed phlebotomist who will draw your blood, normally in your doctor’s office. Then the blood is sent to the lab where highly trained technicians inject it into micro titer plate wells which contain 115 food antigens. After the antibodies interact with the antigens, enzyme conjugate is added. Then a laser light scans and records the reactions into four different categories. You are then given a tally of foods to avoid, foods to eat, a wallet sized card to remind you of which foods to avoid, a personal meal plan and tips for shopping.
Dr Dunlop PhD has been very instrumental in offering a course on Toxic Food Syndrome Testing in conjunction with Immuno Labs Inc. to teach the importance of eliminating our toxic loads in our bodies. This correspondence course can be taken through Holistic Healers Academy. you may also in addition to enrolling in the course go to your doctor to set up the blood test in conjunction with the lab.
