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A food allergy is an immune system response to a
food that the body mistakenly believes is harmful.
Although an individual could be allergic to any food, such as
fruits, vegetables, and meats, there are eight foods that
account for 90% of all food-allergic reactions. These are: milk,
egg, peanut, tree nut (walnut, cashew, etc.), fish, shellfish,
soy, and wheat.
Goal!
To Detoxify and Fortify
the body so the immune system will calm down and stop causing
havoc for the rest of the body.
Recommendations:
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The 8-Day
Cleanse. This
 cleanse is
the best first course of action in attacking the root cause
of any illness or disease. Because the cleanse
corrects so many different bodily disorders, while it
detoxifies you, it calms the immune system. Allergies,
although not commonly thought of as an illness, are a bodily
malfunction that often can be corrected when the immune
system stops over reacting to toxic particles from food and
the environment.
All of these conditions have been linked to food allergies.
ADHD *
Arthritis *
Asthma *
Autism * Candidacies *
Celiac Disease *
Chronic Fatigue Diabetes *
Ear Infections *
Fibromyalgia *
Headaches *
Hay Fever *
Hyperactivity * Hypertension * Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) *
Leaky Gut *
Migraine & Cluster Headaches *
Skin Rashes *
Sinusitis *
Stress/Tension *
Weight Challenges & Obesity
Every substance on earth that can be eaten,
inhaled or touched is a potential allergen. Whether or not it
negatively affects you depends on your individual genetic
profile and how well your body is running.
Much is made of the genetic factors in
allergies, but often your emotional inheritance, lifestyle, diet
and physical environment are more important, in part because
they define the “Toxic Load” your system must detoxify and
process on a daily basis.
How allergic you are at any one time relates to
how well you process this “Toxic Load.” One reason people have
adult onset food allergies is that the older we are the greater
this burden is and the less able our bodies are to deal with it.
Even if you eat well and live a healthy
lifestyle, you are constantly exposed to numerous chemicals and
potential allergens. There are over 3,000 chemicals added to our
food supply and more than 70,000 chemicals used for other
purposes in North America.
If you want to overcome food allergies you must
detoxify and consume only the best nutrients you can find.
Do the 8-Day Cleanse to detoxify your body and then
support your system with Essential 7 and Aloe 7K.
Life amid thousands of chemicals
and allergens can be blissful!
What Exactly Is A Food
Intolerance?
"Food allergy/intolerance occurs when the immune system, by means of a
mixture of immune cells, antibodies and chemical mediators, reacts in an attempt
to reject a food."
Type 1 Immediate-Onset and Type 3 Delayed-Onset are the most
common. More than one type of reaction can occur at the same
time in an allergic individual. Types 1 and 3 are the focus of
this study.
Type 1 (Immediate-Onset) Food Allergy
The best-known and well-studied form of food allergies is “Type
1” immune reaction (aka - a classical food allergy,
immediate-onset). Type 1-food allergies occur in approximately
only 2-5% of the population. Type 1 occurs mostly in children
and is found less frequently in adults. Usually occurring in
the genetically predisposed individual, the immune system begins
creating a specific type of antibody called Immunoglobulin E (IgE)
to certain foods.
One side of the IgE antibody will
recognize and bind to the allergic food. The other side of the
antibody attaches to a specialized immune cell packed with
histamine, called a Mast cell. Primed for action, the IgE
antibodies now only have to wait patiently for re-exposure to
food allergens.
When you eat the food to which the body is allergic the next
time, IgE antibodies hungrily latch onto the food.
Instantaneously, histamine and other allergy-related chemicals
(chemical mediators) are released from the Mast Cell. This
quickly brings on the unwelcome symptoms of stomach cramping,
diarrhea, skin rashes, hives, swelling, wheezing or the most
dreaded of all Type 1 reactions, anaphylaxis, which is primarily
the presence of fainting and respiratory distress.
Type 3 (Delayed-Onset) Food Allergy
Type 3 immune
reactions are more commonly involved in food allergy than Type 1
reactions. Studies show that 45-60% of the population has been
reported as having Type 3 food allergies. (Note: According to
world authority James Braly, M.D., "70%-80% of Americans
currently suffering from chronic medical conditions of unknown
cause, who have proven poorly responsive to conventional medical
interventions, are suffering from IgG-mediated delayed-onset
food allergies.") Type 3 food allergy (aka - delayed food
allergy, food sensitivity, food intolerance, etc.) also involves
the immune system. These Type 3 allergies occur when your
immune system creates an overabundance of the antibody,
Immunoglobulin G (IgG) to a specific food.
The IgG
antibodies, instead of attaching to mast cells, like IgE
antibodies in Type 1 allergies, bind directly to the food as it
enters the bloodstream, forming different sizes of circulating
immune complexes (food allergens bound to antibodies circulating
in the bloodstream). The allergic symptoms in Type 3 immune
reactions are delayed in onset - appearing from several hours to
several days after consuming foods to which the body is
allergic.
Delayed food reactions may occur in any organ or tissue in the
body. These reactions have been linked to either causing and/or
provoking over 100 allergic symptoms and well over 150 different
medical diseases. An estimated 60 to 80 million
Americans suffer from clinically significant food allergies,
most all of whom suffer delayed symptoms.
The Difference Between An Immediate & A Delayed Food Allergy
1). Once thought to be the only "real" food allergy, immediate food allergy is
common in children, but rare in adults. Once thought to be uncommon at best,
delayed food allergy is now considered the most common form of food allergy in
children and adults.
2). Allergic symptoms in immediate reactions occur within two hours of eating.
Allergic symptoms in delayed reactions do not appear anywhere from at least 2
hours to 2 days (there are even reports of delayed symptoms appearing 3 to 7
days after eating).
3). As a rule, immediate-onset food allergy involves one or two foods in the
diet. Delayed reactions characteristically involve 3 to 10 foods, sometimes as
many of 20 foods in very allergic individuals.
4). Because a small amount of a single food is involved and the allergic
symptoms appear immediately, immediate food allergy is usually self-diagnosed.
Example: You eat the food, it causes symptoms quickly, you are able to see the
connection and you stop eating the food. Due to a combination of delayed
symptoms, multiple foods, and food cravings, Type 3 delayed-onset food allergies
are extremely hard, if not impossible, to self-diagnose. The only accurate and
reliable way to detect the delayed allergic foods is by means of laboratory
testing.
5). Immediate food allergy involves foods that are rarely eaten. Delayed food
allergy involves commonly eaten foods (i.e. - foods that you eat every day and
may even have a craving for).
6). When people quit eating foods that cause immediate symptoms, they have no
withdrawal or detoxification symptoms. Powerful addictive cravings and disabling
withdrawal symptoms are reported in over 30 percent of delayed food allergy
patients when they stop eating food.
7). Immediate food allergens primarily affect the skin, airway and the digestive
tract. Virtually any tissue, organ or system of the body can be affected by
delayed food allergy. This includes the brain, joints, muscles,
hormone-producing glands, lungs, kidneys, and nervous system. Additionally,
delayed-onset food allergy is linked to over 100 medical conditions involving
every single part of the body and some 100 different allergic symptoms.
8). Immediate-onset food allergies are frequently permanent and fixed allergies.
Example: Once you develop an allergy to peanuts or shellfish, it's for life.
Delayed-onset food allergies are commonly reversible. If you completely
eliminate the allergic foods for 3 to 6 months, you can reintroduce most of them
(approx. 86%) back into your diet and remain symptom-free. Because delayed-onset
food allergies are so often undetected and untreated, they lie behind many
chronic medical conditions of unknown cause. The allergic person suffers for
years, even decades, without ever suspecting that their health problems are
being caused by what they eat.
9). Immediate-onset food allergy is a skin ("scratch") test positive allergy.
Delayed food allergies are skin ("scratch") test negative. The traditional skin
tests are poor tests for detecting delayed food allergies. Instead, delayed
reactions food require state-of-the-art blood tests. These tests detect serum
levels of IgG antibodies to foods.
10). Because delayed food allergies do not make themselves apparent immediately
and can be caused by multiple foods, they are very difficult to detect without
specialized laboratory testing. There are many forms of allergy testing
available such as cytotoxic, computerized cytotoxic, applied kinesiology, vega
tests, and others, but each of these tests share the same critical disadvantage
- they are frequently unreliable.
If your goal is to overcome food allergies, you must detoxify
your body and consume only the best nutrients you can find. Do
the 8-Day Cleanse to detoxify and then support your
system optimally with Essential 7 and Aloe 7K.
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