Re: Warrior Diet question/Weight gain and allergies

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> ,

> An allergan is a particle (generally protein) that is either too

large to be

> broken down by the body, and/or unable to be broken down because

the body is

> deficient in enzymes or some other biochemical that's needed to

process it.

>

> If the particle is in the nose (pollen), the body will sneeze to

try to

> eliminate the irritating particle. If the particle is in the

digestive

> tract, it will cross the intestinal wall into the bloodstream and

then

> travel to a body cell where it irritates the cell. In this case,

there may

> be an inflammatory response -- swelling, a gathering of fluid (and

white

> blood cells) in the area. Fluids that comprise an inflammatory

response are

> designed to cushion the area and prevent unwanted substances from

spreading.

> However, as anyone who has ever sprained a limb knows, the body

usually

> doesn't know when to stop and an initial protective inflammatory

response

> becomes too much of a good thing. One of the biggest challenges

with a

> sprain is to reduce the swelling so the body can *heal*.

>

> People get bloated from things they shouldn't eat because the

> foods-now-become-irritants actually produce an inflammatory

response.

> Fluids, instead of being inside the cell where they belong, are now

between

> the cells. The interstitial (between the cells) fluid is part of

the body's

> inflammatory response. Nutrients are prevented from entering the

cell and

> wastes don't leave as efficiently. Looked at in this light, as

bloat, it's

> understandable why an allergen can cause one to put on weight.

>

> But I think that there are additional factors operating here as

well. The

> liver is challenged to break down these particles, which the body

perceives

> as toxins. If the liver cannot break down these foreign substances

for

> elimination, they get stored in *fatty* tissue. Many people who are

> overweight are storing toxins. Their fatty tissue is really doing

them a

> service, protecting them from substances which could be even more

> detrimental to the system if they got into the bloodstream (and

then the

> tissues). It does not matter if these toxins come from negative

emotions

> (acidic hormonal wastes), exogenous chemicals, microbes, or food

that's

> ingested. As far as the body's concerned, it has to encase these

toxins.

>

> Not everyone gains weight from allergies, but some do.

>

> I hope this is clear. It's late at night for me, probably too late

to be my

> most coherent.

>

Nenah, very clear, i believe i read this a while ago, long enough ago

to have forgotten it.

thanks for typing it all out. much food for thought...

BUT. doesn't the body adjust? and isn't raw dairy supposed to help

people get over allergies? maybe even to the milk itself? and

aren't soil organisms (pills) supposed to help this too?

i was part of an online group and we were told to take fish oil. i

took the gel capsules. we were also told to take digestive enzymes

to prevent burping up the fish oil taste. i decided i didn't want to

take them.

after a year or two, maybe three, the burping up the taste

disappeared and never came back. so my body must have rose to the

occasion and gradually produced more of its own enzymes.

i used to be an eastern orth. christian which meant we were

constantly giving up certain foods temporarily and then bringing them

back in. it was really hard for some people, all the yo-yo-ing.

they would have a hard time digesting the reintroduced foods.

laura