Guest guest Posted October 10, 2005 Report Share Posted October 10, 2005 - I don't want to discourage you or say that your judgment is wrong, but don't discount a food allergy test that lightly. I thought I had a dairy allergy for the longest time, but I just received my results yesterday and lo and behold, I'm actually allergic to eggs, almonds, and kidney beans. I'm not saying that you should get an allergy test because they ARE expensive and sometimes it's true that they are unnecessary. I'm a big believer in listening to one's own body, but sometimes it can get confusing as to what part to listen to. Anyway, best of luck whichever path you choose and welcome (again) to the group -Nina --- In , <monique7nuns@y...> wrote: > > With the help of your comments I'm really thinking my digestive disorder(s) is/are due to food allergies. I've done some follow up research on the topic from others suggestions and have found several cases of how Crohns disease is often (mis)diagnosed in relation to various food allergies. It all makes sense really, too much of a good thing can really be bad and for years I've eaten the same things. Until this year refined flour/gluten-related products, margarine, processed or fast foods have been my main staples. > > After going without any wheat or gluten-containing products for three only days my bm's have decreased by half (knock on wood) and I've decreased the prednisone by 1 mg. > > Everything written about food allergies in NT leads me to believe that for most allergies can be overcome with a good detox regimen followed by a NT healthy variety of foods. The variety part has always been a challenge because it's very convenient to just eat the same foods over and over again. But I don't want to get ahead of myself by worrying about that yet. > > Instead of investing more money and energy in getting a food allergy test done and based on what I've experienced so far I'm going to assume food allergies are my problem and move on to the treatment: detox. > > Does anyone know of a good thorough food allergy detox protocol? One that includes everything: supplements, exercise, diet, how long to do it and so on. I think I can begin to put one together based on what I've learned, but if anyone knows of a guide, I'd really appreciate it. > > Thanks! > > > > > > + website: http://www.moniquesevenans.com/ > + email: monique7nuns@y... > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Music Unlimited - Access over 1 million songs. Try it free. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 20, 2005 Report Share Posted October 20, 2005 catching up.. > > > The only effective detox for food allergies is to not subject yourself > to the food your body recognizes as toxic. Archives will give you > descriptions of allergy groups. Stool test is most accurate for > gluten. Also gives if you carry the genes predetermining celiac. Skin > prick tests are IgE. There's study that says allergy shots for IgE > will lessen IgE reaction away even but that same allergy will show up > as IgG, the 113 food panel test. It's believed IgG reactions will go > away to a point with elimination to where you can eat the offending > food on a limited scale later. Allergies are cumulative, > environmentally as well as nutritionally involved usually too. > Reintroducing to me, resets accumulation. Eliminating the problem foods makes sense in a detox. I have found several different protocols on how to go about food elimination diets. The prospect is a little intimidatating though as I seem to already have a pretty hard time figuring out what to eat. I'm pretty finicky. I think also that when the canker sores pop up, it's a pretty good indication there is an intolerance with that food. I recently noticed it happened when I ate home made french fries with ketchup. It could have been either the potatoes or the ketchup (an organic brand but not homemade, which has since been tossed cause that was the last of it). I've been pretty atticted to potoatoes in the past, but when I had that reaction it was the only time I ate them that week. I've cut those back significantly as well. > Can understand the financial reasons for foregoing testing. Haven't > tested myself for those same reasons. Nina brought up what she thought > was one allergy, wasn't that one but others that would have meant a > series of eliminations to find. Processed and raw dairy both give me > mucous and constipation, a reaction to the casein protein. > > Good to hear your bms are half less. You might want to get some > lactose enzymes to go along with the dairy to see if that reduces them > further and gives more bulk. If it does you're likely lactose > intolerant too. I'll keep the lactose enzymes in mind. I haven't had a very much success with enzymes in the past. I'm hoping a gradual liver detox will clear up any and all food intolerance I may have over the next few months. > Not to be bleak now. You already have an autoimmunity from what you > described the predisone for. Gluten is linked in the book Dangerous > Grains and at celiac.com to a hundred plus conditions, many > autoimmune. A google search of adrenals gluten has many links between > the two. I looked into that a little as well, it makes sense. And not so bleak really, with all the gluten free products that are available I don't see permently going without it - if it does come to that - as too much of a problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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