Barry Carter was a terror. At eight years of age, he had been a difficult child for as long as his parents could remember. For years he had thrown temper tantrums whenever he could not get his way, but when the family moved into a new house he became increasingly tired, listless, and irritable. When [...]
One of the most ironic features of the chemical-susceptibility problem is that it is often begun, or at least perpetuated, by doctors themselves. To a large degree it can be considered an iatrogenic illness, that is, one that is induced by medical treatment. The vast majority of drugs are synthetic and almost all of these [...]
Hay-fever sufferers may feel sorry for themselves as the summer months approach, but they are envied by those afflicted with perennial rhinitis, who have to endure similar symptoms all year round. In their case it is usually airborne allergens, such as mould spores or house dust, which trigger mast cells in the nose. If the [...]
Dr Hans Selye of McGill University, Montreal, noted in his experiments with rats that removal of their adrenal glands gave rise to severe allergic reactions (anaphylaxis) when foreign substances were injected into them. Family member rats from the same cage, who had their adrenal glands intact, exhibited only minor allergic reactions when injected with the [...]
The exact biochemical pathways that mediate the effect of food on brain cells are still a subject of controversy among scientists. However, scientists generally agree on the following: 1. Allergies can target the brain cells as readily as they can target the skin, nose, joint and bronchial cells of the body. The histamine released into [...]
Ask your doctor to prescribe Nystatin for you. Twenty to thirty minutes before breakfast, and before going to bed, have 1/2 teaspoon of Nystatin powder. Dump it on your tongue, mix fit with your saliva and rinse it around your mouth, swallowing it slowly, bit by bit, over a one to two minute period. Some [...]
• You must have at least 120-240 g (4-8 oz) red meat (lean), three times per week. • You must have at least 120-240 g (4-8 oz) seafood, twice per week. • Poultry (skin and other fat peeled off) must be eaten twice per week. Egg and cheese dishes may be substituted for the poultry [...]
There are things in life that only we can do for ourselves and learning to pace ourselves is one of those. No one can do this for us because we all have such varying levels of tolerance to stress. It’s up to us to discern our own tolerance levels and recognise our own early warning [...]
Food sensitivity manifests itself in people who react adversely to food and drink that they consume. You can be ‘allergic to’, or ‘intolerant’ of a substance. The distinction between allergy and intolerance is important; allergy and the various forms of intolerance have different patterns of symptoms, and they are detected by different tests and diets, [...]
Moulds have a high degree of cross-reactivity and if you know you are allergic to one mould, you are likely to react to other moulds or yeasts. Some foods are moulds or yeasts (fungi), such as mushrooms and yeast, and other foods contain moulds or yeasts, although they are not fungi by biological classification. These [...]