Are Your Favorite Foods Making You Sick?
Millions of Americans live with the debilitating symptoms of food allergies everyday - and don�t know it. Sure, if you eat a strawberry and break out in hives or a peanut and swell up (an IgE reaction) there is little question. However, there is another kind of allergic response called an IgG reaction. This can occur many hours, or even days, after the offending food is eaten. You�ll likely not even relate the food to the symptoms, which can include:
� Chronic fatigue
� Dark circles under the eyes (allergic shiners)
� Chronic digestive problems
� Blood sugar fluctuations
� Chronic sinus and respiratory problems
� Frequent infections
� Joint and muscle pain
� Fluid retention
� Mental confusion
� Acne and other skin breakouts
But what is a food allergy and why do they happen?
A food allergy is an immune system response to a food that the body mistakenly believes is harmful. Once the immune system decides that a particular food is harmful, it creates specific antibodies to it. The next time the individual eats that food, the immune system releases massive amounts of chemicals, including histamine, in order to protect the body. These chemicals trigger a cascade of allergic symptoms that can affect the respiratory system, gastrointestinal tract, skin, or cardiovascular system.
Often, the tendency for food allergy is inherited. However, the alarming increase in food allergies today seems to be related to an increasingly common condition indelicately called �leaky gut�. In normal digestion, consumed protein is absorbed as a single amino acid or as tiny peptides made up of only 2-3 aminos. But with the leaky gut syndrome, the natural barrier in your intestinal wall begins to allow large protein food fragments to enter your system. Your body mistakes these food particles as �foreign invaders� and mounts an immune system response.
So what can I do about it?
The good news is Ideal Health has developed a cutting-edge test called the AllerTest, which is designed specifically to detect IgG reactions to the 10 most commonly reactive foods. These foods, which account for more than 90% of all food-allergic reactions, are yeast, soy, peanuts, tuna, mustard, beef, eggs, milk, wheat, and corn.
If your AllerTest uncovers a food sensitivity, your personal report will provide you with specific dietary recommendations that will eliminate any reactive food from your daily diet. Your elimination of these reactive foods will work in combination with AllerCaps, which contains digestive enzymes that work across a wide range of acid conditions. Natural antihistamines and soothing herbs are added to support your gastrointestinal healing. Also included in the AllerCaps is a specialized compound with targeted effects on your digestive and respiratory systems.
The best part of this approach is that around 95% of IgG reactions are fixed. This means that reactive foods may be reintroduced back into your diet after about 4 weeks. Occasionally, there may be a food to which you have a severe response that will not be able to be reintroduced.
Ideal Health provides individuals with customized solutions to their health and nutritional challenges through a full-line of U.S.P. grade nutritional support and supplement products.