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siobhanmckeeney — Tue, 13 May 2008 21:36:26 GMT

I have been suffering from some sort of allergy for years. Its causes severes bout of sneezing,itchy eyes and runny nose. I used to take a nasal spray from doctors but decided to look for an alternative solution. I have tried an Homeopathic who prescribed Euphrasia with no luck and then Nat Mur. my attacks have been continual evry day for the past 2 weeks and i'm feeling so misearble. My Homeopath says its early days yet for recovery but I am very doubtful. Anyone got any ideas?

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Kathryn Jordan — Wed, 14 May 2008 06:38:50 GMT

It's still early in the season yet, but I haven't seemed to be suffering with hayfever quite as much as normal. I usually have a bout in late April - a lull - and then again in July, with quite a bit of intermittent sneezing in between. The most irritating symptom for me is itching eyes, and the wake up instant nose run making it impossible to get back to sleep (throw in a couple of sneezes while you're at it). But the early nose water works have happened only twice so far, and I've had very little eye itching. Last week's newsletter mentioned a connection between good gut flora and hayfever, and I went, ah ha! because I started drinking a glassful of kefir every morning about two months ago.

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Ship — Wed, 14 May 2008 16:04:37 GMT

Sorry AnneMarie

But I have to strongly take issue with your first step.

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Avoiding whatever it is you’re allergic to is, obviously, step number one.

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This is way too simplistic, and may in fact make the problem worse. MUCH worse, as it did in my case.

The problem is that by avoiding a food you often become hypher-sensitive to it. And sooner or later someone will accidentally slip whatever it is you are trying your damnedest to avoid into your food.

No in my experience the rotational diversified died is FAR more effective.

I know of a woman who was put into a coma by eating a small piece of beef. This happened in front of dis-believing doctors in a hospital, after a short fast.

When I met her years later she was cheefully munching beef.

So you see it is much more complex that you might think.

Ship

P.S.

Her solution? Very careful, very strict rotation of foods. Eat all you like for one entire day and than at least 4 or 5 days completely clear of that food.

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Laura Gestes — Tue, 20 May 2008 14:35:24 GMT

I am NOT allergic (sensitive) to lamb and turkey and 4 vegetables! I am able to live a fairly normal life, work 40 hrs a week, etc. because of the rotated diet. But, I can tell a difference very quickly if I indulge in sugar, wheat, coffee, or milk products. My asthma and the "eternal itch" kicks in very quickly, as well as memory problems and foggy thinking. And, don't forget the insominia that goes with all of it as well. Eat tomatoes and the sinus symptoms start. These food allergies run in my family. Eating the rotated diet is the only thing that will work consistantly. If you find that you still don't tolerate something then you should leave it alone until you stop reacting to that food. It took a year or more for me to stop reacting to beef and pork (swelling and migraines). I can eat either now without enough reaction to make me uncomfortable, but I don't try to eat either more than once a week as I know I could end up back like I was. Don't rotate just the foods that cause a big reaction, rotate all your foods for best results. If you slip up, just get right back on the diet and go from there. The health rewards are worth the bother.

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dgtucker — Tue, 20 May 2008 15:44:29 GMT

The question is, why do people develop alergies and intolerences and the answer maybe and often is, due to poor gut function/leaky gut syndrome.Sort out the digestive system...and often you will sort the problems.After all, if your digestive system is not functioning well, then you will be 'malnourished' and therefore open to all kinds of nutritionally related health problems.

Logic...not rocket science!

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Trish Niblock — Tue, 20 May 2008 16:03:19 GMT

I am hyper sensitive to formaldehyde!

I cannot go into an office that has man made carpets curtains ... I feel my chest tightening! Unfortunately mdf - used in DIY has formaldehyde in its pungent glue so when it is being shaped the molecules are in the air and even newspapers and magazines have it too.

Why it is necessary for us to be surrounded by these toxic substances I dont know!

I went to see a medic who also checks the body for allergies and up came formaldehyde along with all the things one has eaten in the past without a problem milk, sugar, wheat.........

Now after ONE Ibroprufen pill and a nasty allergic reaction in that my chest tightened up completely and I could only breathe very gently with my diaphragm ...

I find I am allergic to salt!

After nearly a year I can now take a tiny amount of salt as long as I drink a cup full of hot water first.

Trish Niblock

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May Cameron — Tue, 20 May 2008 21:12:43 GMT

In my work as an Allergy Therapist in Hereford I come across many people with allergy problems. I use homeopathic remedies to de-sensitize the body. These can be very effective for all sorts of problems. These remedies are taken in drop form for one week.

I also use the four day rule when re-introducing food back into the diet.

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Ship — Wed, 21 May 2008 10:19:54 GMT

The our relationship between food is a complex and controversial one.

Medics tend to have had little training in this area. In fact I was once treated by a GP who came out with the immortal line "Gut problems are confined to the gut". IMHO, he should either have been shot or put in a museum, but suffice-it to say I sacked him on the spot for his naivity.

There was a famous experiment done many years ago on Guinnea pigs. In this experiment, if they injected a small quantity of egg-white into the blood of the animals they died of anaphylactic shock. HOWEVER if you took a control group which had been eating eggs for several months in their diet... they were fine!

So what does this prove? To me it indicates that there may be some mechanism in the body of a mammal that tells the system NOT to attack things that it finds in the gut as being foreign invaders. ...But that for some reason(s) (e.g. reasons of perhaps a combination of mental/emotional stress, polution, parasites - who knows?!) this mechanism may not always work correctly.

What I find interesting is that in my case I found that if I ate a LARGE amount of wheat (say 2 or 3 pieces of toast) in a meal I got away with it much better than if I ate small amount (say a hint of flour in the gravy).

I also find that the FIRST DAY after a gap tends to be more or less okay - and this seems to lend the logic to the other observation that strict rotation helps.

But I am interested in what other people on this thread have found. When you re-introduce a food you are sensitive to how much of it are you using?

And have anyone else found that eating a relatively huge amount (in one meal) of a food you are sensitive to works better than eating trace amounts?

Ship

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Pamela Stead — Thu, 22 May 2008 00:38:03 GMT

I have several allergies, including wheat, gluten etc. cat (I have had a cat for years, but only recently has she started sitting on my knee and following me around. I also suffered from chronic rhinitis and also had nasal sprays prescribed, but ended up with nosebleeds which often lasted more than 4 days (hopitalised for treatment). I had hayfever as a child, but my most recent remedy which seems to be working for me is Quercetin capsules (I take one a day of Quercetin with Bromelaine) from Holland and Barratt and they seem to do the trick. Try them!!!!

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Joe Everett — Thu, 22 May 2008 16:32:58 GMT

For Siobhan

As a Registered Homeopath I would support what practitioner says, without knowing your history can I assume you have Hayfever. This can if you have not been informed can take some two or three seasons to rectify

One thing you can ask your practitioner is what's their opinion of repeated low dose potentised concurrent remedies such as pollens and grasses etc. Obviously if you could pin point the casuing agent so much the better! Plus please bear in mind the following as you can see the season for sneezes is virtually all year round.

If your symptoms start in early spring, the probable culprit is Tree pollen.

If your symptoms that start around mid-May are likely to be Grass pollen.

Weed pollen can cause problems late summer and autumn, whilst spores’ tend to become airborne from Sept, they can also be problematic in June and July.

Jan to Apr ALDER

Feb to Mar HAZEL

Feb to Apr ELM

Feb to Apr WILLOW

Apr to May BIRCH

Apr to Jun RAPESEED

May COMMON CHESTNUT

May to Aug GRASSES

Jun to Jul LIME

Jun to Aug MUGWORT

Jul to Sept NETTLES

Jul to Oct DOCK

Good luck Joe

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harradine — Thu, 22 May 2008 23:09:04 GMT

Ship I am sorry to hear that your GP is so behind the times.

Gut health is a very big issue right now, taken very seriously indeed by many in the medical profession. What a shame your GP was not up to speed.

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Debra Kleinen — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 20:08:21 GMT

Allergies often have their roots in the diet of our parents, too - what they ate, if they were alcoholics, smoked, etc. My acupuncturist explained to me also that a "heat event" while a person is in utero sets the stage for seemingly unexplained allergies/asthma/eczema that don't seem to abate despite all the natural treatments in the world. Her own mother drank lye as a way to try to abort her (she obviously survived), but she has terrible allergies that all the Chinese herbs and acupuncture only minimall alleviate. Hers is an extreme case. Another person close to me has allergies and eczema and has done the no wheat, soy, dairy, caffeine, etc. rotation diet, elimination diet, acupuncture, psychotherapy. She found out recently that her Dad was drinking heavily at the time she was conceived. That could be her "heat event". There are some things we will never know.

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Garth Scott — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 00:06:20 GMT

There's a great allergy-free cookbook by a Canadian nutritionist named Julie Daniluk (you can find it at www.meals-that-heal.com). It eliminates the 5 common food allergies (soy, dairy, sugar, wheat [gluten] and corn from all the recipes which takes care of most of the problems. The front of the book she talks about how to find out what other foods may be causing problems and gives a protocol for healing. I had terrible IBS and even talking to my Naturopath didn't make it go away completely. Using this book really helped. I pretty much used the recipes only for about 6 weeks, and found that my IBS subsided enough to have a better lifestyle. And now that I've healed my gut somewhat, I find that I am eating foods that would before would have me on the toilet for days! Our bodies are amazing things! We just need to give it the time and relief it needs to heal from the inside out.

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shane — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 05:37:14 GMT

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NJones48 — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 10:41:45 GMT

The Hay Fever season is almost upon us, for those who start with the early season, soon eyes will be streaming and noses never stop sneezing. One solution for how to ease the discomfort of hay fever is to soak two pads of cotton wool in Forever Aloe First and place over the eye-lids when lying down or ready for sleep. It is unbelievably soothing and stops the eyes itching. However, another solution to eliminate the hay fever in the first place is to take our supplement, Bee Pollen.

So many people suffer (in one form or another) from allergies. Hay fever, one such allergy, can take many forms – there are more than 30 types of pollen and 20 types of spores known to trigger reactions. One in five people in the UK suffers from hay fever. Over half get their first symptoms before they are 15 and most by the age of 30. Symptoms tend to be worse in the mid 20s but by the mid 40s they should no longer be a problem. However, some unlucky people can develop hay fever symptoms later in life, usually after contact with a high level of spores or pollen. Hay fever can have family links too, as with other allergic conditions such as asthma and eczema.

Bee Pollen tablets, from Forever Living Products, are the perfect solution to fighting your hay fever suffering (and to reduce it or ultimately totally eliminate it completely). It is recommended to take Bee Pollen all year round (a minimum/maintenance dose of 1-2 tablets daily), but six weeks prior to the start of your hay fever season (and that time is different according to what your trigger is – eg. grass pollen, tree pollen, weeds, spores) you should increase the daily amount (2-3 tablets daily) and then further increase it during your season (3+ tablets daily), and then reduce it again to the maintenance level for the rest of the year for best results.

The benefits of Bee Pollen are

1. an increased desensitivity to allergies like hay fever, when taken throughout the year, inhibiting the release of histamine

2. a natural source of energy and so boosts your energy levels hugely, as well as your stamina - it has the nickname of ‘Legal Speed’! (Rest assured, there’s nothing illegal about Bee Pollen!)

3. it’s good for depression and PMT (containing a naturally high source of zinc and vitamin B6)

4. an antioxidant to fight the free radicals

5. FLP’s version of a natural multi-vitamin/mineral tablet (it is a complete food, packed with 96 nutrients)

Often called ‘Nature’s Perfect Food’, pollen has been providing people with energy and nutrition for thousands of years.

So make this year your year WITHOUT suffering!

Noelyne

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NJones48 — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 10:44:13 GMT

P.S.

Check out the Bee Pollen here

http://distrib.foreverliving.com/retail/EntryServlet?langID=en&storeID=GBR&distribID=440100124992

Best wishes

Noelyne