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Food Allergy Study Guide |
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| Topics Solving Food Allergy with the Alpha Nutrition Program Food Allergy in Children
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Many of the major unsolved disease of our civilization are either degenerative and/or inflammatory and many are recognized to be immune-mediated, allergic or hypersensitivity diseases. There are different types of food allergy. The immediate or type 1 food allergy pattern is easily recognized because it involves quick and dramatic symptoms. Delayed patterns of food allergy are not so obvious and generally go unrecognized. Allergy skin tests do not show this problem nor do IgE antibody tests. The delayed patterns of food allergy can be the cause of chronic and disabling hypersensitivity disease. The stakes are high both for individual patients and for the society as a whole. None of the common hypersensitivity diseases have been solved and most appear to rage on, afflicting increasing numbers of patients with chronic and disabling diseases. Commonly quoted "expert" opinions tend to minimize the incidence and importance of food allergy. While the dogma is misleading, it represents vested interests and is remarkably persistent. The type 1 model of allergy is attractive to physicians and researchers, because of its relative simplicity and the ease of testing for sensitization; but, it selects only a special population of people with IgE-mediated allergy. While this is an important reaction pattern, some physicians have claimed it is the only valid form of allergic reactions to food. Their opinion is not acceptable. A distinction between immediate, obvious allergic reactions and delayed, less obvious, chronic immune injury is useful. The problem is not that 25% of people recognize symptoms from food ingestion, but that many more people do not recognize that food is making them ill. We hope the reader will take the time to find out why we think food allergy is such an important mechanism of disease and how to resolve common food-related health problems by diet revision. The Alpha Nutrition Program is a complete diet revision package, designed to solve the complex problems of food allergy. |
