In a message dated 2/25/2007 12:14:42 PM Eastern Standard Time, Vwolf21 writes:
I will begin tomorrow ..today I will make a list/plan...which foods first on what day etc. I do chart my pressure and food intake daily so this will be another healing tool I am happy to have...thanks so much...V. > Does anybody know of a good way to do allergy testing oneself at home? < >From my article, "Nutritional Insights": FOOD SENSITIVITIES: Probably more than half the people in this country experience food allergies/sensitivities to one degree or another. Actually, the term, "food allergies" is a misnomer, because the body reacts to various food substances for more reasons than allergic reactions (hence the word, sensitivities”). When you think of allergies, you generally think of sneezing, runny nose, watery eyes, etc. But allergies mimic every known disease. The late Dr. Arthur Coca discovered that when people ate foods to which they were allergic, THEIR PULSE INCREASED!. So he began testing people by having them monitor their pulse when they ate certain foods. One woman who came to him because of her hay fever symptoms weighed 300 pounds. When she stopped eating the foods the pulse testing had indicated she was sensitive to, she began losing weight at an amazing, even alarming, rate. She hurried back to Dr. Coca and he told her to wait and see what would happen. When her body reached a healthy weight level, she stopped losing weight. Dr. Coca concluded that her body's reaction when she ate foods to which she was sensitive was to accumulate and retain fat. Another of Dr. Coca's patients found that their diabetes symptoms disappeared and they were able to discontinue taking insulin, and still another patient found they no longer exhibited symptoms of epilepsy. Obviously, these examples are abnormal; food sensitivities cannot be held responsible for more than a small percentage of diabetic or epileptic conditions, but there are other symptoms associated with food allergies, such as low energy, which are more common than normally thought. In his book, "The Pulse Test", Dr. Coca explained that, when you eat something to which you are allergic, OR even something which your body is sensitive to and has trouble metabolizing, your body will begin to struggle with that food or substance, *****and your pulse will increase. To use the pulse test to determine which foods you should avoid, the test should be conducted first thing in the morning, when you have first arisen, before eating or drinking anything. The reason for this is because your body will have had the night to clear itself out of the last food you ate. You should be fully awake. First, sit down for a couple minutes, so that your pulse is a sitting pulse. Then, take your pulse for a whole minute (rather than 15 seconds and multiplying by four). Then, eat one food which you are suspicious of being an allergen. That's one food, such as a hard-boiled egg, or a glass of milk, or an orange, etc. Bread is NOT one food, it contains wheat, eggs, milk, yeast, etc., so you could not accurately determine which item you were reacting to. After eating the one food, take your pulse every 15 minutes three times (Say you eat the food at 7:00 A.M.You would take your pulse at 7:15, 7:30 and 7:45), always sitting for a minute first so you are always taking a sitting pulse, and always for a whole minute for best accuracy (if you are testing a child who will not hold still long enough, use the 15 seconds method). Eat nothing during that hour, and if your pulse quickens to more than 92 beats per minute, your body is reacting to that food, and you should consider omitting it from your diet. You should test only one food each morning for the testing to be the most accurate. The most common food allergens to consider testing are chocolate (number one food allergen), milk (test whole milk, 1% or 2% milk and non-fat milk separately), wheat (test wheat germ or cooked whole-wheat berries), citrus fruits, strawberries, etc. Also, make sure to test the foods you eat the most frequently and the ones you have strong or frequent cravings for. Addictive allergies are very common (having an "addiction" to the foods you are the most allergic to). If you discover reactions to certain foods, you may still be able to eat them if you allow five or more days to go by before eating them again, and if you do not over-indulge (pig out) when you do eat them. If you have allergies to various non-food substances (dusts, pollens, etc.), you may find that after you omit the allergen foods from your diet, your sensitivity to these non-food substances will decrease or disappear. Terry Chamberlin Metabolic Solutions Institute Lawrencetown, Nova Scotia B0S 1M0 Canada 902-584-3810 [email protected]
