finding food allergies

[Guest guest]

How can you tell if you are allergic to a certain food ?

[Guest guest]

By leaving it out of your diet for four days, reintroducing it for breakfast and

lunch and observing

your reaction. The four day interval is important according to many allergists.

BTW, Sally Fallon

also suggests the four day interval in her chapter on allergies.

J.

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[Guest guest]

Other food allergy tests:

1. Keep a diary and record all foods tested and your reactions to

them.

2. The pulse test - during the testing period take your pulse upon

waking and before bed. Also, take the pulse before eating every test

food. Then after finishing the test food take the pulse in 5 minutes, 15

minutes, 30 minutes, and 1 hour. To take the pulse sit quietly for a few

minutes, longer if you have been exerting yourself. Find the pulse on

the wrist or neck, and count for a full 60 seconds. A pulse elevation of

greater than 10 points from before the test food to any of the other

intervals indicates a probable allergy. A waking pulse more than 10

points above the bed time pulse indicates allergy to house dust or

inhaled materials, such as dander or molds.

3. Handwriting test - at 5, 15, 30, and 60 minutes after a test

food, write a quotation, or with a child a number or letter sequence or

a picture. This is a test for small muscle coordination which is

indicative of nervous system reactions.

4. Note all physical, mental, and emotional symptoms after each test

food. Most reactions will take place within an hour, but some may be

delayed for several hours. Reading is a good test for visual changes and

concentration.

5. Test no more than 4 foods per day, with at least 3 hours between

tests. Do not go onto the next test food until all symptoms from the

previous tests have cleared, and the pulse has returned to normal.

Another version of the pulse test: Take your pulse before eating: place

two or three fingers of one hand about an inch below the thumb of the

other hand. Count the beats for a full minute. For this test it is not

adequate to time 30 seconds and multiply by two. After taking your

pulse, place a piece of the test food in your mouth. Hold it there for

two minutes and take your pulse again. If your pulse goes up 4 beats,

you are sensitive to the food and should only eat it occasionally. If it

goes up 8 beats or more, you are definitely allergic.

~ Carma ~

To be perpetually talking sense runs out the mind, as perpetually

ploughing and taking crops runs out the land. The mind must be manured,

and nonsense is very good for the purpose. ~ Boswell

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