Re: I have some questions...

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At 07:59 PM 7/15/2002 -0400, you wrote:

> > <5. I have a challenging case for you. Acne. What can be done for

> > it?

> > I have a 15 year old (or at least he will be in a couple of weeks)

> > who has acne. It's pretty bad.

>

>I can only tell you what worked for me -- of course, have no idea if it

>applies to your son. My experience with pimples (it wasn't as bad as

>acne) was that they completely disappeared when I went off ALL dairy.

> " ALL dairy " for me meant grocery-store pasteurized milk, ice cream, sour

>cream, cheese, yogurt, and any dairy in processed foods.

And I can ditto that, except we got rid of " ALL gluten " (we still eat

dairy). Both of us, and our

daughter, got rid of the slight but persistent acne we had. I wish I'd

known that when I was

a teenager! We also eat no processed foods. But whenever I get a trace of

gluten, I get

breakouts (plus some other slight complications, like migraines). There are

about 5 different

categories of immune reactions, and I'm thinking acne falls into one of

them, likely IgA or IgG.

Heidi

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Heidi Schuppenhauer wrote:

> At 07:59 PM 7/15/2002 -0400, you wrote:

> > > <5. I have a challenging case for you. Acne. What can be done for

> > > it?

> > > I have a 15 year old (or at least he will be in a couple of weeks)

> > > who has acne. It's pretty bad.

> >

> >I can only tell you what worked for me -- of course, have no idea if it

> >applies to your son. My experience with pimples (it wasn't as bad as

> >acne) was that they completely disappeared when I went off ALL dairy.

> > " ALL dairy " for me meant grocery-store pasteurized milk, ice cream, sour

> >cream, cheese, yogurt, and any dairy in processed foods.

>

> And I can ditto that, except we got rid of " ALL gluten " (we still eat

> dairy). Both of us, and our

> daughter, got rid of the slight but persistent acne we had. I wish I'd

> known that when I was

> a teenager! We also eat no processed foods. But whenever I get a trace of

> gluten, I get

> breakouts (plus some other slight complications, like migraines). There are

> about 5 different

> categories of immune reactions, and I'm thinking acne falls into one of

> them, likely IgA or IgG.

>

> Heidi

And for me it was cheese (strangely, I tolerate milk fine), fruits, grains, and

starchy veggies.

Roman

[Guest guest]

I've seen this a couple times and don't know what it means: IgA, IgG. Where do

I go to learn what this is?

Thanks -

There are

about 5 different

categories of immune reactions, and I'm thinking acne falls into one of

them, likely IgA or IgG.

Heidi

[Guest guest]

Hi :

Look up immunoglobulin. The Dorland's Medical Dictionary defines

immunoglobulin as any of the structurally related glycoproteins that

function as anitbodies µB cell antigen receptors; divided into five classes

(IgM, IgG, IgA, IgD, and IgE) on the basis of structure and biologic

activity.

Marla

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From: Braun <@...>

> I've seen this a couple times and don't know what it means: IgA, IgG.

Where do I go to learn what this is?

>

> Thanks -

>

>

> There are

> about 5 different

> categories of immune reactions, and I'm thinking acne falls into one of

> them, likely IgA or IgG.

>

>

> Heidi

[Guest guest]

At 11:06 PM 8/5/2002 -0400, you wrote:

>I've seen this a couple times and don't know what it means: IgA,

>IgG. Where do I go to learn what this is?

>

>Thanks -

www.celiac.com has some. Or do a web search on IgA. They have NOT been well

studied: until 1970, it was assumed there was only one kind of allergy, the

runny-nose anaphalactic shock kind. I still read articles that say food

intolerances are basically psychological, because the tested the person for

" allergies " and they weren't allergic! IgA and IgG are antibodies, and they

live mostly in the gut, attacking food that the body has decided is toxic.

Sometimes they over-attack, and damage your gut in the process. Everyone

has these antibodies: but they are not supposed to " overwork " . It's like

being allergic to cats, but instead of sniffling, you get gut symptoms.

It seems the most of the research has been done mostly on gliaden, a

protein in gluten, or maybe that's just because of where I'm doing my

research. Those antibodies exist for other foods too, though. I've seen

very little in the way of good explanations though, and the ones there are

are mainly on sites that sell ELISA testing. If you do a web search on IgA,

you'll get lots of hits!

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The immune cells present in the intestinal tract comprise the largest mass

of tissue in the body assigned the function of protecting against foreign

invaders. These invaders are present in the form of proteins called

antigens. Although the intestine's immune cells probably evolved originally

to ward off infecting organisms, in fact, their most frequent exposure to

foreign antigens comes from food. One of the first lines of defense against

foreign antigens (food or infections) is the secretion of a special

antibody called secretory IgA into the intestinal lumen (i.e., the hollow

center of the intestine). Here, these antibodies bind the antigen by a sort

of lock and key recognition mechanism, in an attempt to neutralize the

antigen so that it cannot enter the body.

http://www.finerhealth.com/Educational_Info/Gluten_Sensitivity/#What_is_gluten_s\

ensitivity

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http://www.docwong.com/health/foodaler.htm

Heidi