Foods Provoking GB Pain - Allergy Testing

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Hi:

I've never thought of applying food allergy testing to those foods that might

cause a GB or liver reaction, but it might work.

Method #1 requires that you become familiar with your own pulse and has you

take it before getting out of bed in the morning. This becomes your base

rate. According to the originator (Arthur F. Coca, M. D. an eminent

immunologist with an international reputation who was rejected by his fellow

physicians when he presented this method to them), your pulse will not rise

by more than 10 beats per minute during the day's normal activities if you

have no food or other allergies. You restrict your food intake, limiting it

to one food at a time for each meal, take your pulse before eating (one food

at a time only), and again ½ hour later. If your pulse doesn't go beyond the

10 beats per minute, you are not allergic to that food. His instructions are

a little more detailed than that, and if someone wants the full details I can

scan a couple of pages of his book and send it to you. A word of caution.

If there is something in your environment that you are allergic to, that will

trigger an increased pulse rate as well and can give you a false reaction.

Say, for example, you are allergic to your cat that does not share your

bedroom with you and you encounter it after you get out of bed - that can

also raise your pulse rate. Be aware also that if you are allergic to a

food, if you eliminate it from your diet you may be able to add it back in

several days or weeks later (in reduced amounts) and may no longer be

allergic to it. Coca and many others report that you crave what you are

allergic to and it may be a few days before that craving leaves after you

have eliminated it from your diet.

A simplified (not complete) description of this test can be found at:

http://www.healthyhealing.com/ALR-PulseTest.html

Or, you can find it in his book: " The Pulse Test, the Secret of Building Your

Basic Health. " I checked a couple of years ago, but it is out of print.

However, I think that is incorporated into other books written by him. Some

alternative health folks say that this test isn't accurate, but I don't think

that they know the detail record keeping and testing that Coca required to

make it work. Coca had some amazing results with patients you treated with

this system, including curing what is now known as CFS.

Method #2 is muscle testing. You need a 2nd person for this one. While

standing, hold one arm straight out from your side while holding the food in

question in your other hand, which is in its normal position alongside your

body. Have your partner gently push down on the extended arm (at the hand is

easiest) and if your arm drops down with little effort on your partner's

part, you are allergic to the food you are holding. If your partner has to

push very hard to get your extended arm down, you are not allergic to it.

The item you are testing can even be in a container like salt in a salt

shaker; sugar in a bag; vitamins or herbal supplements in their containers

(or just a tablet in your hand), and on and on. Yes, you can muscle test for

vitamins and supplements to see if they are in fact beneficial for you,

including those prescribed by a health care provider. If they are, you will

get a rather strong reaction. It's a great way to see if you are getting

your money's worth for supplements. I have even had a friend do this type of

testing on me while we were grocery shopping and was able to make instant

decisions about foods we were shopping for. In reality, you don't have to

extend your arm all the way, but can simply raise your elbow level with your

shoulder and have your friend press on your elbow. This attracts less

attention. Additionally, if you really want to go through a whole list of

items, you can sit down and do this too. Test for white sugar. The results

may surprise you. Then look at all of the packaging in your fridge and

cupboard to see what has sugar/dextrose/corn syrup/etc. added to it. It's in

all sorts of canned goods including vegetables, some frozen foods, and even

Mc's French fries.

A site that explains this quite well, though just a little differently is at:

http://www.mineralconnection.com/muscltst.htm

Jay