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Allergy Treatment Alternatives - Part 1
Alternative Allergy Treatments- Part I
By Jonathan Moore
Editor’s note: If you are dealing with wheat intolerance or gluten intolerance symptoms, suffer from yeast allergies, yeast intolerance, corn allergies, etc. and you have not had success on the Elimination Diet, you may find this to be a beneficial alternative. (Please check with your health care professional before beginning any diet. If you are dealing with food allergies in children be sure to contact your health care professional to be sure their nutritional needs are being met.
Allergies May Not Be As Understood As Once Thought, and Success May Lie in Alternative Treatments
Many people struggle with allergies for their entire life, accepting them as inevitable. If you have serious allergies, you may even be currently spending exorbitant amounts of money for weekly or bi-weekly allergy shots. Although they often provide relief, they can cost hundred of dollars per month to maintain.
One of the criticisms that naturopaths often make toward the medical community is its focus on symptoms rather than the underlying causes of disease. Doctors would most likely reply that they simply disagree on the actual cause itself. Whether for good or ill, there are some things doctors will not (or legally cannot) recognize as a legitimate treatment option. Naturopathic methods are viewed as untested and therefore too unpredictable to be taken seriously.
If you visit a natural health practitioner, you’ll get a different story on why allergies exist. Also, rather than focusing on a single treatment option, you may be asked to try a more holistic route that involves a combination of different methods.
I discovered this all first hand, having suffered from allergies and then having them dramatically relieved while staying in a natural health center.
Let me say this: Before I ever had any natural treatments, I went to an allergist and took the full scratch test for food and environmental allergies. I tested positive for somewhere around 35 different allergies, including several food allergies. They said that the only way to truly know if you have food allergy, however, is to try a two-week elimination diet. I did the elimination diet, yet my allergies persisted. From a medical standpoint, I had no food allergies.
Over a year later, however, I discovered that my food was contributing to my allergies, but the simple prescribed elimination diet was not enough to see a change. I later discovered that my allergies had to do both with the type of food I was eating as well as the overall toxicity in my body.
In this series, I would like to introduce you to some simple methods used to treat allergies that you can try yourself without necessarily involving any medical assistance. I will say, however, that it is absolutely paramount that you commit completely to them (especially a food detox) in order to expect results.