Celiac disease is an autoimmune disorder triggered by consuming gluten. While it primarily affects the small intestine, it can cause problems throughout the entire body. It is estimated to afflict approximately 1% of the world’s population, although it is more common in some places than in others. It is a lifelong condition with …
60% of symptoms do not affect the digestive system Gluten Intolerance can cause abdominal pain, gas, bloating, and diarrhea. The symptoms are uncomfortable but don’t usually last very long. Gluten intolerance is a food allergy and does not cause damage – unless you have celiac disease, although some people can experience severe …
In this day and age, the food we eat and the lifestyles we lead don’t always leave us feeling so great. Headaches, constipation, lethargy, gas, bloating, etc. are things we’ve all experienced at some point. But nailing down the exact cause of our symptoms can be a real challenge—oftentimes they can signify anything from daily …
Babies Born Via CSection May Be More Prone to Food Allergies WebMD Health News Oct. 20, 2004 Babies born via caesarean section (Csection) may face a higher risk of food allergies and diarrhea as infants than others, a new study shows. German researchers found babies born via Csection were twice as likely to be sensitive …
Allergies are often seen as an accident. Your immune system misinterprets a harmless protein like dust or peanuts as a threat, and when you encounter it, you pay the price with sneezing, wheezing, and in the worst cases, death. What prompts some immune systems to err like this, while others never do? Some of the …
If you eat cheeseburgers or French fries all the time or drink six sodas a day, you likely know it’s not good for you. But eating a nice dark, crunchy slice of whole wheat bread–how could that be bad? Well, bread contains gluten, a protein found in wheat, barley, rye, spelt, kamut, and oats. It …
10 Steps Towards Symptom Freedom There is good news. We can successfully eliminate the symptoms of a food allergy by discovering what foods serve as our triggers. By excluding the trigger food from our diet, the intestinal inflammation quickly recedes and the symptoms disappear. We can also take additional precautions to remove other chemical triggers …
What is a food allergy? An allergy is the immune systems response to a protein usually found in a food, such as peanuts, eggs, wheat or milk, that it perceives as a foreign body. These food allergies are usually acquired, not inherited. People may develop sensitivities to repeated exposure to certain foods in large quantities, …
Industrial agriculture is striking and stark. Imagine immense plots spanning greater distances than 30 football fields. Imagine row after row of corn or soybean harvested by hefty tractors or, increasingly, laser technology. Imagine the already chemical-soaked hybrid seed sprayed with its third round of pesticides. Imagine dinner- what is it really? Today’s farms would be …
Modern medicine is preoccupied with cleaning up messes. Once we have cancer, how can we cure it? Once we have high blood pressure, how can we reduce it? Doctors and medical scientists spend lifetimes isolating specific genes, mixing new molecular cocktails. The solution for the problem seems so…complicated. Einstein once said that “the fundamental ideas …
