To kick off June’s blog entries, let’s start with some food allergy basics: • Allergies aren’t just immediate reactions to things like peanuts and bee stings. • There are two main food allergy distinctions- IgE, and non IgE (IgA and IgG). • The most common food allergies are IgA and IgG. • Food allergies are …
Celiac disease and gluten sensitivity sound like two totally different entities. Celiac disease sounds severe while gluten sensitivity seems pretty harmless. Unfortunately, both are very serious digestive conditions and are actually much more similar than their names would indicate. Both celiac disease and gluten sensitivity are forms of gluten intolerance. Gluten and gliadin are proteins …
Digestive Health Ann Arbor’s 3-step method offers relief from food allergy symptoms and digestive disorders. 1. Discover what foods are triggers. 2. Exclude the trigger food completely from our diet. 3. Nourish stressed systems with supplements and enzymes. But how do we know what foods cause us trouble? If we suspect a food allergy contributes …
The cough began with a rumble in his gut then rattled up the back of his throat and mouth, then echoed through the air in explosive bursts. After suffering nearly half of his 63 years with the cough, Phil was almost more familiar with its sound than the tone of his own voice. Phil began …
As we have seen, there is a surprising amount of evidence implicating food allergies and intolerances in digestive disorders. However, 60% of people with food allergies display symptoms that are seemingly unrelated to their digestive system. Check out these 13 Warning Signs of possible food allergies: 1. Tiredness, drowsiness, no energy. 2. Frequent headache or …
Many health care professionals say that food plays no role in digestive diseases: • The Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation states that: “Crohn’s and Colitis are painful and chronic digestive diseases for which there currently is no cure…Although some people do have allergic reactions to certain foods, neither Crohn’s disease nor ulcerative colitis are related to …
