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| How to Test for Food Sensitivities |
| Most Americans eat a monotonous diet of wheat, dairy products, refined salt, caffeine beverages, carbonated beverages containing high-fructose corn syrup, meat, chicken and eggs. These foods may be arranged in different ways so it seems as though we're eating a variety of foods, but a breakfast of pancakes or waffles or muffins is the same as a cheeseburger lunch or a pizza dinner. These meals are different combinations of refined wheat flour and milk or cheese. |
| Food choices are of special interest to health professionals who treat respiratory problems because these illnesses are so often linked to food sensitivities, and food sensitivities often result from a monotonous diet. |
| Physicians who study food sensitivities say the most common offenders are milk and wheat, followed by eggs, chocolate, corn, citrus fruit, beans, peas, tomatoes, nuts, fish, preservatives, cola beverages and food additives. If you eat a food often enough, especially if your body is already stressed by environmental factors or inefficient digestion, you can develop an intolerance to it. |
| A simple way to treat allergies, asthma, bronchitis, chronic sinus congestion, chronic cough, hay fever, chronic ear infections in adults or children and similar afflictions is to avoid all milk products (milk, cream, ice cream, ice milk, cheese, cottage cheese, yogurt, frozen yogurt, cream cheese, sour cream and foods containing nonfat milk solids) and all wheat products (breads, crackers, pastries, pasta, pretzels) for a month. In many cases, the condition improves quickly. I can recommend this strategy from experience, for I have had severe hay fever symptoms from childhood, diagnosed by blood tests as allergies to animal dander, pollens, dust mites and grasses. Yet I live comfortably with dogs and cats and avoid hay fever symptoms by avoiding wheat and dairy. If I eat cheese, yogurt or products |
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