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Food Allergy Symptoms – Natural Solutions For Relief

April 30th, 2011
Alan Joel asked:




Food allergies are a bigger deal than most people think. Did you know that food allergies affect about 60% of the population? Listen to this:

“The incidence of food allergy is greater than the incidence of any other type of illness affecting mankind.”

Wow, that’s pretty powerful! The quote above is from James Breneman, former chairman of the Food Allergy Committee of the American College of Allergists.

Now here’s the kicker: we make ourselves allergic to food.

No kidding. Let me explain.

How We Develop Food Allergy Symptoms

We can become allergic to just about any kind of food. To keep it simple, I’ll explain what happens with just one kind of food: proteins. When we eat protein, the act of chewing starts to break the protein down into component nutrients, a process which is continued in the stomach and then the small intestine.

According to researcher Karl Abrams, our normal healthy digestive process allows about 2% of these proteins to slip through the intestinal wall into the bloodstream. Once in these proteins enter the bloodstream, our bodies no longer recognize them as “food.” Now they have become “foreign invaders” and the body jumps into an immune response. It produces antibodies to fight off these foreign invaders, and food allergy symptoms are often the result!

When our bodies don’t recognize food particles in the bloodstream, we become allergic to them. The next time we eat this kind of food, our body immediately goes into a food allergy reaction.

Food allergy symptoms can include digestive upset, such as diarrhea, gas, and bloating; skin conditions like hives; and swelling of various body parts, such as the throat or hands and feet. In fact, if it goes on for a long period of time, the liver becomes affected, since this organ is responsible for filtering the blood of excess toxins. When the liver is affected, then we can develop long-term chronic conditions like psoriasis.

What’s worse is that most people don’t have healthy digestion. So while a healthy digestive system let’s 2% of the proteins we eat to enter the bloodstream, a body under stress lets even more proteins cross the intestinal wall, which produces even worse food allergy symptoms.

Natural Ways to Prevent Food Allergy Symptoms

Now that you know how we develop food allergy symptom, the next thing is to discover how to prevent them. Luckily, there are three nutritional supplements that can relieve and prevent these symptoms:

AFA blue-green algae probiotics like acidophilus and bifidus food enzymes
#1: AFA Blue-Green Algae

Blue-green algae has two important nutrients to help prevent food allergies: beta-carotene and chlorophyll. Studies show that these substances in AFA blue-green algae help “dramatically stimulate specialized cells around the intestinal walls to secrete lubricating material and thus help prevent this type of allergic reaction” (Karl Abrams). In other words, the beta carotene and chlorophyll in blue-green algae strengthen the intestinal wall, so proteins and other food particles can’t slip into the bloodstream. No particles in the bloodstream equals no food allergies. Abrams notes that the omega-3 fatty acids in the algae help as well.

#2: Probiotics like Acidophilus and Bifidus

Probiotics are the “friendly bacteria” that live in our intestines and do the bulk of the work of digesting our food once it has passed through the stomach. Acidophilus and bifidus are among the most important of these friendly bacteria, and provide a barrier between the intestines and the bloodstream, as well as helping us fully digest our food.

Stress, drinking chlorinated water, taking medication, or drinking alcohol can all decrease the population of probiotics in our gut, leading to what is called “leaky gut syndrome,” the phenomenon discussed earlier in which food particles slip into the bloodstream. Taking acidophilus and bifidus orally on a daily basis keeps our probiotic population at healthy levels, which creates good digestion and prevents food allergy symptoms. In my experience, eating live yogurt is not enough to prevent food allergies. One needs to take highly-concentrated acidophilus and bifidus in capsule form that are stored in refrigerators (keeps the bacteria healthy and active).

#3: Food Enzymes

Did you know that there are enzymes and co-enzymes that digest every kind of food we eat? What’s more, organic raw foods contain all the enzymes needed to digest themselves. For instance, Eskimos eat enough raw fish in their diet that they don’t suffer from poor digestion or heart disease. Their food has enough enzymes to literally digest itself, keeping the Eskimos healthy. In fact, the word Eskimo even means “he who eats raw food.” So, enzymes are very important because they are key to healthy and complete digestion.

Here’s the really good news about enzymes: if your digestion isn’t perfect, eating enzymes with and between meals can support digestion and help with food allergy symptoms. When taken with food, enzymes help ensure proper digestion and prevent food particles from entering the bloodstream. When taken separate from food, the enzymes are able to pass through the intestinal barrier (just like the food particles) to digest the food particles in the bloodstream. This prevents the immune system from thinking that food is an invader, thus preventing the immune response that causes food allergy symptoms.

Adding these three simple nutritional supplements to your daily regimen–AFA blue-green algae, probiotics like acidophilus and bifidus, and enzymes–can do a lot to support your body’s digestive process, and relieve food allergy symptoms.

Simple, effective, and convenient… now that’s what works for most people when it comes to nutritional supplements!

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Back Pain – Muscle Spasms So Often the Cause – Common Sense is the Answer

April 29th, 2011
Kenneth Lewis asked:




One of the commonest reasons people get pain in the lower back can be put down to muscle spasms but, surprisingly, the difficulty is that doctors are unsure what actually causes them. Spasms within the back are generally experienced more often by those who don’t lead particularly active lives especially those who work in offices and are to a degree desk bound. You will know without doubt when you do get a muscle spasm for you will experience stabbing pains in the area and will find that you can only move in certain directions without it being very painful and a sense of being locked in position. Should you find that you’re experiencing such pains then there are a few, common sense things which you should do.

Be careful how you move.
The easiest thing to do and probably the first thing also is to try to avoid making matters worse so be very careful with your movements – don’t make any sudden movements. If you find that twisting, turning or bending gives you knifelike twinges in your lower back, it’s simply your back telling you that it doesn’t like it and you should avoid repeating such a movement. Equally, whenever you get a spasm while you’re lying down, be very careful in how you get up from that position; the best way to do it is to roll onto your side before easing yourself upright with your arms – whatever you do don’t try to just sit up, you’ll make matters worse!

Keeping the correct posture
Very often those who get muscle spasms will try to ease the pain by lying on their backs but, more often than not, this is a mistake as the muscle will usually remain in spasm and become extremely painful when you do try to get up. The best course to take is to stand or walk whenever you can since this will in itself help to exercise and strengthen the muscles of the back; additionally always try to walk slowly and in an upright position and avoid any sudden changes in direction.

Watch what you’re doing
It is stating the obvious, but taking great care with what you’re doing during the day is essential. Try to avoid bending from the waist to pick things up from the floor and try to avoid stretching to reach things – don’t be afraid to ask for help! As a last resort, if there is something you have to pick up then try to get lower down by bending at the knees – in any case always avoid lifting heavy objects if there is a chance of bringing on the spasm again.

Don’t sit in one place for long spells
For those with office jobs muscle spasms are very common. The key thing to remember is to be aware of sitting in one position for too long; shift you position periodically and try to move around and whenever it’s practical, move around the office; just for short spells will help a lot

Get the problem looked at by your doctor
Should you notice that you’re getting either prolonged or frequent muscle spasms in the lower back it’s certainly sensible to get things checked out properly to get both peace of mind and early treatment if necessary. In the overwhelming majority of cases there will be a simple cause and a simple remedy but there can be instances where the muscle spasms are symptomatic a more serious disorder and it’s always better to be sure.

Getting respite from muscle spasms in your lower back is relatively easy for most people just by following common sense advice. So, should you be experiencing pain in your lower back just stick to your doctors advice and be careful what you do during your day. There are numerous potential reasons for back pain but the most important step before beginning a particular treatment programme is simply to be certain of a diagnosis by a qualified medical practitioner then you can be sure that the course of treatment will be appropriate.

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How do you heal knee pain caused from running?

April 29th, 2011
ben asked:


I have been running high school track (sprints, not distance) for a week and a half now. My legs were sore the first week, but in the last two days I’ve developed pain in my knees. It hurts when I walk downstairs and almost feels like it’s behind my knees. This pain is so intense that I can barely run. We have a meet tomorrow and I know I won’t be healed by then, but what can I do to minimize it and eventually heal the pain?

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