What Exactly is a Food Intolerance?
Let’s start by looking at some examples of food intolerance. There are two very good examples, one of which everyone has heard of, and the other, most are familiar with as well. Let’s first...
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Food Allergies
The Emotional Side of Food Allergies
This article is courtesy of Jennifer Leeson, LCSW. As a therapist, Leeson specializes in working with individuals affected by food allergies. For more information about Jennifer and her services as a counselor please visit...
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5 Reasons Why It’s Hard to Detect Your Own Food Allergy
REASON #1 One major obstacle to figuring out which foods are problematic is that, even on an elimination diet, you may not have truly eliminated all of your allergenic foods. Assumptions are often made...
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Are Food Allergies Causing Your Running Nose?
Chronic congestion of the sinuses, ears and/or the nose can be an extremely frustrating sinusitis problem that does not ever truly seem to go away. All too often I hear patients state that they...
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Do Food Allergies Cause Headaches?
Many people with chronic headaches suffer for years with no permanent relief. Whether or not you have migraine headaches, tension headaches, sinus headaches, or an undetermined form of headache, it is very possible that...
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Study: Relationship Between Adenoids Hypertrophy and Food Intolerance
Out of China comes a wonderful study on a link between IgG food allergies and enlarged adenoids. The researchers noticed a significant difference in IgG food reactions between children with enlarged adenoids and a...
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Testing for Food Allergies: The Standard Food Allergy Profile
The Standard Food Allergy Profile test takes the guesswork out of treating your condition and saves you a great deal of time, effort, and discomfort. And if by chance your test happens to be...
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Causes of Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Food Allergies
Treating Irritable Bowel Syndrome with a Food Elimination Diet Followed by Food Challenge and Probiotics “Conclusion: These data demonstrate that identifying and appropriately addressing food sensitivity in IBS patients not previously responding to standard...
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What are the Symptoms of Food Allergies?
Food allergies can cause a lot more problems than you (or your doctor) probably realize. Having worked with thousands of patients with food allergies, we at the IBS Treatment Center know this to be...
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Understanding Testing For Food Allergies and Intolerance
Inside This Article Why do food allergy testing? What foods are included in tests for food allergies? What kinds of tests are there for food allergies? Who should be tested? How Is a Food...
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Understanding Food Allergies: IgE and IgG
The immune system functions like a sentinel standing guard against foreign invaders. In the case of an allergy, the invaders are called allergens. The primary weapon that it uses against invaders is the production...
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Let’s Review: What is a Food Allergy
Food allergies may be one of the most prevalent health problems in our country and are certainly the biggest problem that I (Dr. Stephen Wangen) see in my clinic. But if you’re like most...
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What Causes a Food Allergy?
A quick Q&A with Dr. Stephen Wangen from the IBS Treatment Center. What Causes a Food Allergy? It is most likely that food allergies are genetically predetermined. In the big picture, humans have only...
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Testing for Food Allergies
The Standard Food Allergy Profile test takes the guesswork out of treating your condition and saves you a great deal of time, effort, and discomfort. And if by chance your test happens to be...
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Can Food Allergies Cause High Blood Pressure?
According to the National Health Statistics Reports for the United States, the single most frequent diagnosis given out by doctors is “Hypertension,” commonly known as high blood pressure. In simple terms, high blood pressure...
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Eating with Food Allergies: Be “One of Those People”
This article, while directed at people with food allergies, is for everyone who has specific food requirements (not just those with life-threatening allergies), and for their friends, family, and co-workers. Whether your food choices...
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Questions About Acne & Food Allergies
Acne may be one of the most common conditions known to humans. It can be embarrassing, frustrating, and downright unfair. Fortunately, most of the time, it can also be avoided. The Traditional View of...
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How Food Allergies Can Lead to Other Conditions: Sinusitis, Hypertension and Acne
Food allergies can cause health conditions that seem unrelated to what you eat. And they can cause not only digestive problems, but they can also cause many other problems as well. Food allergies affect...
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When Hypertension is Caused by Food Allergies
(img thanks to cdc.gov) According to the National Health Statistics Reports for the United States, the single most frequent diagnosis given out by doctors is “Hypertension,” commonly known as high blood pressure. (1) In...
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IgE and IgG: A Deeper Understanding of Food Allergies
The immune system functions like a sentinel standing guard against foreign invaders. In the case of an allergy, the invaders are called allergens. The primary weapon that it uses against invaders is the production...
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Food Allergies and Hypothyroidism
Hypothyroidism is a serious condition found in people with and without food allergies. However, people with food allergies, particularly those with celiac disease (a gluten allergy), frequently suffer from hypothyroidism. It’s known to cause...
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Food Allergies, Sinusitis and Runny Nose
(Img from e-gaho.blogspot.com) Chronic congestion of the sinuses, ears and/or the nose can be an extremely frustrating sinusitis problem that does not ever truly seem to go away. All too often I hear patients...
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Food Intolerance vs Food Allergy vs. Food Sensitivity
What is a food allergy? This is one of my favorite topics. It’s incredibly important for millions of people, most of whom don’t even know it yet, and it’s a very confusing topic. To...
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What is a Food Allergy?
(img thanks to parkhurstexchange.com) Food allergies may be one of the most prevalent health problems in our country and are certainly the biggest problem that I see in my clinic. But if you’re like...
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Getting Tired After Eating
Over the years many people have told us that after a meal they feel like they could easily lie down and take a nap. This is not normal behavior, but it is fairly common...
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Arthritis, Inflammation and Food Allergies
(image thanks to iuhealth.org) The body can be allergic to any food, therefore any food allergy is capable of causing inflammation and arthritis. This includes Rheumatoid arthritis, juvenile arthritis, and undefined joint pains. This...
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5 Reasons It’s Hard to Detect Your Own Food Allergies
(image thanks to fivehundredpoundpeeps.blogspot.com) Reason #1 One major obstacle to figuring out which foods are problematic is that, even on an elimination diet, you may not have truly eliminated all of your allergenic foods....
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The Case for Hypertension Caused by Food Allergies
Although not a major focus at our clinic, one of the more interesting connections to the identification and removal of food allergies from their diet has been for some patients a significant and relatively...
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Elimination Diets: Are You Doing It Right?
(image thanks to lexington.va.gov) One major obstacle to figuring out which foods are problematic is that, even on an elimination diet, you may not have truly eliminated all of your allergenic foods. Assumptions are...
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Study: Elimination Diets and IBS
This study comes from National Institutes of Health. — Study: The value of eliminating foods according to food-specific immunoglobulin G antibodies in irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhea. Authors: Guo H, Jiang T, Wang J,...
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