Acne: How Food Can Cause It
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 is also avoidable. The Traditional View of Acne...
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Food Allergies
Generic Dietary Changes and Elimination Diets
If you’ve done much reading about IBS diets, then you’ve seen advice urging you to increase fiber if you’re constipated, increase fiber if you have diarrhea, cut back on sugar, drink more water, avoid...
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5 Challenges to Detecting 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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Testing for Food Allergies: What’s Included?
Foods Included in the Standard Food Allergy Panel – 96 foods Dairy: Cow’s milk, whey, casein, mozzarella cheese, cheddar cheese, cottage cheese, yogurt, goat’s milk. Meat and Poultry: beef, chicken, lamb, pork, chicken, eggs...
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Testing for Food Allergies: Standard Food Allergy Profile
The Standard Food Allergy Profile test takes the guesswork out of treating your IBS and saves you a great deal of time, effort, and discomfort. And if by chance your test happens to be...
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High Blood Pressure and Food Allergies
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 2006, the most...
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A Better Understanding of Arthritis
What Does “Arthritis” Mean? The word “arthritis” simply means “joint inflammation.” There are basically two types: osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. Osteoarthritis is inflammation caused by degeneration of the joint and is due to...
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Sinusitis and Runny Nose Q&A
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 have...
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What Foods Are Included in Allergy Testing?
Foods Included in the Standard Food Allergy Panel – 96 foods Dairy: Cow’s milk, whey, casein, mozzarella cheese, cheddar cheese, cottage cheese, yogurt, goat’s milk. Meat and Poultry: beef, chicken, lamb, pork, chicken, eggs...
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Food Allergies
Most people with IBS are suffering at least in part because of an allergic reaction to one or more foods. This often surprises people, who don’t believe that they have allergies. This is because...
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Food Allergies As A Major Cause Of Arthritis
Arthritis is one of the most debilitating conditions in our culture. It is actually the number one cause of lost work days at Boeing. Unfortunately, treatment is limited and almost solely focused on anti-inflammatory...
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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 is also avoidable. The Traditional View of Acne...
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Yoga Journal Drops the (Exercise) Ball
This months edition of Yoga Journal includes a short article in which I am quoted on the topic of food intolerance. Although the interview was quite extensive and I believe that the writer had...
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IgA Food Allergy Testing Now Available!
Measuring reactions to foods is a complex science and has traditionally involved measuring antibodies. Antibodies are produced by your immune system in response to things that it is attacking. Antibodies can be found in...
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Karina’s Kitchen
Yesterday a patient told me about a great recipe website that I’d like to share with you. It’s called Karina’s Kitchen. It is actually a blog, but the concept is basically the same. Her...
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