We can test both allergy and intolerance, and provide symptom relief for both ...but did you know that intolerances to food or environmental substances can produce symptoms just as bad as allergies but often go undetected?

We're all familiar with common allergen symptoms such as coughing, wheezing, watery itchy red eyes, sneezing or runny nose. However, if you exhibit any physical health problems at all, chances are that many of them may be related to allergies to foods or environmental substances etc. It is known that symptoms of health conditions are developed because of either a deficiency or an excess...allergies or intolerances can cause this imbalance.

The definition of allergy by medical science is ‘an abnormal reaction to a substance that is usually considered harmless, resulting in an immune system response’. The methods used by medical science can only determine true allergies in which there is an immune response, whereas intolerances can mimic exact symptoms of allergy but often go undetected.

When the body encounters harmful foreign invaders such as bacteria, viruses, toxins and parasites, it naturally will attack and destroy these invading pathogens. However, harmless substances such as pollens, dusts, grasses, animal danders, molds, foods etc., are mistaken for harmful invaders and rejected by the body by means of the immune system or other metabolic processes.

Although medical science has introduced some valuable methods to detect and suppress most allergic symptoms, its testing methods still miss many reactions exhibited by the body, and its theory does not adequately explain why the body becomes allergic in the first place.

A Holistic Allergist can determine both allergies and intolerances, and thus presents a new definition as ‘A bio-energetic counteraction to a given substance resulting in pathology’. This just means that the body can potentially recognize any substance as a threat, and whether there is an immune response or not, symptoms of allergy can still develop.

Although many unorthodox studies explain intolerance as a reaction to a given substance, (usually harmless) without an immune response, intolerance is merely the body’s rejection of a foreign substance resulting in pathology (symptoms). Therefore, can we not also conclude that ‘allergy’ is only another word for ‘intolerance’?

‘Bio-energetic’ explained: If any two charged objects are placed together, the energies should either attract or detract. The energies between the body and a given substance MUST attract or be recognized, otherwise a reaction will occur. This is exactly how the utilization process works within the body. Foods, for example, consist of vitamins and minerals. Some vitamins and minerals contain a negative charge while others contain a positive charge. Likewise, various cells of various organs consist of negative charges, while others consist of a positive charge. During the assimilation process, digested food molecules circulate within the bloodstream. As positively charged particles pass negatively charged cells within the body, they immediately attract and are utilized. Conversely, negatively charged particles attract to positively charged tissue cells. If the body does not recognize or “resonate” with any given substance, it may trigger an immune response, or it may not; yet it is still rejected.

When the body is not recognizing a substance properly it will reject it. If the rejected substance is eliminated through the intestinal tract, flatulence, cramping, abdominal bloating or loose bowel movements may be experienced. If the elimination process evacuates through the urinary system, frequent or urgent urination or nightly urination may occur. Elimination through the skin may result in rashes, hives, eczema, psoriasis or body odour. Finally, any rejected substance eliminated through the respiratory system may cause sinus congestion, runny nose – consequently a sore throat, multiple sneezing, wheezing or asthmatic symptoms.

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