Food Allergies

Causes of Food Allergies

At a recent session of doctors studying internal disorders a doctor asked, "What causes Food Allergies?" Obviously, food allergies are caused by the body's immunological response to food. The real question should have been,  "How does a patient acquire food allergies?" The tendency to be allergic to foods is either familial (genetic tendency) or, by the constant and repeated exposure of the same foods. Both parents pass the tendency to be allergic to certain foods. Normally, a small child will reject these foods in their diets. If at an early age we are forced to eat certain foods that we do not like or the foods disagree with us, then we tend to become allergic to these foods. Unfortunately, overtime our systems begin to tolerate this repeated exposure to a food. In time, we began to show symptoms to our food allergies.

Unfortunately, as we grow older and start to become pattern eaters, we become sensitive to foods we always eat or crave. At a certain point the body's immune system becomes overwhelmed by these foods and begins attacking weaknesses in the body.  These food proteins are the foreign substances that the body is attempting to defend against. The manifestations are migraines, constipation, arthritis, asthma, or numerous other chronic conditions that over time become a chronic illness.

If you have chronic illness, we know you have food allergies. It is not to the other way around. Most laboratory medical tests are run to confirm or rule out a condition. For instance, the patient complains of fatigue and the doctor orders a test for Epstein Barr. When a patient's test confirms Epstein Barr, we know the Epstein Barr virus is the cause of the fatigue. However if the patient complains of symptoms like migraines or constipation, we know they have food allergies. Therefore, the Sage ELISA test is run to find out which foods are causing the problem.

When you say, "I think I have food allergies", you need to check the symptoms and then determine the cause of the symptoms by ordering the Sage food allergy test. The treatment will be a complete limitation of the positive reactive foods for six weeks. The proof of the validity of the test is that when the you reintroduce the reactive foods after six weeks during the challenge phase, those positive foods will trigger a clinical response (i.e.; the migraine or other symptoms return) . If the migraine, the constipation, or any other symptoms reappear when each food is reintroduced to your diet in the challenge phase, you may need to keep that specific food out of your diet to remain healthy or symptom free. Usually the symptoms are elevated because the immune system is back to normal strength and challenges the offending foods immediately. Normally different foods will cause different symptoms to reappear. A single food will not cause all your problems. Nor does a particular food cause the same condition in all people.

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