Libra Health
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5th September 2010
Allergy/IntoleranceTesting
If you have ever wondered why, even though you try to take care of your health - eating sensibly, exercising regularly, drinking enough fresh water and getting enough rest, you still don't always feel 100%, it may be that an allergy or intolerance to something you are eating, drinking or coming into contact with in your everyday life could be to blame!
Back in the mid 1970's, no-one really considered allergy to be a cause of ill health, unless it was something that responded to the use of antihistamines, such as hay fever, or that was obvious and produced life threatening symptoms, such as peanut allergy, for which adrenalin is administered. Nowdays, it is recognised that many forms of allergic response come from a different type of immune system malfunction, and don't respond to the types of medication used in those situations.
Ten years ago, it was estimated that one person in ten suffered from allergy of some sort - recent reports show it to be nearer one in three!
Some allergies don't present symptoms immediately, often taking up to 72 hours to show themselves. Some even work like an addiction, where the body craves more and more of the substance and symptoms get worse if it is withdrawn and better when it is eaten, drunk or come into contact with again. This effect can lead you to think that the food you really like and eat frequently is good for you, and that it must be something else that is causing your problems.
These are known as "masked" or "hidden" allergies. For this reason, it can be very difficult to diagnose your own allergies by using an elimination diet. Of course, it may not even be a food that is your problem, as often the offending substances are food additives, colourants, chemicals (either in foods or the environment), car exhaust fumes, pollens, dusts, metals.......the list goes on.
One of the reasons for your allergic reactions can be heredity, in other words you have inherited the reaction in your genes, but it is very often forgotten that stress is a major reason, too. Think how much worse your symptoms get when you are taking exams, have a major report to present, or are in the middle of moving house, for instance!
The allergic response is an inflammatory one and treatment must be concerned with stopping the body's abnormal, inflammatory response to the offending substance. Sometimes it can be relatively easy to avoid a food entirely for the three months which the body needs to "forget" the way it used to deal with the item it treated as a "foreign invader". Often, though, this is not possible, particularly where you are dealing with airborne substances such as diesel fumes, or something which is found in many foods and is therefore almost impossible to avoid completely. When dealing with children, especially, taking away their favourite food for 90 days can lead to severe domestic upheaval!
Therefore I am very pleased to be able to offer treatment, in the form of Isopathic Desensitisation (sometime called neutralisation) to my patients. These remedies are specially prepared by the British Institute of Allergy and Environmental Therapy, using homeopathic pharmaceutical techniques.They are totally unrelated and work differently to desensitisation injections sometimes given by hospitals for hay fever.
This type of treatment is given by mouth, is safe, effective and free from side effects. As it doesn't involve severely restricted diets or much disruption to your usual daily routine, it is very acceptable to patients of all ages. This has proved to be one of the most effective treaments available for all types of allergy For more information on this treatment please visit www.allergy.org.uk
Mainly, I test my clients using the Meridian Stress Assessment System Professional 2008. The MSAS is one of the very latest computerised Electro Dermal Screening systems. It can test for over 160 foods and additives in less than an hour. It is very effective with an accepted accuracy of over 80%
By measuring the change in resistance by the body to a tiny electrical charge, when a particular substance is introduced into the circuit, via an extremely sophisticated software programme. If you are sensitive/intolerant to a substance, your resistance to this electrical charge will change. The MSAS records the information and prints it out in an easy to read, coloured chart format for you to take home after your test.
As the MSAS is capable of testing your reactions to 40,000 items, you can also have a full natural health screening, to help you with the
Sometimes I will also use Muscle Testing, as recommended by The British Institute of Allergy and Environmental Therapy. This type of testing measures the electrical changes taking place in the body by using the resistance of your muscles, which will weaken momentarily when a problem causing substance is placed near you. This is a well accepted form of testing too, and also has an accuracy rate of 80% plus. This would be used if for some reason, I am unable to use the MSAS. You may, for instance, be one of that growing band for whom electromagnetic fields are a problem (don't worry, I can offer help there, too!) and computerised testing would not, in that case, be an option.
Please ring your nearest clinic for availability and prices -
The Belmore Centre, Aylesbury 01296 612361 -Click here for appointments
Nature's Harvest Therapy Room, Leighton Buzzard 01525 371378
The Horn Street Clinic, Winslow 01525 378894 - Click here for directions
Brooklands Clinic, Milton Keynes 01525 378894 -Click here for directions
The Clinic, Northampton -01604 620966/0845 475 0606 - www.colonicnorthampton.co.uk
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