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3. Allergies Overview
The Basics Symptoms by Healing Items to
• Types of Age • Proper Consider
Allergies • Prenatal Diagnosis • Relationship
• Incidence • Infancy • Treatment Impact
• Growth of • Toddlers in the Young • Eating Out
an Epidemic • Children • Pregnancy • Traveling
• Top & • Vaccines
• Adults Prevention
Allergens • Schools
• Alternative
Treatment • Food Allergy
Methods Laws
4. The Basics
Food allergy occurs when the immune system
1 in 12 children, about 8% of the mistakenly attacks a food protein. Ingestion of
US population, has a food allergy, the offending food may trigger the sudden
release of chemicals, including histamine,
according to a 2011 study resulting in symptoms of an allergic reaction.
The symptoms may be mild (rashes, hives,
Eight foods account for 90% of all itching, swelling, etc.) or severe (trouble
food-allergic reactions in the US breathing, wheezing, loss of consciousness,
Milk Wheat etc.). A food allergy can be potentially fatal.
Eggs Soy Scientists estimate that approximately 12
million Americans suffer from food allergies.
Peanuts Fish
Tree nuts Shellfish
Over 300,000 ambulatory-care
visits a year among children.
Peanut allergy doubled in children
over a five-year period (1997-
2002).
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5. The Top 8
Milk Eggs Wheat Soy
Peanuts Tree Nuts Fish Shellfish
Others frequent allergens:
Raspberries, Strawberries, Legumes,
Sesame, Corn, Coconut, Oat, Pit Fruits,
nightshade vegetables
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6. Types of Allergies
IgE Mediated IgG Mediated
Anaphylactic Food Allergies Type II Allergies, also called GI allergies
or Food Intolerance
Cause Hives, respirtory constriction,
abdominal pain, nausea, diarrhea, and recurrent vomiting and diarrhea,
vomiting malabsorbption, reflux, constipation,
abdominal pain and chronic diarrhea.
Cause a Type 1 immune response Allergic eosinophillic gastroenteritis.
Serious in nature Eosinophills infiltrate gastric and
intestinal walls.
Epinephrine stops a reaction (Epi Pen)
Food intolerance can be caused by a
number of problems, including:
Anatomical problems, metabolic
reactions, pharmacologic reactions, toxic
reactions, psychological reactions,
infectious reactions, celiac disease,
digestive problems, and reactions to
preservatives.
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7. The Growing Epidemic
0-17 Years
9%
8%
8%
7%
6%
5%
4%
3%
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
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8. Where are these allergies coming
from?
Grain based diets
Abandonment of Traditional
Foods
Lack of Live Foods
Declining gut health
Antibiotic use
GMOs
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10. IgE Allergy Reactions
Hives
Respiratory constriction
Abdominal pain
Nausea
Diarrhea
Vomiting
SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION IMMEDIATELY
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11. Neonatal IgG Allergies
Uber “Kicky” baby
Prolonged hiccupping
Failure to engage
Breech presentation
Prodromal & Back
Labors
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12. Newborn & Infant IgG Allergies
Reflux Ear Infections / Fluid
Prolonged Hiccupping Screamer
Skin Rashes Prolonged Colic
Red Ring on the Anus Rapid Pulse
Flush cheeks and ears Demand for Constant
Attention
Trouble Sleeping
Head banging
Dark Eye Circles
Early Walking
Glazed over look
Need to be Walked or
Wiggly, restless Bounced
Dislike of Touch or Genital Touching
Cuddling
Nose and Throat
Excess drool and Congestion
perspiration
Eczema
Random Fevers
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13. Toddler IgG Allergies
Biting Bending over furniture
Hitting Never Happy
Head banging
Pinching
Punching
Constant Infections
Environmental Allergies
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15. Teenager IgG Allergies
Painful feminine cycles
and menstruation
Aggression and
Violence
Poor academic
performance
Depression
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16. Adult IgG Allergies
Chronic pain
Stuffed sinuses
Environmental allergies
Fatigue
PCOS & other infertility
Menstrual cycle impact
GI issues such as Crohns
Bloating
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17. Long Term Allergy Effects
Sensory Processing Disorder
Lupus
Fibromyalgia
Crohns & Colitis
Bowel Cancers
Environmental Allergies
Skin Issues
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19. Diagnosis
IgE
Skin Prick Test
In Hospital Food Challenges
IgG
Aletess
Observation foodallergy.com
ELISA Blood tests
In Home Food Trials
Elimination diets
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20. Healing
Adequate diagnosis
Removal of offending foods
Repair of the gut and immune
system
Digestive Enzymes
Cod liver oil
Biotin
Probiotics
Change of whole diet and
dietary outlook:
Food = Medicine
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21. Diets that help
GFCF
Specific Carbohydrate
Diet
Paleolithic Diet
Raw Vegan
Nourishing Traditions
(Weston A. Price
Foundation)
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22. Pregnancy & Prevention
Detox and Gut Heal 6 month
prior to TTC
DON’T EAT YOUR
ALLERGENS when Pregnant
Eat organic
Eat as traditionally as possible
PROBIOTICS
ADDRESS your own
CUSTOM NUTRITIONAL
NEEDS
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23. Learn to be an Allergy Shopper
Reading Labels
Learn alternate names for
allergens
(e.g. caseinate for milk)
Formulations change,
don’t always brand trust
Use Amazon Subscribe &
Save
Ask your local grocery to
bulk buy for you
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24. Alternative Treatment Methods
Biomedical Intervention
Gut Healing / Leaky Gut
Diets
NAET
Muscle Testing
Allergy drops
Crystal Testing
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26. Allergies in Vaccines
1 in 12 US children have a severe
food allergy
30% of Massachusetts VAERS
death reports were in children with
confirmed or suspected food
allergies
Vaccines in the CDC childhood
schedule contain Milk, Egg, Beef,
Pork, Latex, Yeast, Corn & Soy Vaccine Potential Allergens39
DTaP Bovine Extract, Gelatin
Allergy proteins in vaccines vary lot Hep B Dextrose, Soy Peptone, Yeast Protein
to lot. Recent study showed Hib Lactose
anaphylaxis from Tdap for children IPV Calf Serum Protein, Neomycin, Streptomycin,
with Milk Allergies37 MMR Bovine Albumin or Serum, Chick Embryo
Fibroblasts, Human Serum Albumin, Gelatin,
Glutamate, Neomycin,
Varicella Bovine Albumin or Serum, Gelatin, Monosodium
L-Glutamate (MSG), Neomycin,
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Contraindications
Severe allergic reactions
Encephalopathy
Severe immunodeficiency
Precautions
Moderate or Any of the following
severe acute post vaccination:
illness with or
without fever fever >105°
Chronic GI collapse or
disease shock-like state
Progressive seizure 3 days or
neurologic more after
disorder, defer receiving a
until neurologic previous dose,
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29. Introducing Solids
Organic, as much as you can
Use the Jonega Food Allergy
Scale as a Guide
Look for families of reactions
Make sure you space out
oxalates, amines, goitrogens,
salicylates, and other food
chemicals throughout the
week and day.
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30. Food Allergies & Autism
According to the Autism Research
Institute, 66% of Autistic children
respond to the GFCF diet
Dr. Lucarelli and colleagues
detected much higher level of
antibodies to casein and other milk
proteins in children with autism
compared to controls, and saw a
marked improvement in behavior
after an elimination diet challenge
Dr. Jyonouchi and colleagues
showed that when challenged with
food proteins from gluten, casein,
and soy, children with autism
produced a markedly higher amount
of proinflammatory cytokines,
compared with normal controls.
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31. The Bucket Effect
Nutritional Status, Gut Health
+ Genetics determines the
size of the bucket
How full the bucket gets is
determined by the
environmental, chemical and
allergic assaults the body
receives
An overflowing bucket means
the body has hit its tolerance
level
Outward expressions of the
overflowing bucket are
symptoms of allergies
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32. Eating Out & Traveling
Allergies are considered ADA
disabilities
Don’t let the TSA bully you
Chef Card
Menus and Ingredients Online
Disney
Hotels with Kitchens / Suites
PROPER PRIOR PLANNING
IS YOUR BEST FRIEND!
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33. Sometimes its not an allergy but a
chemical reaction
Naturally Occurring
Phenols
Salicylates
Amines
Oxalates
Nightshade vegetables for
their natural pesticides
Processed
MSG
Colors
Flavors
GMOs
Pesticides
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34. Allergies Affect Relationships
Birthday Parties
Holidays
Grandparents feeding
Grandchildren
Schools
Parent & caretaker
adherence to Special Diet
Stressor to Marriage &
Pocketbook
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35. Federal Food Allergy Labeling Laws
On January 1, 2006, the Food Allergen
Labeling and Consumer Protection Act of
2004 (FALCPA) became effective. This law
requires manufacturers to clearly identify
on their food labels if a food product has
any ingredients that contain protein derived
from any of the eight major allergenic
foods and food groups: milk, eggs, fish,
Crustacean shellfish, tree nuts, peanuts,
wheat, or soybeans. These eight foods and
food groups account for 90 percent of all
food allergies. Other allergenic foods (e.g.,
sesame) are not required to be declared in
accordance with FALCPA.
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36. Massachusetts Food Allergy Laws
Passed in 2009
Enacted in 2011
Requires food allergy training for
management
Manager should bring out the allergy
plate separately
Allergy notification on menus
Poster should be in every restaurant
regarding food allergies
Restaurants will have to have on staff a
certified food protection manager who
has been issued a Massachusetts
certificate of allergen awareness training
through a training program recognized
by the MDPH.
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37. Food Allergies & Your Federal Taxes
Food allergy spending is
considered medical spending
Official diagnosis is needed
Save all grocery receipts and
keep track of spending of
allergy friendly foods
Expenditures must exceed 7.5
percent of your adjusted gross
income minus any insurance
reimbursements
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38. Reading List
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