 How Do You Know If You Have Delayed Food Allergies?
When most people think of food allergies, they envision a person in a restaurant clutching their throat, unable to breathe immediately after eating a food containing traces of shellfish or peanuts. However, did you know that there are delayed food allergies that can begin a couple of hours after eating any of a number of foods. Reactions from this class of delayed allergies can last between 28 and 56 days. Understanding food allergies or sensitivities will prove anaphylactic or immediate food allergies are only one type of reaction.
Do you or a loved one suffer from asthma, bronchitis, heart burn, excess weight, headaches, fatigue, IBS, mood swings, arthritis, uncharacteristic muscle pains, yeast infections, eczema, skin problems, or other chronic conditions? If so, you should be aware of tests and therapies that can change your life for the better.
What if we told you that these symptoms and pathologies can be related to delayed food sensitivities? Delayed food sensitivities are extremely common. Instead of simply masking the symptoms with band-aid medicines, like steroids, we can use a sample of your blood to determine the food sensitivities that are the underlying cause of you problems.
Allergies are defined as specific reactions within the immune system involving an antibody called immunoglobulin E (IgE). Immunoglobulins (antibodies) are produced by our immune system against foreign invaders that are deemed to be dangerous. Antibodies mediate significant inflammatory processes as part of this defensive action. Allergic symptoms are the direct result of these antibody caused processes. Immediate responses such as hives, congestion or swelling typically result from IgE activity. Traditional scratch testing identifies IgE triggers such as pollen or peanuts, which can cause symptoms that range from annoying to lethal.
Very different responses are delayed allergy reactions. If they occur more than two hours after eating a food, they may result from immunoglobulin G (IgG) rather than IgE activity. IgG reactions may cause symptoms we previously described such as migraine headaches, chronic fatigue, Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), eczema and other skin disorders, asthma and other respiratory problems, weight gain and obesity, arthritis, and fibromyalgia. Blood tests rather than scratch tests are the only way to screen for IgG allergies.
The latest exacting technologies in laboratory medicine are now available to measure, from small blood samples, our immune system response to over 100 foods and almost 50 different inhalant allergens. The actual levels of IgE and IgG antibodies against these individual allergens can be precisely measured. The US BioTek Laboratories allergy test will help you discover with ease what you need to avoid or what you can include in your diet and environment to minimize allergic reactions and allow your body the time to rest and heal.
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