Guest guest Posted September 9, 2004 Report Share Posted September 9, 2004 FYI, from NIH; note that only 1% of adults have true food allergies. Most of what our patients experience is food sensitivity, not immune related. I seriously doubt any TCM technique can eliminate a true food allergy in an adult. Has anyone ever tested this hypothesis with shellfish or peanuts. Take someone who has had shellfish anaphylaxis and reverse their allergy and prove it. any takers? uh-huh. we need to very careful about our terms and claims. those who claim to treat true allergies with acupuncture are hurting us all with this naive misrepresentation. these are the continuing things that make us anathema to the mainstream. January 1999 Food Allergy and Intolerances Food allergies or food intolerances affect nearly everyone at some point. People often have an unpleasant reaction to something they ate and wonder if they have a food allergy. One out of three people either say that they have a food allergy or that they modify the family diet because a family member is suspected of having a food allergy. But only about three percent of children have clinically proven allergic reactions to foods. In adults, the prevalence of food allergy drops to about one percent of the total population. This difference between the clinically proven prevalence of food allergy and the public perception of the problem is in part due to reactions called " food intolerances " rather than food allergies. A food allergy, or hypersensitivity, is an abnormal response to a food that is triggered by the immune system. The immune system is not responsible for the symptoms of a food intolerance, even though these symptoms can resemble those of a food allergy. Chinese Herbs FAX: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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