Allergies and Inflammation

The inability of the body to manage inflammatory levels of prostaglandins and cytokines causing immune hyperactivity is one of the challenges that face us in

modern society.  There are more and more things that cause reaction and

inflammation to burden the body attempting to seek balance.  Usually by age 40

there begins to be chronic elevated inflammatory levels resulting in joint and

muscle (musculo-skeletal) conditions.  Adrenal hormones are increased to attempt

to balance the levels of inflammation resulting in anxiety and panic syndromes

and finally general adrenal exhaustion.

The ability to buffer acidity (pH) through proper ionic calcium supplementation is

one of the most important mechanisms that we must support in our body.  By

keeping the body alkaline and balanced we may reduce in the inflammatory

responses resulting from acidosis (abnormal condition of excess acid in the body).

Another solution in reducing inflammation is to unburden the body of its chronic immune burdens, especially that of allergies.  Many environmental allergies that

we suffer from are actually secondary allergies being driven by primary allergic responses, principally to foods.  It has always been obvious in clinical practice

that when basic food allergies are corrected, environmental sensitivities vanish. 

For example, by simply taking a person off of a basic food allergy like milk or

wheat oftentimes there will no longer be an environmental sensitivity to cats or

dogs.  The basic food allergies are wheat, milk, egg, corn and soy. 

Usually within three days of elimination chronic inflammation reduces and the

elevated adrenal responses down regulate. Although change will continue for

months after eliminating a basic food allergy, change is felt immediately,

sometimes as increased energy, clarity of mind, digestive wellness, and a

reduction of symptoms.  By simply reducing these items experimentally for two

weeks at a time and then reintroducing the allergen it is apparent as to whether

a food allergy is occurring.  Upon re-introduction of an eliminated food allergy

one may notice an immediate inflammatory response such as a rash, itching or

burning eyes.  It may also cause aching in the body.  Sometimes two or three

days later after the re-introduction of the food allergen a virus or cold or immune

issue may occur, which means that the food allergy caused inflammation in the

gut lining which lost its ability to be sealed and impermeable letting resident

virus in the lumen of the intestine to leak into the blood.  Then the body has to manage a viral process. (This is the reason why testing gastro-intestinal function

via stool samples is invaluable in treating the cause of allergies).

In practice, this is been so successful that I no longer respect the environmental allergies until after these basic food allergies have been eliminated.  Once the inflammatory levels of the body have had an opportunity to normalize then one

may determine what allergies are actually real and what allergies were just

secondary to an elevated inflammatory system.

As always, oftentimes answers are simpler than we have suspected.  Basic food allergies are oftentimes the result of genetic predispositions, blood types and

unique metabolism.  Reducing inflammation will lengthen our lives, reduce

discomfort, especially of the musculo-skeletal nature, and spare the immune

system to be active in ways that protect us from more important issues than

chronic inflammation.

Dr. Joseph Medina

Balanced Health Solutions

5370 Fulton Dr. NW

Canton, Ohio 44718

330-433-0275