Allergies
Allergies and sensitivities are the body’s alarm system, alerting you to the fact that something in the environment is harming your body or that your body is ill-equipped to handle certain environmental stressors.
Allergies Articles
Allergy and Sensitivity Testing
IgE Testing (Immediate Reactivity, "True Allergy") True allergies are much easier to detect than food or chemical sensitivities. A true allergy is an acute or immediate reactivity, an Immunoglobulin E (IgE) immune mediated reaction. True allergies always trigger the release ... Read More
Allergies and Sensitivities 101
It is so common to hear someone say “my child has allergies” when in fact they are often sensitivities or intolerances. It is estimated that 1 in 3 children (or more) has food intolerances (are sensitive to particular foods) and ... Read More
Parasites Can Cause Seemingly Unrelated Symptoms
In this blog post, Patricia Lemer MEd relates her personal experiences in dealing with parasites. It took me years to understand how my seemingly unrelated symptoms of dental, digestive and respiratory issues as well as obesity were all due to ... Read More
Immune System and Nervous System
In this post, Kelly Dorfman MS LND discusses how allergens such as mold and pollen affect the immune system and nervous system. During the summer, life has gotten better for most parents of a child on the autistic spectrum or ... Read More
Ear Infections and Autism
Kelly Dorfman MS LND discusses the relationship between ear infections and autism in this post. Many years ago, a group of parents and professionals discussed concerns about the emergence of a regressive autistic-like syndrome, later named Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD), ... Read More
NAET for ADHD and Autism
by Devi S. Nambudripad, DC, LAc, RN, PhD Alexander has dark circles under his eyes and a constant "cold." After finishing off macaroni and cheese, he throws a temper tantrum when asked to hang up his jacket. He wants ice ... Read More
IgG Allergies in Autism, ADHD, Asthma, Autoimmune and More
In this blog post, Kelly Dorfman, MS, LN discusses the role of IgG allergies and symptoms of autism, ADHD, asthma, autoimmune disorders and more. Food Allergies More Common Intolerance to certain foods, especially gluten (wheat related grains) and casein (milk ... Read More
Announcing the Documenting Hope Project
What Is the Documenting Hope Project? The Documenting Hope Project is a multi-year research and media initiative to scientifically demonstrate that children can get better from chronic conditions including autism, ADHD, allergies, asthma, autoimmune disease and many more conditions currently ... Read More
Allergies Stories
Diana: Mold Toxicity
It Took Years to Realize It Was Mold Toxicity Over the last three years, the brain fog gradually worsened, as did the fatigue. With it came weight gain, dramatic increases in food and chemical sensitivities and dreadful insomnia, with months ... Read More
Noah’s Healing from Autism and Mold Toxicity
Looking back at our journey, it is difficult to wrap my mind around where we started and how far we have come since my son was diagnosed with autism seven years ago and how mold toxicity was such a huge ... Read More
Kyle: Sensory Processing Disorder and ADHD
Where do I begin? Should I start with my being pregnant and working at a stressful job in New York City? Maybe I should first write about my family history of celiac and not knowing that having undiagnosed celiac/gluten intolerance ... Read More
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