The Healing Process
So the honest truth is, there is a cure to food allergies, but it’s not a fast, easy and painless cure. The reality is, it’s a long, painful and difficult process.
In my experience, the three key steps to healing are:
1) Abstinence and Patience
2) Keeping a positive attitude
3) Immunotheraphy
1) ABSTENENCE & PATIENCE
Mother Teresa once said: “Let nothing disturb thee; Let nothing dismay thee; All thing pass; God never changes. Patience attains All that it strives for. He who has God Finds he lacks nothing: God alonesuffices.” St. Teresa of Avila quotes (Spanish Nun, Mystic and Writer, 1515-1582)
They say if you avoid an allergen for at least 3 or 4 years the body will build enough resistance to tolerate it.
They may be right, in my case I did see an improvement but that was actually because of a combination of treatments I underwent throughout the 3 years. By avoiding foods you aren’t eating the allergen and hence the severity of your reactions doesn’t increase.
2) KEEPING A POSITIVE ATTITUDE
Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference. ~Winston Churchill
They old saying does “an apple a day keeps the doctor away”. In my case, I’d have to saya “a smile a day keeps the doctor away!”
Keeping a positive attitude is one of the most essential parts of your allergy journey. Stress plays a key facture in your physical day to day well being.
Dealing with stress is important for optimal overall health. While there has been little research into the connection between food allergies and stress, emotional stress can trigger asthma attacks --- and asthma can raise the risks associated with some severe food allergies, like shellfish and peanut allergies. Managing stress is important for parents of allergic kids and in people who don't have asthma, too, because chronic stress can have negative effects on anyone's psychological and physical health.
Through my experience, I have found that Stress increases the sensitivity of one, and as a result this can affect the severity of a person’s reactions.
There are a few things you can do to keep a positive attitude going.
3) Immunotherapy
Link to => Article in CBC about Food Allergies and Immunotheraphy
In my experience, the three key steps to healing are:
1) Abstinence and Patience
2) Keeping a positive attitude
3) Immunotheraphy
1) ABSTENENCE & PATIENCE
Mother Teresa once said: “Let nothing disturb thee; Let nothing dismay thee; All thing pass; God never changes. Patience attains All that it strives for. He who has God Finds he lacks nothing: God alonesuffices.” St. Teresa of Avila quotes (Spanish Nun, Mystic and Writer, 1515-1582)
They say if you avoid an allergen for at least 3 or 4 years the body will build enough resistance to tolerate it.
They may be right, in my case I did see an improvement but that was actually because of a combination of treatments I underwent throughout the 3 years. By avoiding foods you aren’t eating the allergen and hence the severity of your reactions doesn’t increase.
2) KEEPING A POSITIVE ATTITUDE
Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference. ~Winston Churchill
They old saying does “an apple a day keeps the doctor away”. In my case, I’d have to saya “a smile a day keeps the doctor away!”
Keeping a positive attitude is one of the most essential parts of your allergy journey. Stress plays a key facture in your physical day to day well being.
Dealing with stress is important for optimal overall health. While there has been little research into the connection between food allergies and stress, emotional stress can trigger asthma attacks --- and asthma can raise the risks associated with some severe food allergies, like shellfish and peanut allergies. Managing stress is important for parents of allergic kids and in people who don't have asthma, too, because chronic stress can have negative effects on anyone's psychological and physical health.
Through my experience, I have found that Stress increases the sensitivity of one, and as a result this can affect the severity of a person’s reactions.
There are a few things you can do to keep a positive attitude going.
- Keep in touch with others with similar situations
- Keep your family informed of what’s going, keep them involved
- Find friends who may not understand, but are willing to listen
- Keep a journal to vent
- Collect and share quotes, jokes and other thoughtful things with others
- Write poems to share your feelings
- Be spiritually connected – keep the prayers going – always remember that this is temporary – sort of like a test if you will.
- Volunteer, or participate in the philanthropy sector. Be around people who are less fortunate than you. Be grateful for what you have and remind yourself that your situation can be much worse.
3) Immunotherapy
Link to => Article in CBC about Food Allergies and Immunotheraphy
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