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Migraine, Abdominal Pain, Sneezing A nine year old boy presented the following problems: Crampy abdominal pain of three months' duration. Recurrent migraine headaches with vomiting. Recurrent sneezing attacks. Rectal itching, with burning discomfort He was breast fed for the first two years of his life, but had many infantile symptoms, including recurring colicky pain. He had intermittent symptoms since then, but appeared to have worsened in the last three months. Mother described a 2 week trial elimination diet - milk and eggs were removed from his diet - which produced some benefit, but many symptoms did not clear. A food diary (on the milk-and-egg-free program) showed intake of grapefruit, orange, toast, honey, peanut butter, apple juice, lemonade, and cookies. He tended to be snacking on these trivial, and also allergenic, foods. His substantial meals were beef portions, potatoes, and a few vegetables. Mother had noted that on high fruit juice and citrus intake, he developed chancre sores in his mouth. He had continued to have headaches almost daily, with intermittent episodes of abdominal pain, which was most disturbing. Examination revealed: one ear was crimson red, allergic shiners were conspicuous, the nasal mucosa (lining of the nose) was swollen, and the cervical lymph nodes were enlarged. A "milk-and-egg-free" diet may remain a problem for a variety of reasons. This child's remaining foods were quite undesirable, and did not work out either in the short or long term. This example illustrates the fallacy of "elimination diets" - complete diet revision is required to resolve this complex illness. The problem with delayed patterns of food allergy is that increased permeability of the gastrointestinal tract admits "wrong stuff" into the circulation. Food and drink can be thought of as a body-input recipes which have to be matched to the gastrointestinal tract. If the input recipe fits, then food processing occurs normally without the problems of food allergy. Most children have problems with many foods and require fairly rigorous diet modification over a period of time to achieve good results. Overweight and Aggressive A 6 year old girl presented with weight control and emotional problems. Her mother stated that she was "bouncing off the walls at home...a whirlwind of activity...fighting, screaming, and explosive...". She was overweight at 80 lb. and looked conspicuously plump. Skin rashes with itching were common, and abdominal bloating was almost a daily occurrence. She was otherwise well, and was adapting to Grade 1 successfully. This child responded well to Alpha Nutrition and within the first week was asymptomatic with no further emotional storms. She lost 4 pounds in the first 4 weeks. She refused to eat rice, yams, or squash but accepted the other vegetables, fruit, poultry and fish. Belligerent Behavior A seven year old boy presented with: Recurrent abdominal bloating with pain. Recurring facial dermatitis. Episodic hyperactivity. Extreme mood swings with aggressive, belligerent behavior. His behavior disturbance was the most important concern of both his parents. He was frequently hyperactive, unmanageable, destructive, and extreme in terms of angry, aggressive, screaming behaviors. His parents apparently took him to Dr... who suggested he was allergic to milk and sugar. They eliminated dairy products, candy, pop and desserts, but otherwise continued feeding him as before. He improved somewhat with initial diet revision. That program included expensive multi-supplements and his parents were not entirely satisfied with the results. They stated that he changed from a hyperactive boy to a moody child with more tantrums, crying, and moping. He had been a picky eater with strong sugar cravings and compulsive eating of sugar-containing foods. While he did not have dramatic manifestations of food allergy, his rashes and abdominal bloating suggested that possibility. We began the standard Alpha Nutrition Program following and introduced foods slowly to ascertain their effect and he improved dramatically His parents are both very positive about his improvement, but appreciated the difficulties of maintaining normal functioning. He had marked hypersensitivity reactions to some foods, with conspicuous facial and ear flushing, nose congestion, and deepening of the allergic shiner effect On a follow-up visit, his mother said that he was doing well, but occasionally he "cheats" and reacts. food continued to trigger inappropriate behavior, noted by his school teacher who remained alarmed by mild deviations from normal functioning. Brief Note on Delayed Pattern Food Allergy In this section we are discussing delayed food allergy, not the more obvious immediate food allergic reactions. Delayed patterns of food allergy are not so obvious and generally go unrecognized. Allergy skin tests do not show this problem nor do blood tests for antibodies such as RAST or ELIZA. Delayed patterns of food allergy are responsible for causing specific diseases such as asthma and eczema and also common but ill-defined illness patterns in children. There are many ways for food problems to interfere
with a child's normal functioning and to promote disease. We assume
that several problems interact in a complex manner to produce the symptoms
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