Allergies are big business

Every year more and more people are diagnosed with allergies. The TV is forever showing ads for prescription only medicines to treat allergies - indoor allergies, outdoor allergies, seasonal allergies, etc. An allergic reaction is a histamine mediated overreaction of the immune system.

The immune system releases histamine in response to an allergen. The body doesn't know if your allergen comes from indoors, outdoors or outer space. An allergen is an allergen. The immune system is controlled by omega 6 and omega 3 fatty acids. Omega 6 fatty acids are the "accelerator" of the immune system and the inflammatory response in the body. They promote a response of the immune system to allergens and an inflammatory response to injuries or assaults to the body. It helps with the proper response to injuries and to things that require an immune response, however if the immune system is in “overdrive” the responses will be excessive and often in response to irritants that do not require such a big response. Omega 3 fatty acids are the "brakes" of the immune system and the inflammatory response in the body. They quell and dampen immune and inflammatory response. The western diet is high in omega 6 fatty acids and getting higher and higher based on the recommendations of allopathic medicine providers to reduce overall fat in the diet and eliminate saturated and animal fats. Vegetable fats are high in omega 6's and essentially devoid of omega 3's. Animal fats are higher in omega 3's although they still contain some omega 6's. Fatty fish like salmon and haddock are high in omega 3's and essentially devoid of omega 6's. Omega 3's are required to slow down and dampen the immune system response to allergens and the inflammatory response to assaults - injuries and irritants. As the western diet gets higher and higher in omega 6's and concurrently lower and lower in omega 3's, the incidence of allergies, asthma and eczema increase by leaps and bounds. Instead of treating the cause, more and more expensive and dangerous drugs are being pushed on an unsuspecting public. A low fat diet further exacerbates the problem as the fats first eliminated are the ones that contain omega 3's - butter, lard, fatty fish, flax seed, borage oil, etc. The fats that are retained but lowered in amounts, are omega 6's - olive oil, canola oil, safflower oil, corn oil, sunflower oil, etc. More and more children suffer from the relentless itching associated with eczema, the miserable suffering of allergies and the dangerous and even life threatening symptoms of asthma. More and more adults miss time from work and time from family events suffering with allergy and breathing problems. Even though more drugs - more expensive, more side effects and more risk of reaction to the drug itself - are developed, the problem continues to grow. The incidence of asthma is up more than 400% among poor and urban children, and no amount of drugs and other treatments seem to be stopping this tide. The dietary restrictions imposed by allopathic providers worsen the problem and they benefit from the kick backs and gifts from the drug companies as they prescribe more and more drugs. What are we doing to our children? Stop eating fried food! Increase animal fats and stop all vegetable fats, especially margarine (it is the most deadly)! Vegetable fats oxidize at a much faster rate than animal fats - they cause vast amounts of free radicals which cause cancer and heart disease. The pharmaceutical companies care more about their bottom line than they do about your children's or your suffering. Do not expect them to tell you what will really improve your symptoms. There is no big money in dietary teaching. There is no way to patent butter and omega 3 fatty acid supplements. 9 grams of omega 3 fatty acids a day in supplement form along with decreasing omega 6 fatty acids in the diet will greatly reduce and eventually eliminate symptoms of allergies, eczema and dermatitis. Omega 3 fatty acids, along with magnesium and manganese in a plant derived, colloidal form will greatly reduce and eventually eliminate asthma symptoms without the need for dangerous steroids. A good digestive enzyme supplement will ensure that the nutrients both from food and from the supplements are absorbed and used by the body. All processes in the body require minerals to proceed and a good, plant derived, organic, colloidal mineral supplement containing the 77 minerals known to be essential is required for proper health and as the needed cofactors to the previously mentioned supplements. Do not allow the pharmaceutical companies and allopathic medicine with it's kickbacks, big lobbyists and "gift system" of trips and free stuff for doctors and politicians to keep you in your misery of stuffy noses, itchy rashes, watery eyes, coughing, sneezing, wheezing and feeling bad all the time. There is a way out, but they will not tell you about it. They make too much money from your misery. Even if the government nationalizes health care as promoted by Michael Moore, maker of the movie Sicko, allopathic medicine and the pharmaceutical companies will still have a stranglehold on the American people. We need to take our health into our own hands and do what we can to prevent and eliminate diseases without big drug companies pushing dangerous and deadly drugs down our throats. We need to find ways like this to educate ourselves, because you can rest assured that the drug companies do not want you or your doctor to be educated. Most doctors get their education about drugs from the drug companies. They get their medical education from other doctors - the “we’ve always done it that way before” reason for treatments is not going to cut it anymore. You can allow the drug companies to take care of you and your pocket, or you can choose to take care of yourself. Guess who’s more concerned with your suffering?
Next post will be about diabetes and metabolic syndrome and obesity - stay tuned.