Allergies are more common (and more dangerous) than ever.
Seasonal Allergies
Pet Allergies
Food Allergies
Environmental Allergies
Allergic reactions can result in anything from an itchy rash to digestive upset to upper respiratory congestion to anaphylaxis (death in rare cases)!
In Springtime, or any time of the year, allergies can be a real problem for a growing number of people.
The list of things sensitive people need to avoid is growing longer by the day… animal dander? Grass or pollen? A certain type of food?
Lactose, gluten, corn, eggs, nuts… the list of allergens is endless these days!
Allergies used to be a temporary inconvenience but for many have become a way of life. Friends and family members are forced to plan their lives around the avoidance of these allergens, and restaurants and food manufacturers have responded by producing products that eliminate the most common allergens, and disclosing if a product contains potential allergens.
How did we get here?
The prevailing medical thought is that certain people “just have allergies,” and there isn’t much you can do about it, other than avoid the allergens or take allergy meds.
But I don’t believe that.
And fortunately it isn’t true.
It doesn’t even make sense, because many people develop allergies over time. For example, you may have not had allergies growing up but suddenly find yourself having seasonal allergies as an adult.
Or a food that you have always enjoyed may begin to bother you and now you can’t eat it any more.
It stands to reason: if you can develop an allergy, you can heal from it. You just need to get to the root of the issue and reverse the problem that caused it.
What Causes Allergies?
As with many of our “modern problems,” allergies have risen exponentially over the past few decades
But did you know ALLERGIES are a GUT issue?
There is a growing body of research over the past few years linking histamine intolerance and allergies in general to gut health and the balance of the gut microbiome.
What does that mean?
It’s good news because…you guessed: healing your gut can heal more than just digestive issues. It can help reverse your allergies too! 
And as we have explored in other articles, healing your gut can do so much more: from resolving anxiety and depression to improving symptoms of autism spectrum (some have lost their diagnoses!) and beyond….even hormone balance and infertility!
We’ve talked about ADHD, anxiety, depression, focus, brain fog, thyroid, blood pressure, IBS, detox…. We’ve learned that gut health is ROOT CAUSE.
Now we know that gut health is also the root cause of allergies. And now we know that healing the gut can bring relief to all kinds of allergies as well!
Questions? Text “Allergies” to (802) 227-7051
Break it Down
My dad had severe seasonal allergies for 60 years.
He spent his life avoiding flowers and trying to find ways to alleviate his misery every springtime when the blooms and pollen overwhelmed him.
His seasonal allergies were so bad he couldn’t put a single flower on his lapel at my wedding.
He tried all of the natural advice:
- Eating local honey
- Bee Pollen
- High Dose Vitamin C
- Allergy meds
- Antihistamines
- Air Purifiers
All of these things helped some, but nothing resolved the issue completely, until….
Now he lives and works on a farm with no problem.
His allergies plagued him his whole life. He could have resigned himself to it and said that he was born with it, or it was genetic, or there was nothing he could do.
But he didn’t do that. He didn’t give up. And he found a natural solution in the most unlikely place. He healed his gut and healed his lifelong allergies along with it.
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And how about me?
I grew up allergic to cats: my entire head would become congested within minutes of exposure to a cat or a house that had a cat living there.
After healing my gut cats don’t affect me at all.
It seems a little counter-intuitive that healing our guts can resolve something like allergies… but it does.
Why?
Because the gut is the root of everything. Read more about how the health and balance of the gut microbiome is foundational to everything.
Food Allergies and Sensitivities
Food allergies can be really scary. In recent years we’ve all heard about peanut allergies and how some children who are even incidentally exposed to peanuts or something that touched a peanut product could react severely (some can even die!).
There are so many foods that induce allergies these days. I have met people who have a list of only 3-5 foods they can ever eat because they are allergic to everything else.
Most people with a food allergy spend their lives avoiding that food and regretting it when they make a mistake or accidentally eat something they didn’t know had an allergen.
Other people don’t even know they are sensitive or allergic to a food… so they have unexplained symptoms and have no idea why.
If you suspect a food allergy you may go to a doctor to get an allergy panel done… but here’s why I don’t believe that is the best idea.
Instead, try an elimination diet: they are easy and free to do, and give more accurate results than testing anyway. Here’s a great book on how to do an incredibly accurate elimination diet so you know what is triggering your symptoms.
Even if you test negative for food allergies, those same foods can still be causing problems if you have a food sensitivity. Here’s how to tell the difference.
And the great news is: once you heal your gut, you can usually add back the offending food! That’s much better news than thinking you just have to avoid your favorite food for the rest of your life, isn’t it?
Questions? Text “Allergies” to (802) 227-7051
How do I Improve Gut Health?
For a long time I was reading the research about gut health and knew it was the answer, but I didn’t know how to improve gut health!
I tried dozens of probiotics, most of which did nothing for me.
No matter how much I paid, they were a waste of money.
Then a few months ago I found a protocol that is simple, whole food based and didn’t break the bank.
It is based on all of the latest research, has nothing synthetic or GMO, and it WORKS. There are thousands of testimonies on Facebook to prove it.
And it has a 100% money back guarantee for a YEAR.
So I figured I’d try it. Why not?
This protocol has helped people heal from everything from allergies to food sensitivities to depression to IBS, thyroid issues, adrenal fatigue and blood pressure.
This protocol works. Guaranteed.
Don’t suffer–you don’t have to! Start healing your gut now before the pollen counts skyrocket. You’ll be glad you did.
To learn more about the protocol I use, click here.
Learn more about the science behind the gut-brain axis.
To be invited to the group where people post their own experiences, text “invite me” to (802) 227-7051.
There is a natural solution for allergies. Get it now. You are worth it.
Questions? Text “Allergies” to (802) 227-7051
Resources for Further Study
Explore the many things gut healing can do: it is truly the root of our health!
See Stories of Healing: Autism, ADHD, Behavior, Mood, Anxiety, Mold, Digestive and More!
Are Allergies Actually a Gut Issue? (Study)
How (and why) to do an Elimination Diet
The Virgin Diet, by Dr. JJ Virgin
The Science Behind the Gut-Brain Axis Healing Protocol.
The Natural Solution to Improve your Gut Health and target allergies.
Heal Your Gut Now with This Simple Protocol
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It may lead you to believe that we are born with perfectly balanced gut microbiomes… but that is not so. 
Antibiotics are not good at targeting exactly which bacteria to kill: they kill indiscriminately. Recent research shows that one round of antibiotics can kill 25% of the gut microbiome (both good and bad bacteria)! That is devastating to the balance of the microbiome. And just think.. If you take more than one round, how much of our gut balance is affected! 
Other environmental components can influence gut bacteria for the positive or negative as well: ambient radiation from Electromagnetic Frequencies (EMF from cell phones, radio waves, cell towers and electronics), as well as toxins in our water, air, personal products and food. 
I’ve been researching this topic for years and it is still confusing, because labels don’t answer any of these questions.
When our brains don’t get enough serotonin (and other neurotransmitters) from our guts, mental illnesses such as depression, anxiety, 
Stress and Trauma
There is a way to handle stress and emotional trauma without years of counseling (counseling may be needed too… but if your neurotransmitters aren’t firing you’ll still need to heal your gut to fully recover even with counseling… or take meds to manage your symptoms). 
Metabolic syndromes
And when you think about it, it makes sense: our guts make up most of the one line that goes from the entrance of our bodies (the mouth) to the exit. Everything we put in our bodies goes through this pathway. So it logically follows that this pathway is critical to every bodily system and process. 
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Most of us live in a city or are affected by a nearby source of air pollution, such as a factory. Even if we don’t, we can be affected by pollution from other parts of the world, such as 
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You may even unfollow her on social media so you don’t have to see the posts about her products.
It’s simply a different marketing strategy.
Word of Mouth Advertising is powerful. When someone you trust tells you that a product is good, you listen. And you are much more likely to buy that product than if you just saw it on a TV commercial.
The strategy is genius if you think about it: the product has to be great, or they won’t find people to recommend it to everyone they know.
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Fluoride is a very small particle, however, and is difficult to remove from water with a filter. Most filters, even if they remove 95+% of contaminants, do not claim to remove fluoride. How frustrating!
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If you’ve never done a parasite cleanse before, start slow.
During these years I began to really research the causes of infertility, miscarriage. My search for answers has continued for another eight years. 
PCOS is diagnosed when either one or both ovaries are present with regular abnormal cysts. It can cause delayed or infrequent ovulation and can be associated with later experiencing type II diabetes and heart disease. It is associated with low vitamin D levels. (1) 
During early pregnancy, an ovary will have a beneficial ovarian cyst called the corpus luteum cyst that supplies progesterone to the baby until their own placenta takes over and begins to produce its own progesterone to sustain the pregnancy. This occurs around the twelve weeks gestation mark. 
Blockages can also be associated with endometriosis. Unfortunately, the solution to this is not dietary/lifestyle changes. These changes could certainly help to prevent further damage, but a minor procedure using a laser can be used to clear out the tube or tubes. 
We associate Vitamin A with eating orange vegetables or green leafy vegetables. 
In order to conceive, cervical mucus is needed to transport the sperm to the egg. In fact, noticing extra cervical mucus is typically a sign that the body is in its fertile phase. 
The thyroid gets stressed from not eating enough calories, excessive dieting, excessive exercise and in turn lowers adrenal function. Hashimoto’s on the other hand typically requires a gut healing protocol and testing for a chronic high viral load from things like Epstein Barr. 
An example of this occurred where I live in the Plano/Frisco area in North Texas. The water supply was poisoned with trihelomethane, which is a known female fertility disruptor. Who knows how long this had been going on and where else this is occurring. 
Ultrasounds have been shown to cause changes in tissue temperature and depending on where the baby is attached in the uterus and how long the ultrasound takes, it could be dangerous. We do not fully know the effects at this time. (7) 
I had no idea in years previous that consuming my regular salads with store bought salad dressings was causing chronic inflammation in my body and not allowing my body to properly convert sunlight exposure to vitamin D. 
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I had to use progesterone to maintain my pregnancies starting around 6 weeks and lasting until 34 weeks. 
Beef is one of the last meats on the market that allows excess estrogen unless it is labeled as hormone free. When the cows or steers are put on a feedlot, they are given an ear piercing that delivers estrogen to cause them to gain weight quickly. At home we eat grass-fed beef, but when we go out to eat, I now avoid beef. 
Have you ever tried fasting? 
I have done several juice fasts for durations ranging from 3-10 days, for different reasons each time (sometimes to focus on prayer or an event coming up, sometimes for health reasons), and each time I’ve found it a difficult but very rewarding experience.
Ketosis can be beneficial on a short-term basis for plenty of reasons: bad bacteria, parasites and cancer cells all feed on glucose. If they are deprived of that energy source, they will die.
When I fasted I did experience a clear mind, energy, and weight loss (weight loss results will vary for the duration of the fast, but rebooting your body makes it easier to lose weight for the long term as well).
