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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 372295" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>The problem is, Terry, is when you get the combination of someone who is desperate for answers with an alternative doctor or naturopath ho is determined to make some milage out of the "catastrophic" reaction. I remember that person - I couldn't get a sensible answer out of her, except that she had been told by her doctor that she was allergic to water. When I said, "You can't survive like that!" her reaction was, "Well, duh - that's why my life is such a mess."</p><p>It could well have been some trace chemical. Or maybe something else she had ingested some time earlier, and she made a wrong connection. it is so difficult to work out what is the cause and what is now, when what we ingest each day is a complex combination of natural and synthetic chemicals, and we MUST have something, we can't go without completely. </p><p></p><p>Also important to emphasise - don't assume all problem foods are artificial and processed. When we talk about chemical sensitivities and food sensitivities, we include naturally-occurring chemicals. Gluten is one well-known example. You find it in wheat, among other foods. Another common natural sensitivity chemical is salicylate. You find it in a lot of herbs, spices and almost all fruit & vegetables, even the healthy home-grown ones. It's related to aspirin which was first found (or similar chemicals) in willow bark, which for thousands of years had been used to treat aches, pains and fever. Modern aspirin as first extracted from willow bark, then the drug companies found out how to make it. What the drug companies now make is a lot more gentle to the stomach, than willow bark tea. I remember a tour of the drug company Roche, where they showed us how they sample natural plants and animals (usually stuff like seaweed, jellyfish or whatever) and test it to see if there's anything possibly therapeutic in it. Very rarely they find something new and wonderful, then they analyse it and synthesise it. It takes a lot of work, but that is how we still get some amazing new drugs on the market. The laborious effort is paid off when they make the occasional new discovery. They also sample in areas where local herb lore indicates a possible product.</p><p></p><p>The thing is - anything that has a possible therapeutic effect, is also likely to have side effects for someone else. You can't have something work in one case but be perfectly safe in all other cases. For example, suppose there is a new pill to take if you have high blood pressure. It's a marvellous new pill, it brings your blood pressure down well with no other problems. But it's not a good idea to give this pill to someone who has normal blood pressure, or low blood pressure. For them, it could send their blood pressure dangerously low and lead to dizziness and fainting. For such a person, there are bad side effects.</p><p></p><p>So if ever someone tries to sell you a pill which cures everything but has no side effects, run. Chances are it is a brilliant pill for making someone ELSE very rich...</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 372295, member: 1991"] The problem is, Terry, is when you get the combination of someone who is desperate for answers with an alternative doctor or naturopath ho is determined to make some milage out of the "catastrophic" reaction. I remember that person - I couldn't get a sensible answer out of her, except that she had been told by her doctor that she was allergic to water. When I said, "You can't survive like that!" her reaction was, "Well, duh - that's why my life is such a mess." It could well have been some trace chemical. Or maybe something else she had ingested some time earlier, and she made a wrong connection. it is so difficult to work out what is the cause and what is now, when what we ingest each day is a complex combination of natural and synthetic chemicals, and we MUST have something, we can't go without completely. Also important to emphasise - don't assume all problem foods are artificial and processed. When we talk about chemical sensitivities and food sensitivities, we include naturally-occurring chemicals. Gluten is one well-known example. You find it in wheat, among other foods. Another common natural sensitivity chemical is salicylate. You find it in a lot of herbs, spices and almost all fruit & vegetables, even the healthy home-grown ones. It's related to aspirin which was first found (or similar chemicals) in willow bark, which for thousands of years had been used to treat aches, pains and fever. Modern aspirin as first extracted from willow bark, then the drug companies found out how to make it. What the drug companies now make is a lot more gentle to the stomach, than willow bark tea. I remember a tour of the drug company Roche, where they showed us how they sample natural plants and animals (usually stuff like seaweed, jellyfish or whatever) and test it to see if there's anything possibly therapeutic in it. Very rarely they find something new and wonderful, then they analyse it and synthesise it. It takes a lot of work, but that is how we still get some amazing new drugs on the market. The laborious effort is paid off when they make the occasional new discovery. They also sample in areas where local herb lore indicates a possible product. The thing is - anything that has a possible therapeutic effect, is also likely to have side effects for someone else. You can't have something work in one case but be perfectly safe in all other cases. For example, suppose there is a new pill to take if you have high blood pressure. It's a marvellous new pill, it brings your blood pressure down well with no other problems. But it's not a good idea to give this pill to someone who has normal blood pressure, or low blood pressure. For them, it could send their blood pressure dangerously low and lead to dizziness and fainting. For such a person, there are bad side effects. So if ever someone tries to sell you a pill which cures everything but has no side effects, run. Chances are it is a brilliant pill for making someone ELSE very rich... Marg [/QUOTE]
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