It is always important to identify allergy positively, rather than run the risk of missing the real source of the problems and the proper treatment. Symptoms Not Recognized as Allergy Other symptoms are more noticeable but may not be recognized as having been produced by allergy. For example, it may surprise you that high blood pressure frequently has an allergic basis. Blood pressure often drops dramatically immediately after eliminating certain foods from the diet. Other things besides food such as inhaling pollens or chemicals may also produce allergic high blood pressure reactions.
Muscle tension can also be an allergic problem.
One of my clients had had muscle tension in her shoulders for years, so that she carried her shoulders unnaturally high, attributing the problem to stress. Today, many physicians and alternative practitioners recognize that a much wider range of problems may sometimes be due to allergy including digestive difficulties, headaches, muscular aches and pains, arthritis, inadequate blood sugar control, addictions, and psychological problems, among many others. One of the most important discoveries in the field of allergy has been the connection between food allergies and a wide range of mental and behavioral problems. It is quite common, for example, that when people go on a fast, their psychological symptoms clear up, along with other allergic symptoms. Over the past 25 years, the Russians have been doing very successful research with therapeutic fasts for mentally ill patients.