But, if the digestive tract reacts to food materials and malfunctions, we are in trouble. The wrong molecules, not just normal, nice nutrients may enter internal body space and cause harmful immune responses. Given access to the blood or tissue spaces, many food substances, especially proteins, can evoke a harmful immune response. This theory of food allergy can explain a number of chronic diseases that are common but poorly understood. For example, migraine headaches, chronic nose congestion and the recurring cold syndrome, asthma, eczema, fibromyalgia, hives, chronic fatigue, joint pains all can be expressions of food allergy.
Many patients describe recurring colds or recurring flu-like illnesses.
Typical complaints are chronic fatigue, nose congestion, sore throats, muscle aches, joint pains, irritable bowel syndrome, flushing, sweating, itching, skin rashes. In children a similar syndrome with behavior and learning difficulties proves to be common. Since there is no specific test for the delayed patterns of food allergy, a trial of diet revision is both diagnostic and therapeutic . Both physicians and patients alike may be unaware that food causes these chronic symptoms. A food holiday on Alpha ENF is often the most dramatic way to demonstrate that the illness is food-related and can be managed by diet revision.