Raw food and oral allergy syndrome

[Monica]

Hi @ndy!

I'm not an expert on allergies, but I've attended a great many seminars on natural healing, and I've done a lot of research on my own, due to health challenges over the years. And, my husband used to suffer from allergies. He'd get intense headaches whenever the pollen count was high or something would blow in. So I can offer what I've learned, and maybe some of it might be useful for you.

My understanding, from a wholistic point of view, is that allergies are nature's way of facilitating a cleansing in the body. If you think about it, the idea that raw, natural foods would trigger some sort of negative response doesn't seem to make sense, does it? Foods that we know to be healthy should just make us feel better, not worse, right?

From a natural healing point of view, fresh fruits and veggies, as well as 'superfoods' such as greens, algaes, grasses, bee pollen, etc. are all cleansers as well as builders. They tend to loosen up old toxins and clear them out. Then, what happens is, the person might actually feel worse instead of better, as those old toxins are being released and eliminated. Thus, a runny nose is seen in a different light: The mucus is actually washing away toxins. Rather than seeing the mucus as bad, it is seen as a natural mechanism of the body to clean itself.

However, some foods are known to turn that healthy, watery mucus into glue! As well as adding more mucus, so the body becomes, basically, very 'sticky' with blood cells clumping together and excess mucus accumulating in the sinuses, so then when natural allergens like flower pollen are in the air, that excess mucus gets stirred up, and along with the body's natural response, the result is way too much mucus, resulting in headaches etc.

My observation is that when the 'sticky' foods like milk, cheese, and white flour are eliminated, then this extra mucus is eliminated, and the body is no longer susceptible to airborne 'allergens' or food allergens. You can find plenty to back up this theory with a little research. Try searching for 'dairy causing allergies' or something like that.

My husband was able to see a direct correlation between his consumption of ice cream, and allergies.

My suggestion is to try eliminating dairy products and white flour for a few months, and then see if you aren't able to eat the raw foods you previously couldn't tolerate. Superfoods might also help facilitate rapid detox. I've known many people who reported relief from allergies when they consumed superfoods like bluegreen algae and Swiss flower pollen. But I think the first step is eliminating what is likely the root cause of your predisposition to allergies, and my guess is that it's dairy products and flour, the common culprits.

Hope this helps!