If you love food, the feeling may not be mutual!
It's been stated that upwards of 70-80% of the US population has a food allergy or intolerance.
Are you having issues with foods bothering your stomach? Can’t figure out what foods bother you because so many foods cause a reaction?
Developing allergies and food sensitivities may not be as simple and straight forward as we once thought.
Did you know that overgrowth of bacteria or yeast secreting (endotoxin) is part of THE underlying factor? Depending only on food allergy tests is an old way of treating food allergies. Leaky gut is caused by both food allergy and endotoxin overload.
What you end up with is poor digestion, stomach pain, cramping, intestinal toxemia, dysbiosis, leaky gut and the list goes on and on.
Does this sound familiar to what you are experiencing?
How do i treat food allergies differently than other doctors?
Many clients who seek my help have multiple food allergies, are tired all the time, not thinking clearly, have joint stiffness… and the list goes on. They are limited to fewer foods. They have bloating, stomach pain, gurgling stomach, and headaches.
The key is re-balancing the whole body and lessening the inflammation in the gut specifically.
Clients who are in my health programs get massive results because I work to lower key inflammation markers (SIgA, Calprotectin, Endotoxin Quotient, Serotonin and Histamine) along with food allergies.
You have to treat the entire gut, NOT just removing foods. Taking foods out of the diet is only 40% effective for long term success.
Because as soon as you eat the food again, the symptoms come back.
Most clients work with me for 4- 8 months to lower inflammation and feel better even if they have a panel that looks like this!⬅️
Can I really help you?
Yup! My number one source of referrals are satisfied clients and other doctors when they’ve exhausted traditional options
Yes even if you’ve tried a bunch of different restrictive diets like AIP, SCD, Keto and the Monodiet. I help you find the right foods for your body right now, based on your test results, not a theory
Absolutely! Because we’re getting objective data in the first month working together on how your gut works, there is no guessing or need for the annoying elimination diet that takes forever.
100% YES, you can return back to eating normally and not having your life and (social life) so restricted by your diet.
Of course, you can enjoy beer and wine again!
Even if you’ve been dealing with these issues and you’ve seen other doctors, I can help you. I’ve seen a lot and treated alot of people successfully.
What’s the underlying problem?
In all of my health programs, I start by looking at the balance of friendly and harmful bacteria in your digestive tract + allergy tests. Why?
Aggressive bacteria begin growing out of control, spewing their endotoxin everywhere and compromising your immune system which is heavily based in the digestive tract. The overgrowth actually compromises your intestinal barrier, which allows metabolic waste & toxins to spill into your bloodstream, triggering histamine-rich allergic responses. This is why you may develop an allergy to some foods that were not formerly problematic.
I’ve seen cases where thyroid issues, including hashimoto’s or even peri-menopause symptoms clear when you focus on the gut. So it’s best to not assume all hormone issues require the replacement of hormones, sometimes you just need to focus on the source of the problem.
Often times it starts by taking antibiotics even for a short time, eating a diet high in processed foods or stress.
I encourage my patients to look at the entire gut function and not limit their view to just food allergies. I've seen in many cases where folks just assume you can clear candida with just diet and that’s not true 100% of the time. When you don't treat the imbalance in gut flora, the allergenic response returns over time- even after food avoidance or elimination.
so, If you’re ready to feel better and you want help now + are tired of trying to figure this out on your own…
schedule time to speak with me.
You’ve got my calendar right here. it may be your LIFE-CHANGING conversation
The Carroll Food intolerance: for Special cases
As the only doctor in the Bay area providing the Carroll Food Intolerance assessment, I offer this special food allergy/intolerance test for patients with chronic digestive and skin disorders that just seem hard to treat. While food allergy testing is different from intolerance testing, both give a great deal of information about if foods contribute to inflammation in your body.
How it works:
In my office, the food assessment is done with a sample placed in a specific electric circuit and exposing the sample to various foods in contact with a reagent. Most people test intolerant to one of the 10 most common foods or food categories such as eggs, sugar, and potato. In addition, most people have a problem with one or more combinations of food, which are similarly not well tolerated. The most common food combinations are: grain and potato, grain with milk, and fruit with sugar.
With each test, patients receive a comprehensive report outlining their individual food intolerance and their specific food combination. I usually get lots of questions about how to navigate making the change, but often times, once my patients stop consuming the main food intolerance, many annoying symptoms and diseases that impede quality of life go away.
History Behind Food Intolerance Testing:
Currently, we are aware of several different kinds of reactivity to foods. Intolerances, not food allergy, has to do with digestion and metabolism and is an enzymatic phenomenon, genetically determined. Food intolerance means that a particular body does not digest or metabolize a particular food well. As a consequence, maldigestion occurs, and toxic metabolites are formed in the intestine and absorbed into the blood. These will affect or interfere with normal function of the body, and become part of the basis of chronic illness.
Dr. Otis G. Carroll is considered one of the most significant naturopathic physicians of this century. He practiced from 1917 - 1962, in Spokane, Washington. His clinic was the most famous west of the Mississippi. His clinic was a “Mecca” of healing, drawing people from all over the world. His work was based upon the European nature-cure approach, which favored a simple, vegetarian diet, hydrotherapy, homeopathy, and herbal medicine.
With all of his success, he was unable to help his chronically ill son. This stimulated his continual search for better methods, which led him to the work of Stanford’s Dr. Abrams, a professor of physiology. Abrams had been experimenting with new techniques in diagnosis. Dr. Carroll modified Abrams’ work to devise a method of testing for foods which are not well digested or metabolized in a particular body, and thereby become a source of maldigestion, intestinal toxemia, dysboisis, and chronic irritation to body tissues. This naturopathic concept was not a part of standard medicine. Through this work, Carroll discovered that his son was intolerant to fruit, which he had always thought was a perfect and healing food for anyone. He removed fruit from his son’s diet, and for the first time his son recovered.
what are your next steps?
I've tested many patients who have had SIGNIFICANT relief from chronic headaches and migraines, chronic diarrhea, intense abdominal cramping and bloating, decreased occurrence of asthma attacks, decreased constipation, muscle aching and pain, chronic nausea and much more all from running these simple tests.
Again, think of how powerful this knowledge can be for improving your quality of life.