Question:
I use to suffer from ADD, hypoglycimia, and seisures. All of which were
caused by food allergies.
Answer:
I don't think that anything science doesn't understand is
"hocus-pocus"; the area of allergies is hardly well-understood.
I think the boldest statement you can make is that science has
neither proven nor disproven the efficacy of NAET (so far as I
know). Since drug companies aren't lining up to fund studies of
this nature, I doubt that will change any time soon. Having said that, my attitude toward alternative medicine had
been similar to Christine's until recently. Over the course of
this year my food allergies went from my being allergic to sulfites
only (so far as I knew) at the beginning of the year to being
anaphylactic to everything except meat by August, with no help
whatsoever being offered through peer-reviewed, juried, controlled
studies on allergies. Despite being completely desparate, and
worried that I might not live through the year, I had to read
several reports of others' good results from NAET (on the EPD list)
before I considered trying it. It just sounded too good to be true.
I had my first treatment in mid-September and now I can eat all
vegetables, some fruits, all nuts, and all dairy, and all fish
without any problems. I feel better, sleep better, and my
digestion is much better. The improvement has been remarkable,
and certainly wasn't dependent on my "faith" since I had no faith
in this treatment at all until after I started to see results
(which took a few treatments).
It's too bad that people have to get to the "I'll try anything!"
state of ill health before giving NAET a try. Compared to other
doctors I was seeing, the investment is small. There are no
expensive tests, no drugs, no shots, etc. Perhaps if there were,
more people would be willing to try it.
I have thorougly investigated NAET, and while there is no doubt that
it, like all symptom treatment modalities, works for some, but not for
others. If it does not work for you, like it did not work for me, it can be a
very expensive lesson. Doctors who practice it charge a small fortune
for each visit, and it sometimes takes 3-8 treatments to 'get it to
stick.' In addition, there are potentially thousands of substances
which would have to be cleared, each requiring 1-8 treatments. At an
average cost of $40-$100 per visit (that's what the current going rate
is), this can get very fustrating to the client.
And now for my biased marketing ploy:
People living with severe chronic illnesses and allergies, such as
myself, are achieving spectacular results and maintaining our bank
accounts by changing our eating style to match our blood types.
The information you need to get started is available free on the web
at www.dadamo.com and is published in the book Eat Right 4 Your Type
by Peter D'Adamo.
"I am not selling or representing any product or service, nor am I interested in purchasing any product or service."
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The NIH released in Dec. the results of some early studies on the
effectiveness of acupuncture. They said that acupuncture demonstrated
effectiveness with pain and several other symptoms and recommended that
acupuncture be included in the conventional treatment modalities for these
conditions. My personal expirience is that acupuncture actually may also do the
opposite. If the pathways from nerves to brain or other nerve centers are
disrupted, acupuncture may provoke and stimulate these pathways to
be reestablished (recalibrated ?)
In stead of giving a temporary relief it could trigger the bodys own
capability to give a more permanent relief.
Western doctors would use techniques based on similar mechanisms
If a condition was not detected due to a disrupted nerve signalling path.
An external irritant as burning, freezin or even placebo operations may
trigger a self healing process.
If it is possible to make an allergen become tolerated, I have no
no idea. I would be skeptic, but not denying .....
BTW. At present western science has located nerve centers in the spine and
in
the guts as well as the brain.
