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Allergies: Disease in Disguise : How to Heal Your Allergic Condition Permanently and Naturally

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I am an RN with many years experience in health care, and I find this book the best source of information on nutrition and how it relates to health. The connection between what we are taking into our bodies in the way of food, ie: preservatives, processed food, refined food, and their effects on the human body are well laid out in the book. I have taken the things I have learned here and made a major difference in my once ill daughter's life because of it. I have recommended the book to several others.

I read this book the same time my son (who is suffering from atopic eczema) started a therapy with a naturopath. To my amazement did she the exact same things recommended by the author. And even better I knew what she was doing, because I had read the book myself. After 6 years of frustration, seeing my son suffering from eczema, countless, sleepless nights comforting my son, we finally seeing improvement. It took 4 months of drastic diet changes and 4 visits with the naturopath and my son is almost symptom free. we never got that far. Who ever is affected by allergy - indirectly (as parent or caregiver) or directly - should read this book. It is easy to read (even for me - english is not my native language) and to understand. It changes the way of thinking, of why we are getting sick and that we are responsible ourselfs for the things we put in our mouth we often call food! Good luck.

This has to be the most informative, yet easy-reading health book in existence. The author has excellent credentials and is obviously very well educated. Being sick for 23 years, this book has filled in many missing pieces to the great puzzle of my condition -- something 20-odd doctors have been absolutely no help with. If you have ANY chronic health problem or just don't feel as good as you'd like to, READ THIS BOOK! It gives you valuable information on a broad spectrum of interrelated topics and then concludes with a distinct plan of action. It kindled hope for me that I can regain my health and have a life for the first time since age 17.

Allergies:Disease in Disguise has changed my life. The author has written first a clear definition of what allergy is, and then given a plan of action to over come it. In the last few years, I have suffered from a widening array of allergies and was miserable much of the time while taking allergy medication. After following the authors directions for recovery for 4 weeks, I am recovering! I would recommend this book to anyone who is willing to make some perhaps significant changes in diet.

There are very few books on health that I recommend to almost everyone with unknown health issues, but this is one of them. For me it helped explain so much of what could be going wrong within the body.

Don't be fooled by the title. Many people might see it and think, "I don't have allergies" because they do not have a runny nose or itchy eyes, but there are other types of allergies or intolerances. If you generally do not feel good, but can't pinpoint it or you really feel horrible all over and are being told that nothing is wrong with you then READ THIS BOOK. Many things that we resign to 'getting older' or things that can only be treated by prescription drugs with equally yucky side-effects (like eczema) are really food allergies or intolerances in disguise. This book explains why eating dairy or gluten or whatever if you have a sensitivity to it might be making you feel bad, why it might produce different symptoms for different people and gives you an idea of what to do about it. It also gave me hope, as the author believes you can fix these issues over time and thus to do not have to abstain for the rest of your life (although, you obviously can not just go back to your old, bad habits that got you here in the first place; balance and moderation).

Read the book and if it resonates with you and your symptoms, find a Naturopath or open-minded doctor to help you through the testing etc. You just might go from feeling blah or just okay to great!

I struggled with food and airborne sensitivities for years (now in my 60's). Symptoms ranged from light headaches, to brainfog, dizziness, fatigue, chest congestion, and cold hands and feet. I went to general practitioners and pulmonary and eye/ear/nose specialists. I also saw Endocrinologists, Gastroenterologists and Allergists. The allergist provided me some help...but nothing helped as much as this book. It helped me turn my life around.

It covers every aspect of not just proper nutrition...but the importance of proper assimilation. If you have an undiagnosed condition....and the doctors presume your condition is psychosomatic (which is what one of my doctors told me) ...this book is for you.

Every book on nutrition and health tells us that the body has the power to heal itself...given the right nutrients. This book lays out all the causes of the symptoms I've described above (and more) and tells you what you need to do to heal your body yourself. I've read the book from cover to cover several times. Believe me...Dr. Koch's advice works.

So many people are closed minded to the possible side effects of eating cooked and processed foods.I found the book entertaining and informative, with logical, easy to understand explanations. I just wish I could do something to help people to learn how to improve their health. I think a person's health is the most important part of life. What can you do when you're ill all of the time? This book and a few others I've read lately inspired me to change my diet signifigantly, and whenever my instructor asks me to write a paper, I usually write about a health concern that I'm interested in. It also makes me feel good that the truth is being revealed, you just have to go in pursuit of it.

I am 52 years old. I recently bought 3 copies of this book.I gave a copy to a friend who suffers from allergies. I had bought this book for myself 3 years ago when I was getting allergy shots for dust and mold, and saw this book in the health food store. I had been on shots all my life off and on. After reading the section on dairy sensitivities and symptoms, I realized that all these years, maybe it was milk that was affecting my body. I had been a bed-wetter as a child, and this book explained how dairy causes inflammation of the bladder in sensitive children. That had been me! I went off of cow's milk and my daily symptoms almost immediately subsided. It's almost like my body just settled down. Not long after, I phoned the allergy doctors office, and told them that I no longer felt the need to get shots for dust and mold. The dust and mold had been the tip of the iceberg, but this book explained how certain foods agitate the body and precipitate allergies. I highly recommend this book if you are suffering from allergies. I still have days when I may sneeze a good part of the day (usually brought on by dampness and cold temps), but I am basically much stronger thanks to the advice in this book.

This book is really good. It gos in details of how allergies show up and how to get rid of them. I suffer from allergies and fatigue and this just started few years back. This book is helping me a lot.

My only issue with this book is that it doesn't give you a list of recommended products that have all the ingredients that author is recommending. It gets very hard to find exact ingredients but I can understand author probably doesn't want to advertise any specific product. My recommendation would be to have a website and advertize some products there that meet requirements in the book.

Very one sided, kind of hooey-ish. You're better off using common sense. If you eat apples and you have a reaction, don't eat them again. It's that sort of thing. Plus the author is also trying to brain wash you into leading a vegan lifestyle, which I have no problem with. However, the book should then be retitled as such.