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Did you know that when you eat a lot of the same food items you could develop a food allergy? More so if you are prone to food allergies in the first place, you can develop it to new ones that have been introduced to your diet. To prevent new food allergies from occurring or to just prevent any more it is important that you try a allergies rotation diet. For those who are chronic sufferers of such allergies they are usually put on a rotation diet that will help them stay away from such allergies, but make it possible to eat. You will find with multiple food allergies the rotation diet allows you to have a system that is easy to stick with. You will be able to avoid potentially dangerous situations if you stick with the recommended rotation diet.

This diet has a person with multiple food allergies eat on an every four day basis. In other words on Monday you had chicken, rice, and milk. These eatables are okay as you have been tested and found clean for allergies related to these foods. However for the next four days you are not allowed to have any chicken, milk, or rice in a meal. Even if you just supplement one item from the menu you are still risking a food allergy to some type. Most individuals who develop such allergies are told to just eliminate those from their diet. What they should be told is that the rotation diet is the best way to start eating properly. For someone prone to food allergies they can develop more problems to food and experience a lot more pain. In fact what could happen is the individual after four years of eliminating certain eatables from their diet and only eating what is left can have a new allergy or allergies, which means they are back to finding something else they can eat.

You will also find in the same vain that if you stop eating a particular item on a regular basis you may be able to go back to eating that after a considerable time. When you rotate your diet you are masking the antibodies your body has a problem with. This means that you have less chance of being affected by it. For those that have a mild or borderline allergy it can be important to start on this type of diet.

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Most people, and certainly most smart people, avoid looking too closely at their alcohol use. Frequently that’s a good idea, at least in the short run. Unhappily, over the long haul this can lead to problems, both real and mythical, that early and productive awareness might have helped avoid. The problem here is the mythology - not alcohol itself.

Most of us have been mislead into believing that the misuse, or over use, of alcohol is a progressive and irreversible condition leading - a terminal “disease” for which there is only demeaning and unending recovery, a condition many understandably consider worse than being a drunk. This situation is further muddied by most “assessments” which only serve to justify one-size-fits-all treatment that almost never includes either moderation or real recovery as options - despite the research and what we all know from experience: people make all sorts of changes with regard to their alcohol use just as they do with smoking, weight loss, and many other nagging problems.

What’s a person to do? First, consider the following alcohol use categories: healthy, abusive, dependent, and addicted, and decide where you fit:

Healthy alcohol consumption has been found to be approximately two drinks of distilled spirits, two bottles of beer, or one half bottle of wine per day for an adult man, and half that for an adult women. These amounts confer the most health benefits without any associated detrimental effects. Obviously, not everyone consumes these set amounts, nor do most people who drink necessarily always stop at one or two. Certain social settings may find one consuming more over the duration of an event, for example, but the average should remain within the recommended parameters.

Alcohol abuse is defined as consumption which consistently exceeds the recommended levels and/or is done in isolation rather than socially. Generally these two symptoms will occur in unison but either is sufficient to cause concern. Frequent contributing factors include loneliness, exhaustion, and a paucity of peers or activities. At this stage, remediation is common enough to be the norm, with a return to healthy use the usual outcome. Counseling may expedite the process and help with the underlying causes.

Alcohol dependence occurs after long periods of excessive use leading to social, physical, and emotional dependence. Drinking becomes a primary coping mechanism across multiple categories; for example, socially, recreationally, vocationally, and spiritually. Symptoms may include physical withdrawal following cessation, depression, increased isolation, significant weight gain, decreased liver function, and possible legal, financial, and/or employment problems. As multiple problems need attention, counseling can help with the reorganization, prioritization, and systematic accomplishment of necessary changes.

While a return to moderate or healthy use is normal, a period of abstinence, possibly one to two years, is recommended. Many people who do this never return to drinking at all, having successfully modified their lives in other and more satisfactory ways.

Alcohol addiction, or alcoholism, results when a person’s physical, emotional, and psychological being is permeated by alcohol and its consumption. Distinct withdrawal symptoms - physical (i.e. tremors, seizures) and psychological ones (i.e. blackouts) - are present and alcohol related disintegration in several areas of life (i.e. financial, legal, vocational, marital, recreational, social, medical) is present. While approximately a third of diagnosed alcoholics return to moderate drinking, this is not generally recommended.

At this stage both medical and counseling help is usually necessary given the physical, social, emotional, and psychological aspects. Recovery prospects are uncertain at best and outcomes vary. As always, motivation and a belief in personal efficacy, as opposed to “powerlessness,” are the primary factors in success.

Please remember that the three problem categories are all amenable to fixing without labels, meetings, or lifelong stigma. Alcohol abuse and dependence are particularly correctable back to healthy moderate consumption levels, and more than 58% of U.S. adults with alcohol addiction (alcoholism) that began more than one year ago were able to moderate their use by a year later (according to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism).

If you have concerns about your own situation, or that of a loved one or friend, look for help where options exist, not where a single “program” is inflicted on everyone regardless of their condition. You wouldn’t accept a single treatment for every stage and type of a real disease like cancer, don’t be fooled into accepting one for a non-disease like alcohol abuse.

In the U.S. resources can be found for moderation at www.moderation.org, for non-pathology based therapy at: www.goodtherapy.org, and for Harm Reduction at: www.hamsnetwork.org

Dr. Mary Ellen Barnes is President and co-founder of Your Empowering Solutions, Inc, a southern California based alternative alcohol counseling center. Dr. Barnes is particularly interested in the plight of women who wish to change their use of alcohol, either through moderation or abstinence. Learn more about Dr. Barnes and Y.E.S. and the innovative work being done at:
http://www.non12step.com