Every morning Mary would wake up with black puffy eyes and red lumpy acne under her skin’s surface. She had trouble fitting into her high heels as her feet and ankles were swollen. She felt tired, cranky, was mentally disorientated and very clumsy. By mid-morning she was looking and feeling better and by mid-afternoon she [...]

The answer lies in the very nature of the addictive process. If we make repeated contact with a substance that disagrees with us we can, in time, get used to it and learn to live with it. So used to it can we get that if we no longer make contact with if we start, [...]

This condition can develop when babies drink allergen-containing breast milk. These babies become very colicky and often pass blood through the bowel and whereas the amount passed is seldom ever a threat to the baby it is an accurate barometer of just how inflamed and painful the lining of the baby’s bowel is. Some authorities [...]

AllergiesIt’s no coincidence that most allergies, especially adult onset allergies, start after a bout of glandular fever, flu, hepatitis, surgical operation or crash diet. All of these factors are stressors that leave the body tired and the immune system depressed. The exact mechanisms by which allergic reactions take place are enormously complex and, for the [...]

My own allergy story, like most others, began in childhood. I was dogged by skin rashes and a perennially stuffy nose that deteriorated into three to four severe month long head colds every year. I can still vividly remember going to school with various coloured creams on my lace and being teased by the other [...]