to blather on...
the innate and learned immune response have evolved over thousands of years....the innate system you are born with and can discern thousands of chemical cues to kill a variety of bacteria and viruses.
The learned system is much more complex ..always changing, always guessing...and this is where it can make mistakes...some of these mistakes we call allergies in general and food allergies or intolerances in regards to P. It's obvious some foods can create an immune response that enhances the symptoms of p. I think many of us are in a constant state of alert with immune systems that are going wild..hence all the flareups etc.
if you have similar experiences i suggest you reduce your diet to a VERY simple one consisting of
fish or chicken(i eat salmon or tuna). brown rice and a simple veggie (carrots,beans etc)coffee or tea and oatmeal for breakfast ...no salad,fruit,meat, candy, no flour,bread no corn .
Try it for two or three days...not a big inconvenience...it will cool down the immune system
Pay close attention and take note if you feel physically calmer...ie less itching,scratching burning etc...i believe you will
After a few days...add one item at a time...check your response after eating.wait a day...any itching?, agitated feelings?....pay attention and take note of the food...after a few weeks you'll have a list of foods which your body has mistakenly determined is a threat...quit eating those foods or eat them in moderation. Usually the foods you have developed the allergic reaction to are the ones you crave the most!
Now this goes back to evolution...it was only a hundred years ago when foods were only seasonal...berries were eaten in fall and winter, fruits in fall etc...there was no transportation or refrigeration. When you ate all the meat,grains or fruit you had to wait till the following year to get it again...food was seasonal. this i believe was a natural protection from over exposure which could lead to food allergies and intolerances. The more you are exposed to something the greater the risk of an allergic response. A farmer in Iowa claims to have more allergies then anyone in the world...he farms plants which are used as allergens for skins tests..rag weed etc. He's constantly exposed to allergens hence his Guinness claim for the most allergies. Today we are exposed to many more foods for the entire year...a greater chance to develop a response.
There is an old adage in the states...feed a cold and starve a fever....an old wives tale they call it in the US but there may be more truth in this anecdote then one would think...a cold is a rhino virus and seldom causes a fever....the flu, a much more dangerous bug lives inside a human cell and is difficult for the immune system to find and fight. The flu does cause a fever in the immune systems mutiple attempts to deal with the virus. It is my belief that especially during the flu and perhaps other diseases such as tonsillitis and strep infection that your immune system can make an error and can mistakenly mark a part of the body (the pancreas in diabetes) ms (nerves) or food compound (wheat,corn etc)as the offending attacker and we develop an immune response to that mistake. So it may pay to eat less during a bout of flu.
i'm tired of thinking,,,my brain is old...:0)
