Anonymous - As a child, I wasn’t the perfect picture of health. Constant ear infections, multiple ear surgeries, and an ineffective regimen of preventive antibiotics, prompted my ENT to look into food allergies. At age seven, I started allergy shots.
As a young teen, despite the best efforts of my doctors, I continued to struggle with ear infections and had developed a severe hearing loss, to be expected due to scarring. On the other hand, what no one was expecting, were the problems I began encountering with my digestive tract.
As a sophomore in College, after five years of suffering with severe abdominal pain, the doctors discovered I had Crohn’s Disease. It was not all too surprising as my father was diagnosed many years before with another auto-immune, Multiple Sclerosis. Like many Crohn’s patients, I was immediately put on a steroids and anti-inflammatory medications. These medications often had miserable side-effects, oftentimes making it more unbearable than the condition itself. However, with a family of history of colon cancer, medication was strongly suggested along with screenings every two years.
As a young mother, managing my health became crucial. You cannot hit pause on life when you’re feeling lousy, especially with two very busy kids. Unfortunately, in 2009, my health took a turn for the worse. By the summer of 2010, my condition had become so unbearable that doctor’s visits and hospital runs were becoming the norm. My family life was being disrupted, and something needed to change! I searched for alternative therapies, and a friend suggested the ALCAT food sensitivity test.
I listened to my friend’s advice and started my elimination and rotation based on ALCAT’s results in November of 2010. To suddenly feel like a brand-new person and to feel healthy and energetic was amazing. What was even better, were the results I heard on November 23rd, 2011. It was my fifth screening, and for the first time in my life, my colonoscopy was clear! It was a validation that I didn’t need as I knew it in my heart but was, nonetheless, music to my ears.
With my newfound wellness, I have become a 'cheerleader' for ALCAT and urge anyone suffering to consider food intolerance testing!
Luz from New Jersey - About a year and half ago, I was diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis.The medical doctor who had diagnosed me had informed me that my condition had to be treated with Western medication and that it was quite likely that the medications would have to be taken for the rest of my life.
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