I have a feeling that our ancient ancestors ate pretty much a similiar diet every day.  

It's wonderful to get variety whenever we can, as they did, but there are certain herbs and beneficial foods that are great to have a regular intake of.

AAh, thank you Lola and Victoria!   That makes me feel a lot better, 'cause I pretty much do eat the same thing week by week... being a bachelor and working 40 hrs, there's not much of this "variety" thing that people speak of.   I guess I was getting all paraniod because of the subject of this thread, worrying about screwing myself up because I have broccoli for lunch every day.  

Our bodies do send us signals, but theyre not always easy to pick up on.  If youre worried about a particular food, stop eating it for a week or two (or longer---months---, if a grain or a nightshade, to allow it to get out of the body completely) and then try it again.  If it was becoming a problem, your body will tell you when you reintroduce it.  Usually the foods to cause problems are proteins (think: gluten, casein, egg protein, soy protein, pea protein, corn protein.  People dont get allergic to things like pears.  Turmeric is not one of those foods that people have trouble with because it doesnt have protein.  This is my understanding--nothing official!--from all my reading on allergies over the year.

(My appologies about typos.  Every time I hit the apostrophe key my cursor jumps up and highlights Board Index,Eat Right 4 Your Type, previous, or next.  I dont know why.  Its irritating to see all these grammar errors.)

but people do get allergic to things like strawberries...at least my mom is.

The protein thing makes sense.  I've never heard of anbody that's allregic to water

Ribbit, my computer does the same thing once in a while.  I think it has something to do with Firefox..

You're right, Lola.  Strawberries, honey, cane sugar, citrus....I thought about those things late last night.  

Firefox is cooperating again.  My apostrophes are back!  Ha.  My 's are back.

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The protein thing makes sense.  I've never heard of anbody that's allregic to water

You can be allergic to the chemicals and minerals in the water or the temperature of it, however.

Allergic to the temperature?  Explain....

Quoted from Ribbit

Allergic to the temperature?  Explain....

You can be allergic to hot or cold...  

Allergies are developed during times of trauma or stress...  The body evaluates the specific energy and enviroment conditions surrounding the body at the time and stores this information in the allergy record for the body.  The more often the same conditions are present, the stronger the allergy record becomes to that energy or condition...

This information is from Dr. Devi Nambudripad, who developed NAET...  http://www.naet.com will provide more information and books...

My daughter-in-law says she's allergic to cold...and I never knew what to make of it.  

Thanks for helping me to understand a little bit better what she means!

It is all from personal experience...  !  We are all here to share so others can learn and understand more about ourselves...

Oh, not all people are susceptible to allergies...  The susceptibility is an inherited trait, but not the specific allergens...  Although you can develop allergies prior to birth!

Interesting!  My mother always said she was allergic to cold air, and would begin to sneeze and wipe her nose whenever she was out in the cold or in a drafty place.

Quoted from Hopeful

Hey Ribbit,
I now know( as of 16 days ago) I have extreme allergies to All dairy, eggs, wheat and gluten. I will never be able to eat these for the rest of my life. So although most dairy and eggs are beneficial to me and wheat was a neutral the proof is in the blood.( and I'm down 14 1/4 pounds as of today- it's a miracle to me)

Hi,
How did u realize u had all these extreme allergies ?
By a simple bloodtest and if so which one ?
Thank-u in advance

ABJoe, a psychologist would call those "triggers," I think.  If an emotional setting reminds the body of a past trauma, it can trigger the body to re-live the trauma physically.  I never thought about allergies as being that way.  Very interesting.

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Allergies can be eliminated.  I used http://www.naet.com to eliminate allergies.  I am very interested to see if someone following the BTD and Dr. D's Allergy protocol would be successful in removing allergies.  

I do, too!  I just love it.  I highly reccomend it.