One important and often mindboggling issue found with some patients is they have allergies to what most nutritionists and doctors would call super-healthy foods.
This issue often shows up in people with trouble losing weight, thyroid problems, or other auto-immune issues. These patients are often eating as we would recommend: lots of green vegetables, grass-fed meats in moderation, plenty of water, and so on. They are sometimes not finding the results their hard efforts would expect. For these patients, it is time for some specialized advanced testing. There are a variety of special laboratories that have created some tests to look for sometimes subtle or hidden allergies to certain foods, herbs, colorings and even medications. These tests check for hundreds of food interactions to find out which foods your body might be reacting to. If there are food reactions, their wide-ranging effects may stop or severely inhibit your body from healing, often irritating organs like the thyroid and liver. For many, this means no weight loss despite our best efforts.
Dr. David Pollack, of Creating Wellness Center, has had multiple cases of patients trying to lose weight that were allergic to lettuce, kale and even quinoa. While this sounds surprising, their results following the elimination of these foods were even more so. Patients who either could not lose weight or plateaued earlier than expected, began losing quickly again. This, of course, was after already solving and improving whatever other ailments were present. Often a combination of temporary elimination of these culprit foods along with the proper use of certain enzyme combinations may repair these allergies.
If you are struggling with thyroid issues, weight-loss issues, or an autoimmune disease, Pollack would highly recommend investigating if one of these advanced allergy tests might be appropriate for you. In general, a regular allergist or general practitioner does not perform or even know about these tests.
Pollack has helped countless men and women repair, recover and thrive.
Dr. David Pollack. Location: Creating Wellness Center is located at 66 Commack Rd., Commack. For more information, call 631-462-0801
