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I do suffer allergies – quite serious ones and over the years I’ve learnt quite a bit about the biochemistry of allergy etc. Allergic symptoms are varied, but they do have one thing in common – they raise histamine levels in the affected organ (be it lungs, stomach or skin). The symptoms of raised histamine levels are well documented – asthma, inflammation, eczema, hives, excessive nasal mucous, conjunctivitis, vomiting, diarrhoea, migraines etc. The symptoms are usually pretty obvious, and the more you are exposed to the allergen, the worse they get. They are unlikely to be vague symptoms like "feeling a bit tired" or "indigestion" – stress is probably the no.1 cause of these symptoms, but no body ever wants to admit that! For instance, I had an allergic reaction to a luminous green toffee apple in Holland. Within seconds of eating it, my mouth swelled to resemble Mick Jagger, my breathing became noisy, my skin when bright red and covered in a rash and my eyes swelled up so I could hardly see. I then collapsed and was rushed to hospital. Another, less serious reaction was to a "natural" skin cream containing marigold. The aromatherapist smeared a sample on to show me, and immediately it started itching. Within an hour, the skin was read, swollen and weeping. That’s what an allergy is like. Not this hogwash that people keep coming up with. My daughter is allergic or intolerant to milk. She had the worst diarhhoea you have ever seen and taken off the milk she recovered within 24 hours. She didn’t have vague "behavior problems" or seem a bit unwell – she was seriously and obviously *ill*. I know a very tiny number of ADHD people are allergic or intolerant to some things, and show major problems within minutes of eating a certain food, but they really are a minority. When I hear that a child has been "cured" of ADHD because of a special diet I always wonder. Is it the special diet, or is the child more deprived than ADHD and the special diet means he gets more attention? The placebo effect always seems to be forgotten, and yet it can be incredibly powerful. The way to get round it is to sneak the forbidden food into the child’s food without him knowing. If it still has a dramatic effect, that shows it really is the food that’s causing it but people are always unwilling to accept any other explanation because of the implications it might have on them. Don’t do this in the case of anaphylactic reaction (like the toffee apple) however. And is you do discount allergy, remember that is not the end of the road. You or your child are probably in the other 95%+ who are not affected by diet. — Anna (mummy to Emma, born 17th Jan 1995 and No.2 due September 16th 1996) You were hungry and I was sorry. You were thirsty, and I blamed the world. You were a stranger, and I pointed you out. You were naked, and I turned you in. You were sick, and I said a prayer. You were in prison, and I wrote a poem. STEVE TURNER
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Mark, I chuckled through your whole ten count. Spamming ADD is a dangerous thing to do. We are a surly, cynical and volitile bunch. best wishes, Michael Michalchik BTW tI liked your flame too Cat.
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– E-mail me for more info. Hey, does *ANYONE* here *EVER* remember seeing or replying to anyone who included this particular sentence in their post, and getting *ANY* other response than just spam or a sales pitch? Has this phrase *EVER* been used for anything that was truly helpful, useful, productive, or even related to ADD/ADHD in some way other than an attempt to get money? I had a talk with my sysadmin today and he confirms that it would be REALLY easy to forge messages between these clowns so that they spend LOTS of time jiving each other. Not only that, but he had this REALLY evil grin when he walked off….
Y’know, all the snakeoil eggs hatch in the spring…doesn’t it seem like there are a lot more of them around all of a sudden?
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(snicker) OK, so here we have an individual called "Your Name" telling us the following: – get what I mean man. ONly those chemicals indigenous to an – unadultered Earth can give you optimal results Chemicals indigenous to an unadultered Earth? hmmm…would that be one on which no one has committed adultery?
Oh, like ammonia? 
Earth had an ammonia atmosphere until it was wiped out by some inconvenient bacterium. Mother Nature has committed adultery all her life. She’s unfaithful but fair to the point of cruelty. Dave | Salem. MA 01970-5225 http://www.shore.net/~dmoisan | | "Did you know there’s PP on your SLIP?"–Yakko Hacker |
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I am somewhat horrified at the lack of ADD/Dyslexia information and theory being exposed, unless ofcourse, its all been said, and I’ve just missed it( since I’ve just gotten online). OK, people whether you knew or not, here is the big scoop. DR. HAROLD LEVINSON (Great Lake, New York), Author of Smart but feeling dumb,Total Concentration,etc. has discovered a cause and effect relationship between the inner ear and ADD. He also believes Dyslexia is essentially the same disorder as ADD. Dispelling myths-you do not have to read backwards to have dyslexia. Levinson treats this disorder with a whole range of medication including Stimulants, anti-motion sickness drugs( the most important for some), andthe class of drugs that Sudafed falls into. He is meeting up with resistence from the paradigm mantaining Nuerologists ( see his book: Dyslexia: A scientific Watergate). His method is 75-85% effective. He has saved many lives no doubt! Dr. Barry Sears ( Author of Enter the Zone) is a pioneering biochemist who says " Food is the most powerful drug you will evr come into contact with" THIS IS NOT SOME BULLSHIT 4-FOOD GROUPS, LOW FAT DIET, COMPLEX CARBOHYDRATE DIET SCAM- LIES LIES LIES IF YOU WANT TO LEARN HOW HOW TO CHANGE YOUR LIFE AND PERSONALITY FOREVER GET THIS BOOK AND ALSO GET IN TOUCH WITH DR. SHENKER THROUGH HIS NUTRI-SPEC LABORATORIES IN MIFFLINTOWN, PA. This knowledge has been around the fringes of hardcore science know for 30 years. Learn about metabolic imbalances and how to balance them by eating the right foods for you. Become aware of your food allergies. Allergic reactions can manifest themselves in a million forms! I’m not saying Ritalyn and the rest are bad,but as long as you depend on synthetics, that will be your limit- synthetic attention instead of real attention. get what I mean man. ONly those chemicals indigenous to an unadultered Earth can give you optimal results -food and small dosage vitamen formulas, specifically formulated for your individual metabolism.
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<<I am somewhat horrified at the lack of ADD/Dyslexia information and theory being exposed, unless ofcourse, its all been said, and I’ve just missed it( since I’ve just gotten online). OK, people whether you knew or not, here is the big scoop. Thank you for the big scoop. I have a feeling we’ll NEED a big scoop to shovel ourselves out from under the spam here. <<DR. HAROLD LEVINSON (Great Lake, New York), Author of Smart but feeling dumb,Total Concentration, etc. has discovered a cause and effect relationship between the inner ear and ADD…..He is meeting up with resistence from the paradigm mantaining Nuerologists ( see his book: Dyslexia: A scientific Watergate). His method is 75-85% effective. He has saved many lives no doubt! Amazing. Who knew that dyslexia and ADD were fatal conditions? <<Dr. Barry Sears ( Author of Enter the Zone) is a pioneering biochemist who says…..This knowledge has been around the fringes of hardcore science know for 30 years. Hardcore science??? Is that the stuff we have to protect our children from? <<I’m not saying Ritalyn and the rest are bad,but as long as you depend on synthetics, that will be your limit- synthetic attention instead of real attention. get what I mean man….. E-mail me for more info. Yeah, man. We ALL get what you mean. You’re, like, transparent, man. Totally transparent. *laughing again* Cat
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I am somewhat horrified at the lack of ADD/Dyslexia information and theory being exposed, unless ofcourse, its all been said, and I’ve just missed it( since I’ve just gotten online). OK, people whether you knew or not, here is the big scoop.
1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10, OK, I counted to ten. It did not help. Sometimes we get stupid posters. Sometimes we get nasty posters, Sometimes we get salesmen. However, you are in a class by yourself. What makes you think we know nothing? What form of chutzpah is that? When it comes to ADHD, your knowledge is but a scintiila garnered in passing, and the collective knowledge of the group is far more. Please ask you doctors for a brain transplant. Mark S. Probert Merrick, New York
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(snicker) OK, so here we have an individual called "Your Name" telling us the following: – get what I mean man. ONly those chemicals indigenous to an – unadultered Earth can give you optimal results Chemicals indigenous to an unadultered Earth? hmmm…would that be one on which no one has committed adultery? Oh, all RIGHT. Even assuming he had spelled "unadulterated" correctly, what the *blazes* did he mean? That we should use arsenic if we want optimal results? Hemlock? Nightshade? Belladonna? Sheesh. You know, I think in addition to repeating "teachers are not doctors, teachers are not doctors, teachers are not doctors" ad infinitum on this group, maybe we also ought to repeat "natural does not mean the same as healthy… natural does not mean the same as healthy…natural does not mean the same as healthy…" – E-mail me for more info. Hey, does *ANYONE* here *EVER* remember seeing or replying to anyone who included this particular sentence in their post, and getting *ANY* other response than just spam or a sales pitch? Has this phrase *EVER* been used for anything that was truly helpful, useful, productive, or even related to ADD/ADHD in some way other than an attempt to get money? Nancy G. Nope, didn’t think so.
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(snicker) OK, so here we have an individual called "Your Name" telling us the following:
[good zing sadly deleted--dcs] – E-mail me for more info. Hey, does *ANYONE* here *EVER* remember seeing or replying to anyone who included this particular sentence in their post, and getting *ANY* other response than just spam or a sales pitch? Has this phrase *EVER* been used for anything that was truly helpful, useful, productive, or even related to ADD/ADHD in some way other than an attempt to get money?
I had a talk with my sysadmin today and he confirms that it would be REALLY easy to forge messages between these clowns so that they spend LOTS of time jiving each other. Not only that, but he had this REALLY evil grin when he walked off…. Now of course, – I <- would never actually SUGGEST that someone do this. Of course not — right? — D. C. & M. V. Sessions http://www.primenet.com/~sessions under construction
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: I had a talk with my sysadmin today and he confirms that it would be : REALLY easy to forge messages between these clowns so that they spend : LOTS of time jiving each other. Not only that, but he had this REALLY : evil grin when he walked off…. : : Now of course, – I <- would never actually SUGGEST that someone : do this. Of course not — right? I’m curious as to why D.C. Sessions wrote the identical message to me (see above) in response to one of my posts and to Nancy in response to her post. A slip of the return key? Cat
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"Irritable Bowel Disease": unequivocally synonymous with Butteyko. Sheldon On a recent Night Court rerun, Judge Harry Stone had a wonderful line: "I try to keep an open mind, but not so open that my brains fall out." 
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