A Practical Approach to the Diagnosis and Treatment of Deficiency States in Allergic Individuals

Outline

1. Importance of recognition and treatment:
   1. Recognition and treatment of sub-clinical deficiencies increases resistance to infection, provides more energy, and staves off degenerative diseases.
   2. Diminution of allergic reactivity and increased resistance to allergic diseases in progeny.
2. Incidence of deficiency and reasons therefore. A study of ecology, which has finally become respectable, indicates that we have been destroying our top soil for many years by neglecting to replace organic material and trace elements, and by applying large amounts of artificial fertilizers, high in nitrates, which plants have been unable to utilize fully. As a result, these have seeped into our water supplies and have interfered with the important microbial life of normal soils. The addition of toxic pesticides, which includes a multitude of herbicides, has compounded an increasingly serious problem. Milling, refining, freezing, and other methods of preservation, including the addition of chemical preservatives, have reduced the nutritive value of our foods. Interestingly enough, the consumption of refined sugar has increased from an estimated 14 to 20 pounds per person per year one hundred years ago to a present total of 115 to 120 pounds per year in England and in the United States.
   1. General population
   2. Allergic individuals
   3. Primitive tribes
   4. Cats fed heat-processed foods
   5. Observations of McCarrison and others, particularly in India.
3. A brief review of vitamins and minerals as catalysts in cellular enzyme systems. Importance of proteins, carbohydrates and fats.
4. Importance of acid-base balance. Findings of Martha Jones, Ph.D. in Hawaii.
5. Clinical diagnosis.
   1. Simple dietary history important.
   2. Symptoms suggesting deficiency in vitamins and minerals.
   3. Physical signs indicating a lack of B complex, Vitamin A, polyunsaturated fatty acids, etc.
   4. Laboratory studies. A rapid lingual test for Vitamin C saturation.
6. Practical treatment.
   1. A simple basic diet.
   2. Vitamin and mineral supplements avoiding known allergens.
   3. Massive ascorbic acid therapy for viral infections.
   4. Nutritional supplements, including Vitamins A, B-Complex, C, E, iron, calcium, magnesium, trace elements, liver, yeast, etc. Importance of natural supplements in foods.
7. Results to be expected.