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r. lred Pescutore, ML, uuthor of New York
1lmes' 8est Seller 1ne namµtons Þìet und
former Medlcul Llrector of the Atklns Center
for fve yeurs, wus recently lntervlewed by Curl Eelvle.
Lurlng the lntervlew, Lr. Pescutore sµeuks ubout
how food sensltlvltles, or hldden food ullergles, cun
cuuse heulth µroblems llke nusul ullergles, usthmu,
eczemu, dlubetes, lrrltuble bowel syndrome, urthrltls,
mlgrulne heuduches, futlgue, und welght guln.
Lr. Pescutore exµlulns the dlñerence between true
food ullergles und food sensltlvltles: "lood ullergles
und food sensltlvltles ure two comµletely dlñerent
thlngs. lood ullergles, you generully know ubout
becuuse your throut wlll close uµ, you'll get hlves,
you'll huve ull sorts of bud thlngs huµµen to you. You
cun dle from u food ullergy."
"lood sensltlvltles, ulso known us food lntolerunces
und deluyed food ullergles, muy not cuuse u
lnfummutory reuctlon untll ,z hours ufter the
oñendlng food ls lngested.'
vhen usked how food sensltlvltles develoµ Lr.
Pescutore exµlulns: "Mlcroscoµlc, llttle undlgested
food µurtlcles get cuught ln your blood streum, then
your body suys, 'vult u mlnute, thls lsn't suµµosed to
be here. 1hls ls u forelgn body.' lt's u forelgn lnvuder.
So lt sets uµ thls whole cuscude of lmmune system
resµonses. You huve to remember, most of our
lmmune system cells reslde ln our dlgestlve truct...
vhen thut's not functlonlng µroµerly, so muny thlngs
cun go wrong: Mlgrulne heuduches, lndlgestlon,
welght guln, lnublllty to lose welght, heuduches,
ullergles, eczemu, urthrltls."
"l could µrobubly llst µc or ¸c dlñerent symµtoms,"
suys Lr. Pescutore.
"Lverybody ln Amerlcu needs un untlgen leukocyte
cellulur untlbody (ALCA1) test. lf you're suñerlng from
lnublllty to lose welght, lf you've got futlgue, lf you've
got hulr µroblems, lf you've got lndlgestlon, lf you've
got urthrltls, lf you've got uny lnfummutory condltlon
whutsoever, lncludlng obeslty, dlubetes, heurt dlseuse,
unythlng, you need to get un ALCA1 test. 1here's no
reuson why you should huve uny level of lnfummutlon
golng on ln your body. Lczemu, ullergles, µsorlusls,
usthmu everybody who suñers from uny one of those
thlngs needs thls test."
Putlents who follow u dlet µlun bused on the ALCA1
test often exµerlence u boost ln energy us well us
welght loss. Lr. Pescutore suys, "Anytlme you
ellmlnute somethlng thut's un oñender ln your body,
you're golng to huve more energy."
Lr. Pescutore suys thut the ALCA1 test works well for
uncoverlng food sensltlvltles ln chlldren us well: "1hlrty
µercent of my µructlce ls µedlutrlcs, und every one of
them wlll get thls test done. l llke to do lt ufter they
fnlsh nurslng, then ut two, then ut three, then ut slx."
1he ALCA1 test cun ulso meusure sensltlvltles to food
uddltlves, food colorlngs, µreservutlves, envlronmentul
chemlculs, drugs, und dlñerent tyµes of mold.
lor more lnformutlon vlslt www.drµescutore.com
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