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Allergy Testing through Health Kinesiology

What is an allergy?

Depending on which source you listen to there are many different definitions for an allergy.

In the holistic approach of Health Kinesiology (HK) we are looking at the body as an energy system so we define an allergy as ‘a substance that causes an altered energy reaction, in the tissue, in response to any amount of that substance’.

This means the smallest grain or particle will be enough to disturb your energy system.

The disturbance in the energy system could result in any number of responses anytime up to 72hrs after the exposure.

These might include:

• Skin problems, rashes, spots
• Breathing difficulties
• Digestive disturbance anywhere between point of entry and point of exit
• Mood swings and depression
• Headaches and migraines
• Aches in muscles or joints
• Tiredness and lethargy
• Hyperactivity
• Lack of co-ordination
• Difficulty in concentrating
• Ulcers

In fact any symptom in your body can be created or exacerbated by an allergy.

With HK, because we are not just looking at what effects your skin or your breathing or your digestion, we can often identify allergies that are affecting parts of your system that conventional allergy testing will miss.

This is only the tip of the iceberg of what HK can do for your body.

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Allergy and Low Tolerance, what is the difference?

From the outward reaction there is little difference between allergy and low tolerance, but on the inside, they affect the body in very different ways.

Whereas the body will respond to any amount of an allergen, it is the volume of the low tolerance that matters.

The body recognises what the substance is, but finds it hard work to process and metabolise it. So the more you have the more the body struggles to deal with it. When the volume you have had, which may have built up over several days or weeks, exceeds the body’s capacity to cope, then a reaction will occur.

The effect can be multiplied if you are in contact with a number of low tolerance items at once. This also explains why, for some people, they don’t react all the time to things they suspect, or why they are well or unwell only in certain places or at certain times of the day, week, month or year.

It is also possible to have a zero tolerance to a substance but not to have an allergy; in this case the substance should be avoided.

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How is the testing done?

All the testing is done using the gentle muscle testing techniques of Health Kinesiology; we monitor the body’s response when we place a sample of a potential allergen on a sensitive acupoints just below the navel. The response from the muscle indicates what effect the substance is having on the body.

All samples remain sealed in glass vials so there is no chance of a physical reaction taking place. Only muscle testing is used so there is definitely no use of needles, blood testing or scratch testing. As balancing techniques from HK are used to calibrate the body, most people find the experience relaxing, intriguing and reassuring.

The testing takes about one hour with your results discussed and presented in a booklet on the spot.

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What do I do with my results?

How you use your results is up to you, there are two main options that we suggest.

Firstly you can use an elimination diet. This is where you totally remove exposure to the items identified as allergies. Significantly reduce the things to which you have a low tolerance so that you are not having these items so that you are not exposed to them more than once in every seven days so that your body has time to remove one exposure fully from the system before you have another one.

Within 3-4 weeks you should see an improvement if you are being strict and have followed the guidelines for removing additives and chemical.

Anything less than a complete effort with this method will only bring a partial improvement.

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What if I can’t (or don’t want to) avoid items in my results?

The second way to help yourself is to return for some further sessions of HK and we can help to improve your body’s ability to tolerate your low tolerance items and even to correct the allergies so that your body no longer reacts to them.

The procedures are and non-invasive and will be carried out in a programme that is specific to you.

At the end of your treatment we will tell you when it is safe to re-introduce the items from your results. We may also advise other lifestyle or dietary changes.

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What do you test?

We currently testing for over 470 different items, these include:

• 180 Foods and Alcohols
• Over 50 Food Additives
• Food Phenolic Compounds
• Over 50 Pollens, Dusts and Moulds
• 90 Industrial Chemicals and Inhalants
• Fragrancing Chemicals
• Personal Care ingredients
• Pesticides
• 25 Common Metals

The list has regular updates and contains most common items. Please feel welcome to brings small samples of any items, including medications, you feel may be effecting you.

Please feel free to contact me to discuss your situation or if you would like any other information.

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At the Natural Harmony Centre this service is delivered by:

Ben Calder

 

Typical Costs & Session Duration:

Initial Sessions are typically about 1hr in duration and cost £35
Subsequent Sessions are typically 30~40 mins. and cost £30