Compulsive Eating And Allergies

Compulsive eating is caused by one or several masked food allergies, which are invariably addictive, without the individual realizing it. Not all compulsive eaters are obese, but some reflect this condition. Others are likely to suffer from some form of overweight due to fluid retention. This is caused by the allergic response in the capillary blood vessels, when fluid passes through the capillary walls into surrounding tissues. Another cause is the build up of toxin impregnated body fat due to inefficient metabolism that is a result of the allergic response.

A compulsive eater, plagued by an undetected, addictive allergy condition, perhaps from several foods at the same time is probably experiencing some of the following:

- Inability to miss a meal without getting a headache, fatigue or marked irritability. Once you have eaten, these discomforts miraculously disappear.

- Necessity to eat a specific food every single day, for example at the evening meal.

- Tendency to 'binge-eat' a particular food. Once you have started you cannot stop until you are almost sick, or too full to eat any more.

- A constant craving for sweets, so that you keep a supply around at all times.

- A habit of using a large amount of your favorite condiment at every meal. No meal feels complete without it.

- A need to eat wheat products, such as bread, cake, pies, spaghetti, biscuits, every day with lunch and dinner; or a craving to snack on these foods between meals and later in the evening.

- A habit of waking in the middle of the night for a piece of your favorite food before going back to sleep.

- A need to eat a large helping of ice cream, or drink a large glass of milk, before feeling relaxed enough to go to bed and sleep.

- A feeling that you could not live without your favorite food, and as a result you find it impossible to stay on a diet.

These are some of the habits exhibited by compulsive eaters who are unknowingly caught up in a vicious roundabout of craving and addiction, caused by masked food allergies.

The problem with this type of addiction is that withdrawal symptoms are always experienced after eating an allergenic food, once the beneficial effects have worn off. This may be after several hours, and can range from slight fatigue to severe anxiety, migraine headaches, depression, anger, exhaustion, arthritis, itching, asthma and painful muscle aching. This sets up a craving which requires a further meal or snack of the addicted food to quell the symptoms and the whole process begins again.

The solution is firstly to recognize the problem and then eliminate the offending foods from the diet. Once this happens, recurring symptoms miraculously disappear and an overloaded, toxin-laden body is replaced by a body that feels lighter, revitalized and filled with energy.

It is often difficult for relatives and friends to appreciate the severity of a chronic food-chemical allergy condition. The victim may look quite well but looks and bodily appearance can belie the chemical turmoil and damage within. The fact that he or she complains of not feeling well, and lacks vitality, is put down to nerves, lack of character, laziness, all sorts of reasons - by even the most well-meaning people. Inevitably, the poor unfortunate is accused of being a hypochondriac. Family understanding of the condition and support to help the victims avoid substances which are poisonous to them is an essential aid to recovery.

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