
Article ID: 5
Sugar Effect in Allergic system
By Nancy Appleton
Food and Nutrition
Actually, this is one form of food allergy. The immune system must
respond to this undigested or partially digested food in the blood
stream. For some of us, this undigested food can cause an
inflammatory response with sneezes and wheezes. For others
it might cause headaches, anger, arthritis, fatigue, multiple
sclerosis, psoriasis or other problems. On top of all this, too
much sugar can overwork and exhaust our white cells and
weaken our immune system. The white blood cells need protein
to function, and they are not receiving the correct protein
combinations since protein is not being digested and
assimilated properly.
The bottom line is that sugar upsets the body chemistry and
suppresses the immune system. Once the immune system
becomes suppressed, the door is opened to infectious and
degenerative diseases. The stronger the immune system, the
easier it is for the body to fight infectious and degenerative diseases.
Sugar is implicated in the following diseases and many more:
allergies, arthritis, diabetes, hypoglycemia, osteoporosis,
gallstones, kidney stones, headaches, yeast infections, and cataracts.
So if you have any of the symptoms or diseases mentioned,
remove all forms of sugar from your diet for two weeks.
I think that you will be pleasantly surprised. Not only will
some of those symptoms disappear but you will be
strengthening your immune system, allowing it to do the job
it was meant to - defend you against foreign invaders.
Nancy Appleton, Ph.D
Food and Nutrition
From Walden University in Health Services
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