Symptoms
(typical of allergy and intolerance)

PARTICULARLY REVEALING SYMPTOMS: Feeling tired all the time ... Unrefreshing sleep or rest ... Feeling sick first thing in the morning ... Feeling toxic or poisoned ... Feeling tired after eating ... Palpitations or rapid heart rate (especially after eating) ... Consistently over or under weight, or history of fluctuating weight ... Excessive sweating not related to exercise ... Changing abruptly from feeling well to unwell ... Occasional swellings around the eyes, hands, ankles, etc.

HEAD: Recurring headaches or migraines, tension, constant pressure, constant muzzy feeling, vertigo, feeling faint.

EYES, EARS, NOSE, THROAT and MOUTH: Eyes feel heavy, puffy, itchy, scratchy, watery, look red, blurred vision, hayfever ... Tinnitus, recurring ear infections, red and itchy outer ear ... Sinusitis, rhinitis, runny or stuffed up nose without a cold, sneezing, post nasal drip, catarrh ... Metallic or foul taste, chronic sore throat, tight feeling in throat, itchy roof of mouth, mouth ulcers, oral thrush, swollen lips or tongue, under/over-functioning thyroid.

HEART and LUNGS: Palpitations (especially after eating), high blood pressure, tightness in chest, wheezing, asthma.

SKIN: Eczema, psoriasis, hives, rashes, blotches, spots, acne, itching, swelling, flushing, redness, fungal infections.

GASTROINTESTINAL: Diarrhoea and/or constipation, flatulence, bloating, nausea, pain, cramps, hunger pangs, cravings, high/low blood sugar, diabetes, candida overgrowth, IBS, Coeliac disease, Crohn's disease, (ulcerative) colitis, pancreatitis, gallstones, liver dysfunction.

GENITO-URINARY: Bedwetting, genital itch, thrush, cystitis, menstrual problems (including PMT).

JOINTS and MUSCLES: Aches and pains in joints and muscles, arthritis (any type), swellings, cramps, shaking or trembling limbs (especially on waking).

PSYCHOLOGICAL / NERVOUS SYSTEM: Can't think clearly, can't concentrate, muzzy head, poor memory, anxiety, depression, insomnia, can't get up in the morning, irritability, hyperactivity (especially in children), fidgety, restless legs, tingling, convulsions.

PLEASE NOTE:

*The above symptoms may have other causes, but the more of these you have the more likely it is that your problems are allergic in origin.

*Prolonged stress and tension (eg. overwork, worry, fear, unhappiness) can trigger off allergies and sensitivities.

*So can physical or emotional shock (especially in older people), eg. after an accident, operation, a sudden illness, intensive or prolonged drug therapy (anaesthetics, antibiotics, steroids, etc), and after loss and bereavement.

*Unusual, strange, mysterious, baffling ailments are often allergic in origin, eg. ME / chronic fatigue type symptoms, and ailments which may be dismissed as 'all in the mind'.