NATURAL ALLERGY THERAPIES

Dr. Eric Potter

Sanctuary Functional Medicine

EPISODE THREELOWER TRIGGERS

TRIGGERS

▪ Several things can set off allergies

▪ Root cause triggers ▪ Toxins

▪ Cross Reactions ▪ Environmental

▪ Food Families

▪ Histamine foods

TOXIN TRIGGERS

▪ Overlap with last episode’s artificial ingredients

▪ Pollution

▪ Metals

▪ Vaccines?

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POLLUTION

▪ VOC ▪ Cleaners 1

▪ Particulate Matter 2,3

▪ Scorecard.com ▪ http://scorecard.goodguide.com/

▪ 1. Curr Opin Allergy Clin Immunol. 2006 Apr;6(2):85-90. Professional cleaning and asthma. Jaakkola JJ1, Jaakkola MS.

▪ 2. Korean J Intern Med. 2011 Sep; 26(3): 262–273. Published online 2011 Sep 13. doi:  10.3904/kjim.2011.26.3.262

▪ 3. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2001 Dec 1;164(11):2067-72. Respiratory effects of relocating to areas of differing air pollution levels. Avol EL1, Gauderman WJ, Tan SM, London SJ, Peters JM.

METALS

▪ Aluminum 1,2,3,4 ▪ Oral aluminum effect on allergies

▪ Research on lab rats 3

▪ Mechanism ▪ Th2 stimulation and IgE stimulation

▪ 1. World Allergy Organ J. 2015; 8(1): 7. . Published online 2015 Feb 28. doi:  10.1186/s40413-015-0060-5. Aluminium in Allergies and Allergen immunotherapy. Erika Jensen-Jarolim

▪ 2. Allergy. 2009 Jun;64(6):890-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2008.01933.x. Epub 2009 Feb 5. Aluminium per se and in the anti-acid drug sucralfate promotes sensitization via the oral route.

▪ 3. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. Extracellular vesicle–derived protein from Bifidobacterium longum alleviates food allergy through mast cell suppressionDoi : 10.1016/j.jaci.2015.08.016  Jung-Hwan Kim, PhD et al

▪ 4. The Korean Journal of Internal Medicine: 20:152-158, 2005 Comparison of Asthma Phenotypes Using Different Sensitizing Protocols in Mice Yoon-Seok Chang, M.D., etal

WHAT CAN YOU DO?

▪ Avoid exposures ▪ Antacids

▪ Anti-perspirants

▪ Vaccines ?

▪ Detox ▪ Aluminum – Fiji water

▪ Other metals

CROSS REACTIONS

CROSS REACTIONS

▪ Pollens on foods

▪ Additive Effects

▪ Oral Allergy Syndrome

▪ Destroy by cooking

▪ Food Families

▪ Physical contamination in preparation

▪ Even supplements can cross react

POLLENS ON FOOD

▪ Allergy Season ▪ May need to wash even organic produce

▪ Cooking may diminish reaction

▪ Certain produce often grows near other allergens

CROSS REACTIONS

▪ Mugwort ▪ Some Fruits, veggies, spices, some nuts

▪ Tree Pollen like birch and alder ▪ Fruits, veggies, spices, some nuts

▪ Ragweed ▪ Some melons, Zuchini/cucumber, sunflower seeds

▪ Latex ▪ Some fruits, veggies, chestnuts

▪ References on next slide

REFERENCES FROM IFM HANDOUT

▪ 1. Grier T. Latex cross-reactive foods fact sheet. American Latex Allergy Association. http://latexallergyresources.org/latex-cross-reactive-foods-fact-sheet

▪ 2. Pauli G, Metz-Favre C. “[Cross reactions between pollens and vegetable food allergens]. Rev Malad Respir. April 2013; 30(4): 328–37. doi:10.1016/j.rmr.2012.10.633.

▪ 3. Vieths S, Scheurer S, Ballmer-Weber B. Current understanding of cross-reactivity of food allergens and pollen. Ann New York Acad Sci. May 2002; 964: 47–68.

▪ 4. Egger M, Mutschlechner S, Wopfner N, et al. Pollen-food syndromes associated with weed pollinosis: an update from the molecular point of view. Allergy. April 2006; 61(4): 461–76. doi:10.1111/j.1398-9995.2006.00994.x.

▪ 5. Sano A, Yagami A, Inaba Y, et al. Sensitization profi les of a case of pollen-food allergy syndrome. Allerg Intl. 2011; 60(1): 97–101. doi:10.2332/allergolint.10-CR-0235.

▪ 6. Pollert SM, Warniment C, Mori T. Latex allergy. Am Fam Phys. 2009; 80(12):1413-1418. 7. Blanco C, Carrillo T, Castillo R, et al. Latex allergy: clinical features and cross-reactivity to fruit. Ann Allergy. 1994; 73:309-14.

ADDITIVE EFFECTS

▪ Case: ▪ Patient had eczema only certain times of year when ate eggs

▪ Testing revealed high oak allergy

▪ Only when oak pollen high was Egg a problem

▪ Sometimes higher amount of histamine required ▪ Neither alone are enough

▪ Histamine Bucket

FOOD FAMILIES

▪ Some food families are obvious ▪ Poultry, shellfish, mollusks

▪ Others are not

▪ Examples: ▪ Plum family: plum, prune, cherry, peach, apricot, nectarine, almond ▪ Rose family: raspberry, blackberry, loganberry, strawberry

▪ Heath family: blueberry, cranberry, huckleberry ▪ Banana family: banana, arrowroot, plaintain ▪ But NOT white potatoes and sweet potatoes

▪ FROM IFM Testing

PHYSICAL CONTAMINATION

▪ Kitchen

▪ Farm

▪ Potlucks

SUPPLEMENTS

▪ Echinacea and Ragweed

▪ Garlic

▪ Sulfur antibiotics and sulfur supplements – no

▪ Mold – Fungi – Mushrooms

▪ Dairy – probiotics, colostrum

▪ Wheat – Fillers

▪ Soy – Phosphatidylcholine and other liposomal products

HISTAMINE FOOD TRIGGERS

▪ Not Immune related directly

▪ Histamine containers

▪ Histamine releasers

HISTAMINE CONTAINERS

▪ Leftovers

▪ Fermented foods

▪ Brewed beverages ▪ Alcoholic

▪ Teas

▪ Aged Foods

▪ They have converted histidine into histamine

HISTAMINE RELEASERS

▪ Probiotics

▪ Artificial ingredients

▪ Yeast products

▪ Citrus

REVIEW OF TRIGGERS

▪ Several things can set off allergies

▪ Root cause triggers ▪ Toxins ▪ Pollution, aluminum

▪ Cross Reactions ▪ Environmental

▪ Contamination

▪ Food Families

▪ Histamine foods

LEAKY GUT & DYSBIOSIS

Where it comes from and

Restoring function