Link between allergies, digestion and weight gain.

When asked about allergies, most people will tell you they might have some seasonal allergies but the way allergies work is they start in the gut with food intolerance.  We eat too fast, we stress, pain medication, antibiotics. Those are all reasons why our digestion can become sluggish, our stomach acid is too weak and we do not have enough enzymes to actually break down the food we eat for processing in our body.  We ignore the signs of boating, headaches, sleepiness after a meal or gas.  And so with time, the stomach is overwhelmed with our poor digestion and this continues down our intestines affecting the whole body, which turn responds with inflammation and reacts to it.  We produce anti-histamines to counter the allergy response and we produce cortisol to combat the inflammation.  With time we react to not only foods but also pollen, grass, pet dander, dust mites and after that we react to chemicals.  And as we have more and more allergy reactions, our body produces more cortisol which then in turn contributes to weight gain and difficulty loosing it.  The good news is that with proper nutrition, supplementation and perhaps a bit of energy balancing, we can correct our digestion, heal and repair our gut and repopulate it with healthy bacteria. Our bodies are amazing organisms with self balancing and self healing properties. All we have to do is make the conscious decision to heal and support the process.