| An introduction to Constitutional Food Intolerance Testing | | | Hippocrates, over 2500 years ago observed that "one man's food is another man's poison." So it should surprise us little that Dr. Carroll, a Naturopathic Physician in the middle of the 20th century pointed out...."Health must at all times come from and be maintained by digested foods. Naturopathic physicians understand this principle and use it to repair the damage done to organs, tissues and cells which have become depleted of the necessary constructive elements. These necessary elements can come only from digested foods. After a food is digested, it goes through the circulation to every organ, tissue and cell. Remember, this process begins first with the digestion of food, and no drug yet offered can rectify damage done by failure of digestion." Dr. Carroll's observations showed that recovery from illness could be aided by eliminating certain "constitutionally intolerant foods" specific to that individual patient. Allopathic medicine, in a patriarchal mode, disregarded this thinking and opted for random control testing that supported hypotheses based on the "groups" out come. Today we realize that in the past, traditional medicine essentially "threw the baby out with the bath water." Dr. Carroll eliminated constitutionally intolerant foods from the patients diet and used constitutional hydrotherapy to re-establish health in the individual. Hydrotherapy improved circulation of blood and lymph, which also aided in the digestion of foods. | | |
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| | Dr. Carroll’s Conclusions | | | Dr. Carroll's years of experience in treating sick individuals allowed him to conclude: * that each person has some constitutionally intolerant food, food group or combination of foods.....this means some food or foods that they cannot digest &/or assimilate properly...these foods are constitutional and unchanging, similar to ones blood type. * that sick persons crave their food intolerance(s) * that healthy persons, be they children or elderly, rarely eat their food intolerances * that depending on the individual's constitution, the response resulting from eating the food(s) will be different.....some people will develop intestinal discomfort, skin eruptions, mucous congestion, asthma, inflammation, irritability, fatigue or mental confusion from even a small exposure to the offending food(s). Others can eat their food intolerances more than once a day without any ill effects! Dr. Carroll, with over 60 years of medical experience, noted that "even though a person's constitution was strong, if he ate his food intolerance, his whole system would be strained and sooner or later penalized. Adverse reactions to foods can affect any bodily system, but the most frequently affected systems are the digestive, immune, nervous and cardiovascular. The most common clinical dysfunctions are cramps, constipation, diarrhea, haemorrhoids, Crohn’s disease, colitis, congestions, inflammation, and autoimmune disease (like rheumatoid arthritis), cardiac arrhythmia, palpitations, tachycardia, poor circulation, high blood pressure, fatigue, irritability, hyperactivity, anxiety, and depression. The weakest link breaks first. | | |
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| | So What Is Wrong With Eating These Foods? | | | | When a person eats food to which he is intolerant, these foods are not properly digested and assimilated. If these foods are high in carbohydrates, fermentation occurs; if they are high in fats, rancidification occurs. All lead to a slow poisoning of the intestinal tract and eventually of all the body systems. Each unique, individual will respond differently to eating their food intolerance, depending on their constitutional strength. A person with a weak constitution is more susceptible to developing early symptoms of toxemia such as intestinal discomfort, asthma, skin eruptions, fatigue or mental confusion with ingestion of even minute amounts of the irritating food. Another person, with a strong constitution may eat his or her food intolerance several times a day without the slightest noticeable discomfort. However, it was Dr. Carroll’s hypothesis, based on over sixty years of clinical observation, that even though a person’s constitution was strong, if they ate their food intolerance, a strain was placed on the whole organism, and sooner or later systemic damage would occur. One is reminded that a tumour of the colon takes about twenty years to develop before the person experiences any symptoms. Similarly, a tumour of the breast may take about twelve years of development before it becomes palpable. During these years, the person may have felt great. Prevention is always the better cure. | | |
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| | O.G. Carroll Cured His Chronically Sick Son | | | | Dr. Otis G. Carroll is considered one of the most significant naturopathic physicians of this century. He practiced from 1917 - 1962, in Spokane, Washington. His clinic was the most famous west of the Mississippi, and he was the primary teacher of those who taught my generation, Dr. Bastyr, Dr. Dick, and others. His clinic was a “Mecca” of healing, drawing people from all over the world. His work was based upon the European nature-cure approach, which favored a simple, vegetarian diet, hydrotherapy, homeopathy, and herbal medicine. With all of his success, he was unable to help his chronically ill son. This stimulated his continual search for better methods, which led him to the work of Stanford’s Dr. Abrams, a professor of physiology. Abrams had been experimenting with new techniques in diagnosis. Dr. Carroll modified Abrams’ work to devise a method of testing for foods which are not well digested or metabolized in a particular body, and thereby become a source of maldigestion, intestinal toxemia, dysboisis, and chronic irritation to body tissues. This naturopathic concept was not a part of standard medicine. Through this work, Carroll discovered that his son was intolerant to fruit, which he had always thought was a perfect and healing food for anyone. He removed fruit from his son’s diet, and for the first time his son recovered. | | |
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