Improving Your Health

Improving Your Health It is now possible to discover the hidden cause of a broad range of ailments and become free of symptoms, rather than just treat them.

Recent scientific research has shown that when we eat foods that are not compatible with our immune systems, the foods cause reactions which damage and kill our white blood cells. This starts a chain reaction that can cause many different symptoms and ailments anywhere in our body. This reaction is called a delayed allergy.

Delayed food and chemical allergies are very different from the acute type of allergies tested for by traditional allergists. Delayed allergies can take hours or days to cause symptoms and are often responsible for several different symptoms simultaneously. Most doctors are not aware that delayed allergies cause painful health problems, and they do not know how to test for them.

In the past there was no reliable test to discover which foods were causing symptoms and which were compatible. Years of research have brought about a new and accurate way of testing for delayed food and chemical allergies. It is now possible to discover the underlying cause of many ailments from a small blood sample. This advanced approach for improving health is made possible by the Prime Test.

The Prime Test works by combining a small sample of a person’s white blood cells with a trace amount of each food or chemical. The white blood cells are incubated and then carefully studied using a microscope. If the white blood cells stay healthy, active and alive, the ®

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food or chemical is not likely to cause symptoms. However, if the white blood cells crack, burst open and die, the substance that can cause a delayed allergic reaction has been discovered.

Other blood tests and other methods of testing for delayed allergies often miss the foods and chemicals which are causing symptoms. This misleads people into believing that their symptoms are not caused by delayed allergies.

Symptoms can be dramatically reduced, or eliminated and prevented from returning, by avoiding the items which damage white blood cells.

Having your white blood cells tested with the Prime Test is the best way to learn which foods and chemicals are causing your problems.

The Prime Test makes it possible to have a new type of health counseling , one which can help you become free of your symptoms and ailments by removing their hidden cause.

This booklet contains articles by health experts and authors which explain some of the benefits of avoiding foods and chemicals which cause delayed allergic reactions. Also included are statements from people who became free of their symptoms by being accurately tested and by using the recommendations found in the book, Quality Longevity.

To d i s c o v e r a n d r e m o v e t h e cause of your symptoms instead of just treat them, call for the name, of a doctor in your area who performs the Prime Test and related counseling at 949 - 661- 4001 or 888 -Test Wel (888-837-8935). For more information visit our website at PreventiveCare.com. ®

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The Quality Longevity Program

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The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest his patient in the care of the human frame, in diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease.

Thomas A. Edison Inventor – 1847 to 1931

The Quality Longevity Program brings together, for the first time, the beneficial parts of the best health programs. The combined effect of these breakthroughs enables you to remove the causes of most health problems and thereby free yourself from most symptoms while significantly exceeding normal levels of health and longevity. The future of health care is here today.

This program will help you understand and use the latest advances in health care and longevity The knowledge you gain will empower you to improve your health dramatically. You can feel better and see the improvements within a few days.

“When you give a man food, he can have a meal, but if you show him how to obtain food, he can feed himself and his friends for a lifetime.” The same is true for health care. Have a doctor treat your symptoms and they may go away, but in time they usually return, often accompanied by new symptoms. However, if you learn the underlying cause of your symptoms and how to prevent them , you can become free of most symptoms and be able to avoid traditional doctors. Most people find this program pays for itself in less than a year.

The 1988 Surgeon General’s report states that the foods people eat cause diseases which account for 68 percent of the deaths in the United States. Thus, the traditional way of eating is killing more than twice as many Americans as infections, smoking, alcohol, drugs, accidents, AIDS, traditional medical methods, wars, stress and the aging process combined.

The solution is to replace damaging behavior with health-building behavior. The basic principle of preventive health care is to avoid the foods, chemicals and other items that cause health problems.

Most people are unknowingly tearing down their health faster than it can be repaired by any doctor, drug, surgery or amount of money. They lose the ability to enjoy life, and suffer continually and unnecessarily for years before they die. Few have the honor of dying of old age after enjoying

more than 100 years of life.

Each person’s allergies are different, and most people have some delayed food and chemical allergies which cause symptoms. The solution is to discover and avoid what you react to and add new compatible and enjoyable foods to your life style.

You can discover your health-building and health-damaging foods by taking the Prime Test.

This test is the primary step to take for removing the cause of many different symptoms. The Prime Test examines up to 220 items, including a broad range of foods and many common chemicals.

Along with eating your compatible foods, a clean environment in combination with aerobic and strength exercise is necessary to regain and maintain health. It is also important to supplement your unique needs with specially formulated vitamins, minerals and other items that reverse past deficiencies without causing new allergic reactions.

Also, to become free of degenerative ailments, it is important to select meals low in fat, low in cholesterol, moderate in protein and high in complex carbohydrates. It is now possible to enjoy continuous good health and fully live a much longer life.

Approaches that only treat symptoms usually have damaging side effects, and the symptoms often return. There are no negative side effects of the Quality Longevity Program. One positive side effect is the loss of unwanted weight, and the weight does not return. Other positive side effects include looking younger, improved mental acuity, more energy and reduced health care expenditures.

The Quality Longevity Program is the leading edge of health care. You will be on a path of discovery which continually gives you rewards and pays for itself many times over. This program includes the Prime Test for discovering delayed food and chemical allergies, a complete blood count, a thorough blood chemistry, specialized counseling and the book, Quality Longevity by Mark Lovendale.

The book is available for $28 from Preventive Care Center, Inc., 34146 Selva Road, #200, Monarch Beach, California, 92629. Send a check or credit card number and we will pay postage. To order the book by phone or for the name of a doctor using the Prime Test in your area, call 949 - 661- 4001 or 888 - TestWel. See website at PreventiveCare.com . ®

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Testing for Delayed Food and Chemical Allergies Helps People Improve Their Health American Journal of Preventive Care Vol 4, Fall, 1999

Mark Lovendale

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ccording to the Journal of Allergy and Applied Immunology, acute allergic reactions are the most frequently unrecognized cause of illness in the U.S. However, for most people, the acute type of allergic reaction to items in the air is less likely to be the cause of their symptoms than are the delayed types of allergic reactions to foods and chemicals.

Many people are now searching for a better approach to health than taking drugs or having allergy shots and surgery. Instead, they want to make improvements in their lifestyle.

Doctors and health researchers who believe in the importance of delayed food and chemical allergies believe in discovering the underlying causes of symptoms rather than just treating symptoms.

These specialists have discovered there is a type of food allergy that is the underlying cause of many different symptoms. These symptoms often do not appear for hours or days after the food is eaten.

They also discovered that delayed allergies to chemicals are common.

A large body of medical evidence demonstrates that there are several types of allergic reactions other than the acute type. The additional types are known as delayed food and chemical allergies, and they damage and kill white blood cells. Symptoms can occur anywhere in the body and include a long list of ailments, both physical and emotional, usually thought to have other causes.

Repetitious exposures help to cause delayed allergic reactions and they can overwhelm the body’s

protective mechanisms. These reactions can damage any part of the body and cause compulsive behavior, fatigue and migraine headaches, to name just a few symptoms.

One of the common effects of delayed food allergies is weight gain. How often have you heard people complain that they have not been able to lose weight even though they have tried several weight-loss diets.

Delayed food and chemical allergies, sometimes called sensitivities or intolerances, can cause inflammation throughout the body. This can keep a person continually puffy because damaged tissues often retain several pounds of water.

Sometimes this condition is made worse because the person develops an addiction to the food.

Recently the relationship between allergy and addiction has become better understood. Food allergies often become food addictions and this can lead to other addictions.

There is a cause and effect relationship between delayed food allergies, food addictions, compulsive eating and being overweight.

In children and adults, one sign that delayed allergic reactions are occurring is the allergic shiner, a darkening of the skin under the eyes. This is caused by leakage of red blood cells from the capillaries and results in discoloration similar to what happens when you bruise your arm. In time, lines and then bags appear under the eyes. Most doctors mistakenly believe this problem is inherited and there is nothing you can do about it.

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Sinus and respiratory symptoms are often caused by delayed allergic reactions to foods and chemicals, but they are often misdiagnosed as allergies to inhaled particles.

A broad range of chemicals can cause delayed allergic reactions, including those in detergents, fabric softeners, solvents, pesticides, printing inks, fragrances and other ingredients in cosmetics. Allergy causing chemicals are also found in the food chain, air pollution and prescription drugs.

Delayed food and chemical allergies often cause many different symptoms. Here are some patterns to look for: 1. A puzzling and seemingly disconnected combination of ailments; 2. Symptoms that come and go; 3. So many symptoms that people are often called hypochondriacs; 4. Symptoms continue after traditional medical treatments; 5.

Fatigued but have trouble sleeping; 6. Still overweight after dieting.

Skin tests and blood tests used by most traditional allergists do not reveal delayed food and chemical allergies. This leaves people falsely believing their symptoms are not caused by delayed allergies.

These traditional allergists keep trying to limit the word “allergy” to mean reactions which involve only the IgE part of the immune system.

This IgE type of allergy can cause acute symptoms, but is not involved in most health problems.

In June of 1999 the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, one association of traditional allergists, completed a national survey which revealed that the percentage of people suffering with allergy symptoms had more

than doubled from what it had been a few years before. These doctors had no idea what had caused the sharp increase to 38 percent of the population. However, the doctors who understand delayed allergies have seen this increase happening and they realize that when all of the symptoms caused by delayed allergies are included, the percentage of people suffering is much higher.

Do not be surprised if your doctor does not believe in delayed food and chemical allergies. Most board-certified traditional allergists have been fighting for decades to suppress the awareness of delayed allergies. They claim that if their allergy tests do not reveal delayed food and chemical allergies, they do not exist. They have been very successful in controlling the thinking in the medical community and the government.

In the 1930s, Theron Randolph, MD, a board certified allergist, discovered that the traditional

approach to allergies usually missed people’s most important reactions.

For over five decades, he had thousands of his patients fast for a week on just pure water in a special hospital that was built without allergy causing chemicals.

This enabled them to become free of their symptoms and feel better than they had in years. He would then have them eat one organically grown food per meal, three foods per day for three weeks, so they could discover which foods were causing their symptoms. This approach made believers out of his patients, but it was far too time consuming and expensive. A better way had to be found.

There is now a blood test to discover your symptom-causing foods.

It involves testing your white blood cells to reveal reactions. The test is based on scientific research which shows that delayed allergic reactions to foods and chemicals destroy white blood cells inside the body.

By combining a person’s white blood cells with a microscopic amount of each food and chemical, a laboratory technician can clearly see when the white blood cells stay healthy and when they are killed by an allergic reaction.

The blood test now used to obtain the best results is the Prime Test.® It is more accurate than the fasting and food challenge technique, elimination diets, skin tests and other blood tests for delayed food and chemical allergies. And, there is no harm done to the person.

Follow-up studies have shown success rates of more than 90 percent.

For more information and the name of a doctor in your area who provides the Prime Test ® and does the specialized counseling, contact: Preventive Care Center, Inc. 34146 Selva Road, Suite 200 Monarch Beach, CA 92629 Phone: 949 - 661- 4001 Fax: 949-661-1666 Website: PreventiveCare.com

Shared Experiences Lovendale has been able to sort out the facts from all the information. He is doing a good job of helping people become informed.

William H. Philpott, MD, psychiatrist, author of the

In 1978, I was looking for the answer to my health problems and discovered they were caused by a type of food allergy that does not show up on traditional allergy tests. Fortunately, I was able to find an accurate white-blood-cell test and the necessary counseling. This information empowered me to became free of my symptoms.

I became well because I was free to choose the approach that worked for me. If the medical establishment and government had blocked me from discovering my delayed food allergies, I would have suffered unnecessarily for years.

The Quality Longevity Program assisted me in taking the correct action to improve my health.

The improvement was so dramatic, I decided to change my career. In 1980, after studying the research underlying the Program, I started counseling people so they could also take advantage of this advanced approach to health.

One of my great joys is sharing this awareness with others and then watching them improve their health.

Mark Matulis, health consultant, Dana Point, CA, 1984

books, Brain Allergies and Victory Over Diabetes, 1980

The white-blood-cell test identified some delayed food allergies that were causing my chronic joint pain and contributing to bronchial and sinus disorders. An unexpected benefit has been a new sense of mental clarity.

Elizabeth Freeman, registered nurse, Seattle, WA, 1984 Twenty years ago I was looking for the solution to my health problem. After seeing many doctors and engaging in a week of medical tests at a world-famous medical clinic in the Midwest, I was unable to find answers of any value.

Ultimately I found a physician who understood food allergies and with his advice I was able to regain my health. Through the years since then, with the aid of white-blood-cell testing, I have been able to remain in excellent health.

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Allergic Edema and Losing Weight Jacqueline Weinreb, MSS Let’s Live Magazine, January 1983

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ut honest, doctor, I didn’t cheat, Susan was crying. There was no way Susan could have stuck to her diet, exercised as she claimed, and, after two strict weeks, gained two pounds – at least not within the framework of traditional medical thinking. No wonder she was crying and depressed.

No wonder the doctor doubted her.

Assuming Susan to be a secret eater, his next question was “What stress have you been under lately, dear?” Who, in our complex world today, cannot find some stress for the doctor to latch onto? “Aha, you must find a better way to handle that situation than eating, my dear.”

Susan left the office bewildered, frustrated and depressed – a common scenario, and, at last, we are beginning to understand why. We can now make an honest woman out of Susan.

The problem is not necessarily all stress, and not necessarily compulsiveness. It may be food allergy.

We are finding that people have very individual reactions to common foods, even those we consider healthy foods. Truly, one man’s food is another man’s poison.

“Our concept of what are symptoms of allergic reactions is too narrow,” according to Dr. Louis Mayron, allergy consultant at UCLA Medical Center. “In addition to hay fever, hives and other overt symptoms, allergic reactions can include such diverse symptoms as pain, fatigue, depression and weight problems.” The key to understanding this is to realize that an allergic reaction causes inflammation or fluid retention throughout the body. We accept inflammation in the sinus cavity as an allergy. It’s therefore logical to recognize inflammation inside the skull as the possible cause of a headache, or an inflammation in another location in the brain bringing about depression.

Once we understand this, we can see our poor Susan in a new light.

Allergic to several nourishing, lowcalorie foods, the resulting fluid retention actually brought about a weight gain.

The medical term for this condition is edema. Marshall Mandell, MD, has been studying this condition for many years. He explains it in the following way: “Edema is the result of fluid retention due to an allergic response in the delicate, thin-walled capillary blood vessels present throughout the body.

When the capillaries are temporarily injured during the course of an allergic reaction, body fluid passes through the capillary walls into the tissue surrounding these capillaries.”

Dr. Mandell’s research is based on sublingual testing. This is a method in which a small tasteless extract of a food is placed under the tongue without telling the patient what food it is. Within several minutes the patient reacts with a symptom, which may be pain, wheezing or even an anxiety attack or depression. Very often these symptoms have never before been associated with these specific foods.

When we tested Susan, we found three easily corrected problems. First, we noted that she did not digest vegetables properly. Because of a deficiency of some digestive enzymes, she was not breaking down and assimilating nutrients from vegetables, or eliminating the residue properly Second, we found that her allergy to citrus fruit caused fatigue. She then eliminated it from her diet. Our third finding was that corn brought about a headache and a mild feeling of depression. Again, inflammation in different areas of her head created these symptoms.

Susan’s strict diet consisted of a good deal of fruit and vegetables, with a small amount of protein. Her only “treat” was unbuttered popcorn – quite a respectable diet, calorie wise.

However, as you can see, foods she ate in her low-calorie diet created a reaction that defeated her purpose. The weight gain was the result of the edema throughout her body. The depression and headache caused by the corn added to her misery.

An eating program was then tailored to Susan’s own body. Actually, it had more calories than the original diet.

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which her body could assimilate.

Appropriate vitamins and minerals were also added. Susan not only lost weight quickly, but she has had a much easier time keeping it off, and her occasional headaches and depression have disappeared.

We must also be aware that many young women have had the allergic factor undetected for so many years that there is some emotional overlay I liken to a secondary infection.

These women have blamed themselves, and been blamed for their excess weight, for so many years that an underlying problem with self-esteem or ego may still remain.

Another problem may be involved.

When a patient has been addicted and allergic to a food for a number of years, the learned behavior is to believe the food causes satisfaction, and then the food addiction takes on a life of its own.

As a result of findings such as these, much exciting work is evolving on the frontiers of health. In his recent book, Diet, Crime and Delinquency, Alexander Schauss, PhD, a noted penologist, reported on a study of 300 delinquent teenagers. The majority of the delinquent teenagers not only ate a great deal of junk food but drank enormous quantities of cows’ milk.

These kids’ allergy to milk caused them to be hyperactive [and delinquent]. Dairy products are some of the most common allergy-causing foods.

Other researchers in this field include Theron Randolph, MD, in Chicago, and William Philpott, MD, in Oklahoma City. A great deal of success in the reduction of physical and emotional symptoms of previously undiagnosed bizarre ailments is attributed to their work, as well as to an increasing number of others.

If that ‘good, sensible, low-calorie diet’ is not working for you, don’t despair. Help may be closer than you think. You may be allergic to some foods in that carefully prescribed diet.

Highlights edited from Let’s Live Many food-allergy specialists now use the Prime Test® to detect delayed food and chemical allergies. For additional information, contact Preventive Care Center, Inc., 34146 Selva Road, Suite 200, Monarch Beach, California, 92629.

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Shared Experiences The information in Quality Longevity and from my Prime Test have made a remarkable improvement in my health. Since I started the Quality Longevity Program eleven months ago, my weight is down 30 pounds, and I have been able to keep it off. I have a 33 inch waist for the first time since college.

Even more exciting is that my body fat dropped from 22% to 13.3%. With exercise, I am building lean muscles and my percentage of body fat remains low.

My total blood cholesterol level has dropped from 238 to 160. This indicates that I am cleaning out blockages from my coronary, cerebral and other arteries. And, I feel healthier.

When I eat something the Prime Test indicated was a problem for me and have an old symptom come back, I know what caused the problem. This leaves me much more at choice than the mystery I lived in before. Surprisingly, I rarely feel constrained by my new lifestyle.

Three generations of my family have now read Quality Longevity and have had the Prime Test done. My mother, wife, daughter and I are all enjoying better health. So far, each person I have enrolled into trying this approach has noticed significant improvement.

Although each area of health care currently has difficulty understanding, accepting and appreciating other points of view, I look forward to the day when we all recognize that eating properly is the highest priority.

Keep up the good work and best of luck getting the word out about the Quality Longevity Program.

It’s the best deal in health care.

Peter P. Farmer, MD

Two years ago my doctor recommended I go to the Pritikin Center to reduce my blood cholesterol.

The Pritikin Center has a four week live-in diet program which has been successful for many people who want to reverse artery disease and lose weight.

Their diet has no added fat and almost no cholesterol.

It is 10% fat, 10% protein, 80% carbohydrate and has less than 25 milligrams of cholesterol a day.

After completing their regular four week livein program, I had not lost any weight and my total blood cholesterol came down only 28 points. I stayed another two weeks for a total of six weeks but only lost one pound and my cholesterol level was still too high. I was very discouraged.

A few months ago my personal trainer recommended I have a new type of blood test for delayed foods allergies. While reading Quality Longevity, I realized that I may have been having allergic reactions to some of the cereal grains, dairy products and other foods that are a big part of the Pritikin Program, and these reactions could cause me to retain excess water and might keep my blood cholesterol level from coming down to a healthy level.

After having the Prime Test and special counseling, I avoided the foods that were shown on the test to be a problem for me, including wheat and dairy products. After nine days on the Quality Longevity Program my weight dropped 10 pounds and I went down three pant sizes. After three weeks my cholesterol went down from 199 to 149, for a total of 50 points, and I became free of several other symptoms that had been bothering me. I am delighted.

When I later tried the foods that were shown on my Prime Test to be a problem for me, my weight went back up and some old symptoms came back.

The Pritikin Program and the Quality Longevity Program have the same level of fat, protein, carbohydrate and cholesterol, thus the dramatic improvement in results must have come from avoiding my delayed food allergies.

My mother had been feeling poorly almost every day. I told her about the Quality Longevity Program and she took the Prime Test and received the counseling. She has been free of her symptoms for three months and has lost 25 pounds. She is delighted.

My daughter wanted to try the Program but her medical doctor talked her out of it. She is still suffering with her symptoms, taking all types of medications and seeing her doctor regularly.

Let me know how I can help get the word out.

Carolyn Preletz, Newport Beach, CA, 1999

Diplomat, American Board of Emergency Medicine, Rancho Santa Fe, CA, 1999

My son suggested I try a new health program.

I’m 78 years old and have not been able to see my ankles since I was 21. I have had swelling in my ankles all that time. After three weeks on the Quality Longevity Program I could see my ankles again, the edema was gone – what 1 a thrill.

And, after a few months my weight is almost down to where it was when I got married in 1941.

Thanks for showing me how to have a longer and healthier life.

Pat Farmer National Assistance League, Carlsbad, CA, 1999 4

Food Addiction: Hooked on Unhappiness Hangovers from eggs? Depression from milk?

Experts say up to 80 percent of Americans ruin their health with common foods and can’t stop.

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our Aunt Ethel eats strawberries and her eyes itch. Your son John gets diarrhea from clams.

And if your next-door neighbor even sniffs cooked cabbage, she breaks out in hives Food allergy. Everybody is familiar with the acute kind, when eyes water or hives pop out minutes after you eat the guilty food. But someone who sits down every morning to a breakfast of eggs, toast and coffee may have a chronic [or delayed] food allergy – to eggs, toast and coffee.

Sound odd? It’s not. Chronic food allergy isn’t a strange medical subspecialty whose cases turn up once a decade. Some experts estimate that 60 percent of the people at doctors’ offices have symptoms either caused or complicated by chronic food allergy. One allergist even makes this bold assertion: “Food allergy is one of the leading causes of illness in Westernized society.” So why isn’t there a doctor in town who knows about it?

First, physicians aren’t trained to recognize chronic food allergy.

Second, it’s a hidden disease – hidden even from the person who has it. Say you’re allergic to wheat. All you know is that you’re tired most of the time. Or headachy. Or depressed.

Or nervous. Or that your muscles ache. You don’t know that wheat is causing these problems. And you don’t know that you’re actually addicted to wheat – an addiction every bit as real as an addiction to alcohol

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or drugs. It’s a food addiction that is slowly destroying your health.

Food addiction: that’s what a chronic food allergy really is. And since an addiction to food is basically like an addiction to anything else, we can understand it by looking at one of the most common addictions – to cigarettes.

The first time you smoked a cigarette (if there was a first time), you didn’t “come alive with pleasure.” Unlike the happy smokers in ads, you felt awful – dizzy and sick to you stomach. That was the first time. If you kept at it, the second time was a little easier, and the tenth time a snap. What happened was that your body adapted to the poisons in cigarette smoke, a reaction scientists call the “specific adaptation response.” But adaptation leads to addiction.

Poisonous Pickup The pickup a smoker gets from cigarettes is caused by the specific adaptation response, the body’s going into overdrive to deal with the poison.

As the hours pass the adaptation stops; however, so does the pickup. And the smoker is dropped into nervousness, depression or headache, the withdrawal symptoms of a cigarette addict. He begins to have an instinctive, driving urge to feel good again – the craving for a cigarette.

He’s hooked. And food addiction can hook you the same way.

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Remember that food addiction is an allergy. Your big brother may have dared you to smoke that first cigarette, but nobody really knows why some people become allergic and others don’t. (Heredity is a popular theory.) In any case, those who become allergic usually develop allergies to the substances they’re exposed to most, such as pollen and dust. And sugar. And wheat. And corn. And eggs. [And dairy. And coffee. And chocolate.]

The foods which, alone or as ingredients, most people eat every day, perhaps many times a day. When a person is allergic to pollen, his nose clogs. But when a person is allergic to a food, his body may cope with the allergy by gearing up a specific adaptation response.

Soon, a person craves the lift he gets from the foods he’s allergic to. If he doesn’t eat those foods, he begins to have withdrawal symptoms. (For instance, do you wake up in the morning feeling grouchy or with a headache, and do these symptoms stop with breakfast? Or is your midnight snack an absolute must? If so, you could very well be a food addict.) So he eats. And eats. And eats. Most likely, he doesn’t even know he’s addicted. He knows only that he feels good after eating his “favorite” food. But specific adaptation can’t last forever. A panic button, it can be pushed only so often, then it breaks down. Scientists call this stage “exhaustion,” and during exhaustion the allergy surfaces full force.

Food allergies have a target organ (a specific part of the body they attack), which varies from person to person. Wheat, for example, may damage the digestive tract in one person; in someone else it might affect the heart, muscles or brain. As long as adaptive responses work, you never notice the steady erosion of health.

But when adaptive responses wear out, you finally become aware of a problem that’s been going on for months or years.

“Only when one or more of specific adaptive responses taper off and the stage of exhaustion is approached

does he [the person with food addiction] start to complain – a change ordinarily regarded by all concerned as the onset of the present illness,” writes Theron G. Randolph, MD, a Chicago physician and expert on food addiction, in his book Human Ecology and Susceptibility to the Chemical Environment (Charles C. Thomas, 1978).

When the Target Is the Brain When the food addict starts to complain, food allergies may be the cause of the emotional difficulties.

The brain, as mentioned, is often a target organ for food allergies. “If the part of the brain affected is one that controls certain behavior patterns, this allergic irritation will produce recognizable mental or behavior changes,” says English psychiatrist Richard Mackarness in his book Eating Dangerously (Harcourt, 1976). And these “mental changes” aren’t for the better.

In his book Food Allergy (PSG, 1978), Frederic Speer, MD, includes a list of emotional problems caused by food addiction: “Increase in temper; screaming attacks; patient is mean or sulky, irritable, whining, impatient, quarrelsome, sensitive, easily hurt, unhappy, morbid, depressed, restless, tense, nervous, jumpy, fearful, anxious, irresponsible, erratic, uncooperative, unpredictable, pugnacious or cruel; can’t be pleased; is not open to reason; cries without cause; worries, feels terrible, contemplates suicide; is nervous and high-strung; chews clothes and bedclothes; has nightmares; loses pride in work, in clothing, and in cleanliness; doesn’t care; can’t make decisions; loses interest in the opposite sex; has childish compulsions.”

You’d be hard pressed to think of a negative emotional response that isn’t on the list. “Food addiction is like that,” says William Philpott, MD, an Oklahoma City [psychiatrist and] specialist in food allergy. “It can cause any type of emotional problem.

“But usually,” he says, “a food addiction causes either a heightened or a lessened response. A person becomes either manic or depressed, wildly excited or totally apathetic.”

The reason for these ups and downs, Dr. Philpott told Prevention, is that a food addiction abnormally increases or decreases the amount of neurotransmitters in the brain, the chemicals responsible for determining most behavior. Food addiction also causes emotional upset by swelling brain tissues, which irritate sensitive nerves. (This type of swelling, says Dr. Philpott, is responsible for 69 percent of all headaches!)

Aggressive or Allergic?

Barbara Solomon, MD, a specialist in food allergy, told Prevention the case history of a young man whose severe mood swings were caused by food sensitivity. [Delayed food allergy and food intolerance are other names for this type of reaction.]

“A 17-year-old boy came into my office with many of the signs of a chronic food allergy: blotchy skin, swollen eyes, red nose. I tested him for 200 foods [by using a test that measures the damage to his white blood cells] and found that he was allergic to 70.

This boy had been going to a psychiatrist for six years, and had been labeled an aggressive personality. He told me himself that he was a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde type and that he would suddenly feel violent and cruel. Well, after he stopped eating the foods he was allergic to, he simply lost that aggressive personality and was discharged by his psychiatrist.

“One day, however, he ate squash, a food he is allergic to. Well, he went right down to the police station in his town, planted himself at the front desk and irrationally began demanding his rights. They told him to beat it. But he was back every day for the next three days. It takes about four days for a food reaction to stop causing most of its damage. After four days, he was back to normal.”

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Not everyone with a food addiction behaves that strangely. Anxiety, nervousness, apathy – common emotional problems – can be caused by food addiction. But how can you tell if your tendency to loaf on the job is caused by a loaf of bread?

One way to tell if you have a food addiction, says Dr. Philpott, is to skip a meal. If, after a few hours, you begin to feel bad – not just hungry, but very irritable, tense, headachy, or nauseous – chances are you’re addicted to a food and have begun to experience withdrawal symptoms.

[Delayed withdrawal symptoms are common with delayed food allergies.]

Another sign of food addiction, he says, is overweight.

“After a person becomes allergic to one substance, the allergy usually spreads to other foods and the chemicals in the environment.”

Dr. Philpott believes that 80 percent of all Americans have a food addiction.

Highlights edited from Prevention Bracketed [ ] additions and explanations were added by Mark Lovendale.

Summary by Mark Lovendale Many food-allergy specialists now use the Prime Test to detect chronic or delayed food and chemical allergies. This test uses a person’s white blood cells to discover which foods are damaging to the person’s body and mind.

Unlike skin testing, this test does not miss important delayed food and chemical allergies and does not damage the person’s health by putting allergens into the skin. Skin testing and allergy shots have been abandoned in England and most of Europe. The Prime Test takes less time to perform and ends up costing much less.

For additional information, contact Preventive Care Center, Inc., 34146 Selva Road, Suite 200, Monarch Beach, CA 92629. Phone 949 - 661- 4001 Fax 949-661-1666.

This “Improving Your Health” booklet, plus additional information and research, is available on our website at PreventiveCare.com. ®

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Allergy -Addiction Reactions to Foods and Chemicals

Let’s Live Magazine June 1976

Warren Levin, MD

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new concept for the medical profession, but one of great importance to the healing arts, is food allergy-addiction. Notice that I do not speak of allergy or addiction, nor of allergy and addiction, but rather of a single entity: allergy-addiction.

These two different aspects are as inseparable as heads and tails on a coin. Depending on which aspect is facing you, one or the other side may be more obvious, but the other side is always there.

Most of us are acquainted with the obvious food allergy reaction.

The patient who breaks out from strawberries or who swells up from shellfish or who gets asthma from peanuts is well-known, and is recognized by the doctor or layman.

However, this type of acute allergic reaction causes a very small percentage of health problems.

The acute reaction occurs from exposure to a food which is not eaten regularly. The reaction may affect one or several organs systems, but tends to affect the same systems in a particular patient with each repeated exposure. In other words, any organ in the body is capable of responding as the target organ. If the nose reacts, you get hay fever. If the lungs react, asthma. If the skin is the target organ, you get eczema or hives. If the intestinal tract is the responding organ, you get diarrhea or constipation or nausea and vomiting or gas or a combination.

Allergy-Addiction Causes Mental Symptoms One of the most important target organs that can respond to

the allergic insult is the brain. The brain can show localized areas of allergic reaction similar to hives on the skin.

Since the changes in circulation, the localized swelling, the increased pressure of this allergic reaction are all taking place in the unyielding confines of the skull, the symptoms and signs of brain allergy can be severe or mild and manifest themselves as any physical complaint.

The most common ones are headaches, fatigue, uncontrollable sleepiness at inappropriate times, inability to concentrate, memory lapse, incoordination, hallucination and changes in perception from any of the five senses – taste, smell, touch, sight and hearing.

There can even be convulsions and loss of consciousness. The most important factor to understand about cerebral allergic symptoms (and I should say that cerebral refers to the most complex portion of the human brain) is that these allergic symptoms can frequently mimic exactly the symptoms that have classically been attributed to nervous breakdown, neurosis or even psychosis. In other words, the diagnosis that it’s all in your mind may really mean that it’s all in your brain and caused by an allergic reaction in the brain.

The most obvious example of a food addict is the alcoholic.

Suppose we look at the history of an alcoholic from the point of view of allergy-addiction. The first drink is almost always the social phenomenon. The drug affect of alcohol is experienced as pleasant 7

and unwinding, the relaxation effect. This may be repeated socially at irregular intervals for years without any addiction developing. Then perhaps after a tough day at the office the businessman may try a martini before supper to obtain the same relaxation (still from the drug affect of alcohol). When this becomes a habit the stage is set for addiction.

Food allergy-addiction develops slowly from frequent repeated exposures to a potentially addicting substance.

It is at this point that the addiction phenomenon becomes clear by revealing its major clinical sign – withdrawal symptoms. If you are addicted to something, you feel better when you consume it and, after a period of being without it, you begin to feel worse.

Depending on the severity of the addiction, it may be very mild and difficult to recognize. It can express itself as craving for the substance to which you’re addicted.

Some people just know they are going to feel better if they have a cup of coffee. Others just know they can’t get started unless they have their drink of orange juice.

Still others don’t even recognize it: they just think that it’s perfectly logical to have bread with every meal. They don’t consider a meal complete without some wheat.

They don’t realize the craving is part of an allergy-addiction to wheat.

Allergy-Addiction Causes Withdrawal Symptoms Let’s look at our alcoholic again. Now he’s taking a martini

regularly when he comes home from work to unwind, and very subtly and gradually he becomes addicted. Every day by supper time his addiction is beginning to have its effect, and he relieves it by taking his customary drink.

When addiction becomes progressive, the length of time the offending substance relieves symptoms becomes less and less.

Soon our harried businessman notices that somewhere around three-thirty or four o’clock he is really beginning to feel frazzled.

However, if he keeps a little bottle in the drawer and takes a nip about three or three-thirty he can avoid that “down” feeling, and of course it’s an easy thing to do, and it’s only two drinks a day, and another alcoholic is on the way.

The addiction increases, the withdrawal symptoms come sooner, and now we find that in order for him to function well he’s got to have a drink when he goes out with the boys at lunchtime.

If he is still able to think clearly, he may skip the mid-afternoon nip from the drawer because he does not need that anymore, but if he is a slave to the drinking habit, he will continue to have that drink as well as the one before dinner.

It’s important to notice that, at this time, this person is functioning better with the alcohol than he does without it. Even though alcohol is a total depressant to the nervous system, it interferes with reflex time and in general produces less efficient functioning.

For the person with an alcohol problem, the non-alcoholic state is no longer normal. It is a state of withdrawal from an addicting substance. The depression and malfunction that accompanies withdrawal is worse than the state in which the stimulation of the addicting substance is in effect.

Eventually, this person is drinking every few hours to avoid the withdrawal syndrome. He is functioning much below par, but he does function so long as he continues to drink alcohol.

However, now we see that this person, when he goes to bed at night, is going to go through an eight-hour period without the substance he has an allergy addiction to. When he wakes up in the morning he is going to be in severe withdrawal. This of course is the classical evidence of addiction to alcohol – the patient who wakes up in the morning hungover, nervous and irritable, and all he has to do is take a tiny sip of his favorite alcohol and he relieves his withdrawal symptoms temporarily.

It is obvious to most people, except the alcoholic, that the best course of action is to go “cold turkey,” to suffer through the withdrawal syndrome, to detoxify and then to avoid the offending addicting allergic substance so that optimum body function can be obtained.

The withdrawal phenomenon takes three to eight days for the food and chemical allergens. What has been further recognized is that once a patient has gone through this phenomenon and eliminated the allergic-addicting substances completely, his body then no longer craves them. At this point he often becomes aware of the next damaging exposure. This is helpful in the diagnosis and continual avoidance of food allergy-addiction reactions.

It is important to remember that any food can be addicting: wheat germ, liver, yeast, meat, fish, fruit, vegetables – are all capable of inducing allergyaddiction just as well as junk foods and alcohol. However it seems the more quickly a given food is absorbed from the intestinal tract, 8

the more likely it is to produce the allergy-addiction reaction.

Fastest Absorbed Foods Are Most Addictive Next in line to alcohol for speedy absorption from the intestinal tract are the refined carbohydrates like white sugar, white flour, corn syrup.

With complex carbohydrates, absorption is slowed down by the presence of indigestible fiber and unrefined carbohydrate particles.

The refining process eliminates these factors which retard absorption, resulting is the increased incidence of allergy-addiction.

The combination of these refined foods with alcohol is disastrous to the susceptible patient. Following the refined carbohydrates in speed of absorption are the natural carbohydrates, fruits, starchy vegetables and cereals, then the foods high in protein such as meat, fish, poultry and eggs and finally the slowest of all, the fats and oils.

The problem of identifying food allergy-addiction is primarily dependent upon the recognition of the possibility. It’s the old story in medicine – if a doctor doesn’t think of the allergy-addiction diagnosis during his contemplation of the patient, he will never make that diagnosis.

However, once the possibility has been considered, confirmation of the correct diagnosis and treatment are straightforward. In this case the diagnostic procedure is therapeutic because eliminating the offending substance from the diet will both demonstrate the allergy and relieve the patient.

Many patients are skeptical even when they feel better after having eliminated their offending substances. For the skeptics, confirmation is an easy and straightforward procedure – try

the food by itself and see what happens. Despite the fact this procedure sounds so easy, it is only easy in those situations in which the patient is allergic to one or a very few substances.

Unfortunately, some patients have multiple allergies of varying degrees to several foods. In such cases, eliminating just a few foods may not produce the desired relief.

All the offending foods and chemicals need to be eliminated.

It often takes longer than four or five days of avoiding the foods and chemicals that cause reactions to become free of all symptoms.

Fasting Unmasks Allergies It was in recognition of this complex problem that the technique of water only fasting was developed as a diagnostic and therapeutic approach by the pioneers in food allergy testing and environmental medicine.

It is interesting to note that after many years of divergent pathways to health, a number of different disciplines are finding they have much in common. The religious ascetic frequently fasted to cleanse his body of impurity while he meditated, and noted he was healthier in mind and body when he was through. Some doctors and naturopathic physicians have also advocated fasting as therapeutic and detoxifying.

Water only fasting eliminates all the foods causing delayed allergic reactions and allows the person to see the symptoms come back when the offending foods are reintroduced. However, it is more accurate and cost effective to use a specialized blood test to reveal the damaging foods and chemicals. And, unlike fasting, the blood test does no harm.

Eliminating delayed allergic reactions stops allergic inflamma-

tion, and this enables the body to begin healing itself.

Highlights edited from Let’s Live magazine

About the Author Warren M. Levin, MD, FAAFP, FAAEM, FACN, specializes in nutritional, preventive and orthomolecular medicine. He started using the Prime Test for discovering delayed food and chemical allergies in 1990. Dr. Levin has been a family physician since 1959.

He is certified by four medical specialty boards: Environmental Medicine (the test and treatment of delayed food, chemical and airborne allergies, also called sensitivities or intolerances), Family Practice, Chelation Therapy, and Bariatric Medicine (weight control).

Dr. Levin is a fellow of the American Academy of Environmental Medicine; a member of the American Holistic Medical Association; a member of the American Academy of Medical Preventics, of which he was both Treasurer and a member of the Board of Directors; and a charter fellow of the Academy of Family Practice.

Other affiliations include: fellow, American College of Nutrition; Board of Governors, International College of Applied Nutrition; honorary fellow, International Academy of Preventive Medicine; Vice-President and Board of Trustees, American Society of Bariatric Physicians; and Executive Medical Board of the Medical Association for Research and Treatment of Arthritis.

In March 1995, Dr. Levin was awarded the Distinguished Pioneer in Alternative Medicine award by the Foundation for the Advancement of Innovative Medicine. ®

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About the Prime Test In the past, testing for delayed food and chemical allergies required patients to do a chemicalfree, water-only fast for five or more days until they became free of their symptoms. Then they reintroduced the foods by eating only one at each meal, three a day, for three weeks to see which foods caused their symptoms.

Fasting and food-challenge testing made believers out of the patients when their symptoms left after fasting but returned after eating their offending foods. However, this approach often missed foods and chemicals they were allergic to.

This testing method had added problems, the person had to spend a month in the hospital to test for only 63 foods and chemicals and was left with diminished health. In 1975, when done accurately in a specially cleaned hospital, it cost $20,000.

Today the cost would be much more.

The Prime Test enables the laboratory technician to observe the damage to the white blood cells that is at the start of delayed allergic reactions, thereby discovering which foods are damaging the body. Up to 220 different foods and chemicals can be tested from a small blood sample.

Other tests for delayed allergies are not sensitive enough to discover the different types of delayed allergic reactions, and miss many foods and chemicals people need to discover to get well.

The Prime Test enables people to find their compatible foods or chemicals without having to be exposed to the ones which damage their body and upset the brain.

Also, the time and money spent by the patient is dramatically reduced.

The Prime Test often pays for itself within months. For more information, call Preventive Care Center, Inc. at 949 - 661- 4001. ®

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Shared Experiences The next benefit was my heart fibrillations began occurring less often, and they lasted only minutes. I started logging what I had eaten, and sure enough, the attacks happened within 12 hours of my “cheating.”

My eating habits get better all the time because it’s easier to stay off my offending foods, and the benefits are so quickly experienced. I have actually gotten to a place where I don’t miss some of the foods I thought I could not live without. A wonderful side effect is I have lost some unwanted weight.

Holly Reynolds, entrepreneur, San Clemente, CA, 1996

I have had asthma for 45 years. I was skin tested 15 years ago and had allergy shots for three years that were of little help. I decided to take the Prime Test and get counseled on a new way of eating. I have had no asthma for over two years.

During the first three days of my new eating plan I had very bad pulsating headaches and trouble sleeping. I started craving wheat. In one week I felt much better and had no asthma, and needed no asthma medication or cortisone. I ate more but lost swelling and weight.

I feel so good, alert, content, relaxed, more patient. I can think clearer and faster. Life is much more intense. My life has changed so much, my family and friends are astonished. So many people were interested, I brought the Prime Test and counseling to the people of Germany.

Annette Moeller, entrepreneur, Munich, Germany, 1996

I have been on your program for two months and I love the results! The dark circles under my eyes are fading, the bloating is gone and I feel great.

I no longer get tired after meals and have lost the taste for many of the foods I am allergic to. My friends have even noticed a difference.

I have gone back and tried some of the foods the Prime Test reported were damaging for me. All of the symptoms came back which had disappeared after starting my new lifestyle. This reaffirmed for me that the Quality Longevity Program works.

When I first heard of the concept of delayed food allergies, I was skeptical but decided to stay openminded. I was eating all the right foods according to government recommendations, while avoiding most fats and sugars and eating lots of fresh vegetables.

After reading about the kinds of symptoms caused by delayed food allergies, I realized I was having some of those symptoms but was attributing them to other causes like lack of sleep, premenstrual bloating and stress.

One thing which enrolled me into trying your program was how logical it is. Stop eating a food that kills your white blood cells and see if your symptoms go away. Also, I suffer from allergic reactions to medications that I took for years without reactions, and then one day they started making me sick. Repetitious consumption made me allergic to drugs, and the same thing had happened with foods. The foods I had eaten over and over as a child and craved as an adult were many of the ones I was allergic to.

It hasn’t always been easy to give up some of my damaging foods, but because I keep feeling better and because of the studies I have read that support your program, I am determined to keep using the Quality Longevity Program.

Lesli Billinger, actress, Laguna Beach, CA, 1996

I acquired a cough two days before I was released from the hospital. The nurses said it would go away in a couple of weeks. Five years later I was still coughing.

Since I was a teenager I had episodes of irregular heartbeats. My doctor said they were common and nothing to worry about. They used to last only a minute and happened every other month but recently I had two in one week and each lasted over an hour. I was totally debilitated. My new doctor recommended I take a drug the rest of my life that would leave me light-headed and with low energy.

Or I could have heart surgery and receive an implant that would electrically control my heart.

Fortunately I had a new friend who kept talking to me about her health improvements from taking a special blood test for food allergies. She said both of my symptoms were ones often helped by discovering and removing offending foods. I thought she was nuts but, I noticed she was healthy and successful in her life.

I love to eat, and the thought of giving up a favorite food was uncomfortable, but not nearly so unsettling as always taking medication that made me feel bad, or having to have heart surgery.

I took the Prime Test and was counseled by Mark Lovendale. I am not disciplined enough to avoid the foods all the time that the test showed were a problem.

However, I started noticing I could turn on or off my cough with the foods I ate. It was remarkable to me.

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Doctors On Leading Edge Use New Blood Test American Journal of Preventive Care Vol 2, Spring, 1996

Mark Lovendale

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on-traditional doctors have a powerful advantage over regular doctors because they do much of their most useful learning after graduating from medical school. One of the most important discoveries many non-traditional doctors have made is that there are delayed allergic reactions to foods and chemicals which are the hidden, underlying cause of many different health problems.

Compatible Foods Discovering which foods are compatible with your body can make the difference between being healthy or sick. To be healthy, we need to eat foods that are compatible with our immune system.

When we eat foods that are not compatible with our immune systems, a reaction occurs that kills our white blood cells. When this happens, very powerful enzymes from inside our white blood cells are released into the circulatory system, where they are pumped through our bodies, damaging different areas including the brain.

Normally, these enzymes are used by our white blood cells to kill viruses, bacteria and cancer cells.

These cell-killing reactions are often the hidden cause of symptoms, and are called delayed food and chemical allergies.

Where we get symptoms depends, in part, on heredity; whether we get them depends on what we eat.

Numerous ailments have this delayed allergic reaction as their underlying cause. These ailments are the ones that most frequently plague people and confuse unaware doctors. A partial list includes: digestive problems, headaches, sinus congestion, fatigue, joint pain, mood swings, compulsive eating, food addictions, swelling, overweight, bowel irritation, skin disorders, yeast infections and premenstrual problems.

In the past, doctors were able to only treat these symptoms with medications, rather than discovering and removing their underlying cause.

Testing for Delayed Food Allergies Allergy-causing foods and chemicals can now be discovered by testing a person’s white blood cells. A small blood sample is given, and the white blood cells are removed and placed on slides with a microscopic amount of each food or chemical. After incubating for one hour, the white blood cells are studied with a microscope. If they remain healthy, the food is compatible with that person’s immune system.

However, if the white blood cells crack, blister, break open and die, a food or chemical has been discovered which is damaging to that person.

This type of testing was discovered in 1956 by Arthur Black, MD. He named the first test procedure the Cytotoxic Test. It is pronounced “sigh' toe toxic.” “Cyto” is derived from the Greek word for cell, and “toxic” means poison.

The test has undergone several improvements through the years, with the latest developments by Preventive Care Center, Inc. The new, improved test is the Prime Test.® The results from the Prime Test® are very different from those which come from skin or other blood tests.

This is so because traditional allergists test for only one type of allergic reaction, called an IgE reaction. Because the white blood cells are not killed by IgE reactions, traditional allergists do not believe allergy symptoms are caused by the destruction of white blood cells.

The word “allergy” was coined by Dr. Clemens von Pirquet in 1906. He defined the word to mean “altered reaction.” An example is that most people can eat rice and feel fine; however, a few people who eat rice get symptoms. This is an allergic reaction regardless of whether it is an IgE, IgG, immune-complex or other type of reaction.

Traditional allergists are limited by their definition of allergy; for them, if it is not caused by an IgE reaction, it is not an allergy.

White-blood-cell reactions are delayed and caused by several other types of reactions, including immune 11

complexes and IgG reactions.

More than 95 percent of the people who take the Prime Test and make the changes indicated have significant health improvements.

Traditional allergists continue to use skin prick tests – also known as scratch tests – to try to determine allergic reactions. This method has been shown to be only 25 percent accurate for airborne allergies, which are usually an IgE-type reaction. Less than three percent of the population has food and chemical allergies caused by IgE -type reactions.

Skin prick tests are of no value for discovering delayed food or chemical allergies because they only reveal IgE reactions, and, they are only 25 percent accurate for revealing IgE reactions. Also, skin tests damage the patient’s health. And, because more accurate blood tests are available, there is no valid reason to use skin tests.

Most allergists use IgE skin and IgE blood tests to justify having people come back every week for years of allergy shots. And most doctors still rely on traditional allergists for decisions on what is important in the allergy field. Thus, traditional allergists and most doctors are unaware that delayed allergies cause common health problems.

Traditional allergists recommend that their patients return for shots twice a week for months or years, rather than have them avoid the foods that are causing their problems.

Supporting Scientific Studies There are now several hundred published medical studies, many of which are carefully controlled and double-blind, demonstrating that hidden food allergies are the cause of a broad range of common and not-socommon ailments.

There are 47 medical studies on white-blood-cell testing. In 42 of these studies, doctors reported positive results, and their patients became free of health problems.

These doctors support the use of white-blood-cell testing.

The five negative studies were done by traditional allergists. They all acknowledged that the whiteblood-cell reactions existed, yet they claimed the test was of no value because they did not know, at that time, how killing white blood cells could cause numerous symptoms. Also, the results were different from the IgE skin and blood tests they rely on. One important advantage of the whiteblood-cell test is that it gives information missed by IgE-type allergy tests.

Although the awareness of delayed food and chemical allergies originally started in the United States during the 1930s, it is not yet understood by the traditional medical establishment. In England this awareness is appreciated by many renowned doctors. Several did a very large, double-blind crossover study which was reported in the leading medical journal, The Lancet.5 The study tested to see if migraine headaches were caused by delayed food allergies. Eighty-eight children with frequent migraines were tested with a less accurate, cumbersome, trial-and-error method to find the foods they were allergic to. When those causing delayed food allergies were removed, 93 percent of the children were free of their painful migraine headaches. When the reactive foods were reintroduced into the children’s diets, the headaches returned.

This research demonstrated the most successful principle for stopping migraine headaches. Drug therapies, talk therapies, traditional allergy treatments and other approaches have been dismal failures because they do not remove the underlying cause of most migraine headaches – delayed food and chemical allergies.

This Lancet study, headed by Dr. J. Egger, also researched the cause of other symptoms, including abdominal pain, behavior disorders, epileptic fits, asthma and eczema.

Almost all of the children with these additional symptoms were cured or dramatically improved.

There were 14 children in the study who had migraine headaches and were also epileptic. After testing and removing the damaging foods, 12 were free of their migraines and epileptic fits without having to continue their debilitating medicine.

This was also the most successful treatment ever tried for epilepsy because it removed the underlying cause – delayed food allergies. This study has been confirmed by several others. [See Lancet study on page 32.]

Many high quality studies have been done but most doctors have not done their homework. This Lancet study was published in 1983, but so far few know of it.

A follow-up study was done by Medical Service Center of people who were tested by using their white blood cells. The results showed more than 90 percent had improved their health with no negative side effects.

Also, their medical expenses were reduced. [See study on page 31.]

Medical schools present little accurate information on how people should eat to prevent or cure disease.

On average, less than one day out of four years of medical training is devoted to studying the effects of foods on the body – and much of the information presented is inaccurate.

Doctors are not taught in medical school that numerous common ailments are caused by eating incompatible foods. Thus, traditional doctors are unable to counsel patients accurately about how to eat. In fact, most doctors do not know how to eat properly themselves, and thus have numerous related health problems.

If we had the same level of awareness in the dental profession, no dentist would have ever told you to brush your teeth or avoid sugar-laden foods.

Key Medical Studies Theron Randolph, MD, had more than 300 medical studies published between 1935 and 1968 revealing that numerous ailments, starting with migraines in 1935, are caused by delayed food and chemical allergies.

George A. Ulett, MD, PhD, had several studies published demonstrating that delayed food allergy reactions cause a broad range of ailments and can be revealed by white-blood-cell testing. This advanced understanding of allergy testing and treatment is being successfully used by many medical doctors in the United States and Europe.

An increasing number of doctors are using the Prime Test® to identify hidden food and chemical allergies.

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Most people do not need medications or allergy shots when they are eating their compatible foods because the stress load on their bodies is dramatically reduced. People who decide to take the Prime Test® learn how to improve their life style and discover the hidden and underlying cause of their symptoms. They enjoy higher levels of health and lower levels of medical costs.

For more information write Preventive Care Center, Inc., 34146 Selva Rd., Suite 200, Monarch Beach, CA 92629, or call 949 - 661- 4001.

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Shared Experiences Thank you for your invaluable help concerning my health problems. Your test is great and very informative. Every day I feel better.

Mike Cramer, La Habra, CA, 1985

weight (28 pounds), although I still have trouble keeping it down. My borderline high blood pressure is down – I am off medication which a doctor had said I would have to use for life. My painful arthritis, which I was medicating very heavily, rarely pains me, and I do not take the medication any more. My general health and stamina are so much improved that I am now able to live a much fuller life, even at age 68. Thank you so much.

Reverend Herman T. Petersen

My family doctor decided that my chronic hives and swelling of my eyes, lips and hands were caused by nerves. He treated me with cortisone and benadryl. After approximately two months, I still needed help.

I decided to try your white-blood-cell test and in a week began the Quality Longevity Program.

My hives cleared up, and I was surprised that other symptoms I had been suffering from for years went away, including headaches and being moody. My compatible foods helped me to lose 16 pounds. My skin is softer and smoother than it has ever been. My whole attitude changed when I changed my foods.

I tested myself by eating the wrong foods. In two days my eyes would swell and the headaches would start. My whole attitude would change. I felt miserable.

I can’t say enough for the program; it has helped me in many ways. I have learned so much about nutrition. I am much happier and healthier than I have ever been.

Gayle Nejman, Anaheim, CA, 1985

San Diego, CA, 1985

I must admit I was initially a bit skeptical about how white-blood-cell testing and nutritional counseling could help solve the health problems I have had to tolerate for so many years. My doubts vanished, however, when a six year old, who attended the school I direct, went through the Quality Longevity Program.

The child’s learning ability increased dramatically. He no longer needed an afternoon nap or to be calmed down from hyperactivity. The puffiness in his face disappeared, and overall he became a happier, more productive child, all in a matter of weeks!

I immediately started the program myself and within three weeks my headaches ended, I lost the 15 pounds that even consistent, vigorous exercise never affected, and the excessive mucus in my sinuses and throat cleared; no more itchy eyes. I am less moody, I have abundant energy and am more clear and focused. My skin looks so good that people are remarking about it! My teaching staff even claims I am more enjoyable to work with!

I hope all the parents of my students will be as wise as the parent of that six year old. At the height of the running-nose season, you’ll often hear me say to a parent, “Ever had your child checked for delayed food allergies?” Why allow children, or anyone at any age, to go through life tied to medications for this or that ailment when all they would be doing is treating the symptoms of a delayed food allergy?

I will continue to recommend your program highly to the many people I have in my life.

Shelly De Groot, directress,

I am very grateful for the healing which resulted, and still continues. I hesitated at first because the Quality Longevity Program seemed so expensive, and when I did start, it was very rough going. It was such a change of life for me, but it has been well worth all of it. I am very thankful for what it has done for me. The benefits are multiple.

My hope was that I might be able to overcome the irritating rashes that constantly plagued me for years. Medical doctors had no satisfying answers, stating the rashes were caused by allergies. Under your nutritional counsel, the irritations were not immediately brought under control, but began to diminish. I learned a new way of diet and more than one and a half years later they rarely flare up. When they do, I know how to handle them and I live in comfort.

The other things that happened to my health are even more spectacular. I lost considerable

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Shared Experiences Last year my oncologist, after checking out the Quality Longevity Program, gave me the go-ahead to try white-blood-cell testing and the nutritionalcounseling program. Being a professional home economist, I thought I already ate well, but I went ahead and approached this new system of eating with a positive attitude.

Within six weeks my skin had cleared by 90%!

Amazing! A wonderful side benefit was the loss of 25 pounds. My doctor was as delighted as I was and totally approved of the food plan, no matter what the ailment.

Because my food plan omitted dairy products, I was concerned about my body’s calcium level.

My doctor furnished me with the following encouraging blood test results. Before the program: Calcium 9.3, Triglycerides 152, Glucose 93, Cholesterol 195. After being on the program: Calcium 9.5, Triglycerides 119, Glucose 79, Cholesterol 169.

It has been 12 months since I changed my eating patterns, and I plan to stick with it. Even though 10% of the time I make “moderate exceptions,” I have kept my weight down, stayed healthy and feel good. My psoriasis is 95% clear, which is the longest and best clearing I’ve had in 10 years.

I advise anyone with psoriasis to try the program. You have nothing to lose (except a lot of scales, aggravation and excess weight) and everything to gain – good health!

Arlene Harrison, home economist, Bellevue, WA, 1984

I feel the Quality Longevity Program is of unquestionable benefit to me. The money was well spent. This program has brought relief where drugs could not. I believe in what you are doing and have recommended you to others.

Carrie Lynch, Irvine, CA, 1985 It has been several months now since my white-blood-cell test, and I am so pleased and relieved. I want to thank you for the time you spent with me and for having the test available.

The most important result of the program for me is the absence of the headaches that have plagued me most of my life. One of the unexpected benefits is that my weight has returned to normal for the first time in twenty-five years.

Before, I had fallen short of achieving my normal weight even when strictly dieting.

I now have the energy and desire to exercise.

My husband says he can’t keep up with me. This is all like a miracle to me because I have spent many years and dollars trying to gain better health.

Everywhere I go, people tell me how good I look. I know it’s because I feel so good.

Willa Blomgren, Friday Harbor, WA, 1984 I wish to put in writing that the white-bloodcell testing was very beneficial to my allergy conditions.

During the spring I lived on pills to keep from sneezing and itching to death. After the testing I lived through spring without any pills. I didn’t believe I could ever do that. I also needed less sleep and felt an increased motivation for physical exercise.

I’ve been to many doctors and have had skin tests and injections. Believe me, none of these helped half as much as the information I gained through white-blood-cell testing. You may send any government agency to me for further documentation. I was totally thrilled with this new insight to living!

Diane Hardison, teacher, Newport Beach, CA, 1985

Thank you for helping me and my family to improve our standard of health.

Before we arrived in California, we suffered for years from various health problems including continual colds, flus, overweight and fatigue. I never realized our frequent infections and illnesses were directly related to our eating habits and resulting weakened immune systems.

I learned a great deal from working with you and saw how much I was helping other people. The specialized nutritional counseling together with the testing is definitely a most useful and beneficial health aid. My conventional learning in nutrition was constructively and logically rebuilt. In doing this, I regained my good health.

Linda Rubin, laboratory supervisor, Tustin, CA, 1984

My first encounter with psoriasis was in 1960.

In 1970 it had spread over 80% of my body. I saw many doctors and tried many remedies, but nothing achieved any long-lasting positive results.

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Food Reactions Eddie Lopez

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efore you take another sip of ice-cold milk, bite into an inviting banana or nibble a crunchy carrot, have you thought about the cause of your irritating skin rash or splitting headache? It could be a food allergy.

But, wait a minute, carrots?

Sure, we’ve all heard about the evils of sugar, salt and chocolate, but carrots, one of Mother Nature’s least-suspected health foods? How could carrots be bad for you? Well, not bad for everyone, just for those who react to carrots as indicated by a new allergy-disclosing blood test.

People who are bothered by allergies usually associate them with the airborne contaminants – dust, mold and pollen. Standard skin tests given by allergists for these irritants do not work for delayed food allergies and produce inaccurate results, according to health researcher Mark Lovendale.

Lovendale, who lectured recently at Fresno’s Four Walls West athletic club, is the founder of the Irvine-based Medical Service Center. The center provides cytotoxic testing, a relatively new medical technique, for people who want to know which foods are optimum for their bodies and which foods may be causing health problems.

The cytotoxic test was discovered in 1956 by Arthur Black, MD, and is considered a breakthrough by some medical practitioners.

However, cytotoxic testing is not taught in any medical school.

Lovendale explains, “Only a small

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number of physicians and scientists understand the value of the test.”

The test, in which most foods and many chemicals are tested for compatibility, is based on the premise that white blood cells can be destroyed by coming into contact with foods and chemicals that cause delayed allergy symptoms.

“The problem is that most doctors are not aware that delayed food allergies are a significant problem for most people,” Lovendale explained in an interview.

“Dieticians who believe that the four basic food groups are the foundation of good nutrition have trouble understanding this new research because they have to let go of some of the things they were taught in school.

“When I started studying delayed allergies and the cytotoxic test in 1973, I assumed that most foods were fine for my body. However, I soon found there were several foods that I was allergic to, including carrots. I was eating carrots every day and the cytotoxic test revealed that they were killing my white blood cells. I found out that carrots were not only giving me a skin rash but were making me feel fatigued. I also removed all dairy products and my health improved dramatically.”

Lovendale elaborated that such symptoms as skin rashes and headaches are not the only health problems which have disappeared for some of his clients. Weight reductions often take place by avoiding foods a person is allergic and addicted to.

“Women would come in with headaches, skin rashes or weight 15

problems and then two weeks later be symptom-free. They also informed us that their premenstrual symptoms were dramatically reduced.

“This approach reduces stress levels, helps the endocrine system and relieves many different ailments.

“The discovery of masked delayed food allergies in infants and children,” Lovendale advises, “is an important breakthrough, often extending beyond the hyperactivity associated with children who have ingested too much sugar.

“We have video tapes,” he explained, “that show a normal healthy young boy behaving violently simply because he’s having a reaction to a banana. In addition to behavioral difficulties, these reactions often cause ear, nose and throat problems.

“It would be easy if there were the same three or four offending foods that could be removed in order to see improvement. However, people respond differently to different foods and often have allergic reactions to several foods they would never suspect as the cause of their symptoms.

“Just taking the child off chocolate won’t work by itself.

Parents need to know which foods are compatible for their child, and which foods are not, so that a nutritional programs can be put together that will turn the child’s health around.

“Many mothers may feel that giving their children orange juice every day is very helpful to their health, but by that repetitious exposure some children become allergic to orange juice and start having

health or behavioral problems.

“The improvements noted in children after cytotoxic testing,” Lovendale suggested, “may extend into such long-range benefits as improved schoolwork.

“When children are taken off foods that are making them hyper or unable to think clearly, they are able to do better and enjoy school.

“Often teachers have reported that the children in their classes are fairly well behaved until the 10 o’clock milk, juice or cookie break, and then for the next hour the kids are unruly. It turns out that delayed allergic reactions to one or more of those foods are making it impossible for them to pay attention.

“But it is not only infants and children who may benefit from cytotoxic testing,” Lovendale explains. “A teenager’s rash, headaches or extra weight could be caused by the ingredients in their cheeseburger, or similarly for an ironworker who insists on a Swiss cheese on rye sandwich.”

What happens in the body is that white blood cells are destroyed after eating various foods, causing powerful enzymes to be released into the blood stream. This causes inflammation in various parts of the body, which can result in headaches, sore joints, pain, fatigue, depression and edema (water retention).

Arthur P. Black, MD, is one of the pioneers in the effect of allergens upon living white blood cells. He began his microscopic studies in 1928 and published his landmark 1956 study in the medical journal Pediatrics.

“The cytotoxic reaction has been observed with food, pollen and inhalant allergens,” he observed, “and shows such correlation with clinical sensitivity as to be a helpful guide in determining

which allergens are likely offenders and which are innocuous in a particular case. The technique and observations constitute a new and useful diagnostic method in allergic disease.”

Black, through the years, documented a number of representative cases in which either singular or multiple food allergies were responsible for various physical or emotional ailments.

Lovendale cited some of the more interesting cases from Black’s published study.

A 5-month-old boy, with unceasing colic, mushy stools and a failure to gain weight, tested positively to cows’ milk, goats’ milk, wheat, veal, salmon and beets. He did very well when put on a meatbase formula and foods that tested negative – chicken, lamb, oats, peas, cabbage, soybean, rice, carrots, apple, banana, pineapple and potato.

A 3-month-old girl, with severe colic and allergic dermatitis, tested positively to wheat. Her colic and eczema subsided rapidly when she was given a wheatfree diet.

A 1-year-old boy, with daynight wakefulness, generalized rash and poor weight-gain, tested positive to egg, wheat, carrots and wool. When these three foods were eliminated and he was protected from wool, he began sleeping normally and gaining weight.

A 28-month-old boy, with an intractable diaper rash, tested positively to pears, chicken, chocolate and wheat. It was determined that these foods were to blame but not until after the family dog had been wrongfully dispatched to a boarding kennel for an enforced vacation.

A 7-month-old girl, with severe eczema, tested positively to 16

wheat. She improved when her mother, who was breast-feeding her, stopped eating wheat.

A 9-year-old girl with dermatitis, tested positively to chocolate, peanuts and wool. The dermatitis cleared up in three days when chocolate was eliminated from her diet.

A 40-year-old woman, with chronic sinusitis after eating shrimp, tested positively to wheat, chili, cherries, wool and cows’ milk.

Removal of reacting foods and wool blankets relieved all symptoms.

“Cytotoxic testing is a dramatic and refreshing part of health care,” Lovendale concluded, “because people can see a clear causeand-effect relationship between what they are eating and their symptoms. Our clients learn which foods cause their symptoms. They no longer continually have to go to traditional doctors and get allergy shots or drugs to treat their symptoms. They are now in control of their health by avoiding the causes of their symptoms.”

Highlights edited from Fresno Bee Before it was discovered that white blood cells react to foods and cause delayed allergic reactions, doctors tried, with little success, to use elimination diets. Also, skin tests and allergy shots have been shown to give poor results. The cytotoxic test was the original white-blood-cell test for revealing delayed food and chemical allergies.

The test now used to obtain the most accurate results is the Prime Test.

For additional information, contact: Preventive Care Center, Inc. 34146 Selva Road, Suite 200 Monarch Beach, CA 92629 Phone: 949 - 661- 4001 or 888-Test Wel (888-837-8935) Fax: 949-661-1666 Website: PreventiveCare.com ML ®

Let’s Live Magazine Jan 1982

Cytotoxic Testing: Finding Your Ideal Diet For Maximum Health And Longevity Richard Kaplan, DO

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ytotoxic testing is a method for determining the change in the morphology [health and life] of white blood cells following exposure to a specific food. The scientific basis of this method of testing is based on the individual’s reaction to specific antigenic substances through his or her immunological defense system. Under microscopic examination one can observe changes in cellular morphology as white blood cells attempt to engulf the incriminating antigen.

In the cytotoxic test, live white blood cells are mixed with a particular food extract, such as yeast, corn, egg, wheat, milk and other highly allergenic substances. The white blood cells react if the extract is from an offending food, but remain normal if the food is well tolerated. Cytotoxic testing is based on the premise that living white blood cells can be damaged or destroyed following contact with sensitizing foods.

Antigen-Antibody Reaction When an antigen (foreign substance) enters the bloodstream, specific antibodies are formed to neutralize the antigen and thus prevent it from harming the body. This antigenantibody reaction is the basis of modern immunology and led to the discovery of the polio vaccine and other great medical contributions. Once the body is initially exposed to an antigen, it can produce specific antibodies to neutralize the virus and protect the body from cellular damage following successive exposure.

The usual skin tests for food allergies have only a 20 percent accuracy.

Provocative tests are helpful when it is necessary to treat the patient’s food sensitivity by intracutaneous “turnoff” doses, but these tests rely too much on the subjective responses of the patient.

The cytotoxic test, however, offers a

viable alternative and does not leave a line of wheals [areas of red inflammation] on the arms of the patient.

The cytotoxic food test was introduced by Dr. Arthur P. Black in 1956 and later modified by Dr. William Bryan in 1958. The reliability of the test depends on the laboratory personnel’s ability to interpret it, and for the physician to apply the results successfully in his clinical practice.

Once the incriminating foods are identified, the patient is placed on a diet free of these allergens. In most cases, the [delayed] food allergies will clear up and the individual will remain symptom-free.

Before one undergoes the cytotoxic test, the individual must avoid eating at least 12 hours before evaluation. Small amounts of water should be ingested.

One should remember that food substances are present in many different food products and are not easily detected without a thorough dietary evaluation. In some cases, nutritional supplements should also be tested.

However, these supplements are usually highly beneficial in preserving the immunological integrity of the individual. Vitamin C, in particular, as well as selenium, is integrally involved in the host’s immunological defenses and may protect the cells from toxic antigens.

“… the overwhelming number of allergies are concealed or masked ….”

After the white blood cells are separated from the plasma, a drop is placed on glass slides containing dried extracts of the selected foods. At this point, the slides are examined under a microscope to show damage to blood cells. If the individual is not sensitive to a particular food, the blood sample remains unchanged. The incriminating 17

foods, however, will elicit a variety of reactions, the most indicative of which will be deterioration of the cellular integrity of the white blood cells. In most cases, damage to the blood is measured on a scale of one through four, depending on the degree of sensitivity to a particular food.

Developing Food Intolerance Once these food sensitivities are determined it is extremely important to avoid all foods which have caused reactions in the cytotoxic test for a minimal period of two months. At the end of this two-month period of avoidance, one can reintroduce the incriminating foods on an individual basis, for the purpose of testing whether one has developed the desired goal of food tolerance. It is advisable to test these foods at breakfast time, one by one, so that the results are not confused.

Although there is a wide variation in the way each individual clears his or her food reactions, the majority of patients will clear after a period of a few months. Individual food challenges and follow-up cytotoxic testing are helpful in evaluating progress as far as one’s personal reactivity is concerned.

Food Diary One should remember to keep an accurate and complete diary of all foods eaten and to follow a rotation diet to insure that these sensitivities will not be exacerbated following successive exposures in the future. It is not good enough to rely merely on one’s memory of what is eaten from day to day.

Although approximately five percent of all allergies fall under the category of fixed allergies (i.e., sensitivities which will stay with us no matter what we do), the overwhelming number of allergies are [delayed]

concealed or masked food allergies.

These concealed allergies require special diagnostic testing and follow-up dietary counselling. The masked allergies are frequently associated with incriminating foods which are eaten every day.

Children are especially susceptible to these allergies when they consume an un-varied diet which is high in candy, soft drinks and other malnourishing foods. Since one of the cardinal signs of food allergies is a craving for the very foods which cause the reaction, parents are advised to restrict these foods from the child’s diet.

If you are allergic to wheat products, it is advisable to visit the health-food store and ask for a bread which is not made from wheat. Other cereal grains should be watched closely so that they are not eaten on successive days. Cereal grains are the more common offending foods.

Gluten is a protein substance which is found in cereal grains such as wheat, [spelt, kamut] rye and barley. Gluten sensitivity is commonly associated with a variety of symptoms and can be extremely toxic to the intestinal lining of patients with intestinal disorders such as celiac disease or adult nontropical sprue.

Common Symptoms In keeping the daily record of foods eaten, one should remember to write down everything that enters the stomach, including the water you drink, snacks, meals, etc. Remember to list the combination of foods and all ingredients which are on the label of these foods.

Symptoms should be listed, indicating the exact time when they started, as well as their duration and severity.

Some of the common symptoms of [delayed] food allergies include headaches, faintness, dizziness, excessive drowsiness after eating, mucous formation, watery eyes, canker sores, heart palpitations, nausea, diarrhea, flatulence, hives, eczema and general aches and pains.

We know today that food allergies are responsible for a variety of ailments which commonly go undetected in the doctor’s office. Today we have developed new diagnostic techniques for determining individual sensitivities so people can lead a normal life.

Cytotoxic testing, in particular, demands a minimal investment of time

and effort on the part of the patient and is also remarkably efficient.

Since the observations are objective, the patient does not have to guess which foods are causing the reactions. The cytotoxic test is also perfectly safe, since these potentially toxic foods are never injected into the patient, but are examined under a microscope.

One should be aware, however, that there are certain disadvantages to cytotoxic testing. False negative readings may occur occasionally for foods to which a patient is clearly sensitive but has not eaten for several months. This problem, however, occurs rarely and does not outweigh the immeasurable advantages of cytotoxic testing as a diagnostic method of determining food sensitivities. A 70 percent success rate,* as opposed to 20 percent with the usual intradermal skin tests, warrants continued use of the cytotoxic test.

Common Complaints Caused By Delayed Food and Chemical Allergies We know today that food allergies are implicated as the source of a number of common ailments. The allergyaddiction syndrome is often responsible for weight gain. Once eating a particular offending food becomes habitual, the symptoms may no longer become noticeable. People may have allergic edema (fluid retention throughout the body) and not understand why they are becoming obese. This adaptation to the antigen contained in the food enables the individual to tolerate the poison and eventually the person becomes addicted in the process, in the same way a heroin addict becomes hooked.

The answer to this problem is to detect these allergies before they create havoc with all of the body’s physiological processes. The cytotoxic test offers unique advantages in this regard.

Once food sensitivities [delayed food allergies] are determined and the patient uses a rotation diet and avoidance of these offending foods, the symptoms will disappear dramatically. The headaches will be gone and nasal symptoms will be improved considerably.

Bariatricians [medical specialists in weight loss] are beginning to realize that one of the most beneficial 18

approaches to the treatment of obesity is through food-sensitivity testing and avoidance of incriminating foods.

Vitamins and Minerals Nutritional supplementation is also extremely helpful for people who are attempting to overcome functional food allergies. Vitamins and minerals should be included in any dietary regimen since they are involved in many intricate physiological processes. Since food allergies contribute to the environmental stress load, a high-potency Bcomplex supplement will assist in combatting stress due to contact with harmful antigens [unless the person is allergic to the chemical the vitamin is made from]. Similarly, the antioxidants vitamin C, vitamin E and selenium all contribute to maintaining the structural integrity of the cell membrane.

“… the cytotoxic test represents a breakthrough ….”

However, one should remember that all the supplements in the world are not going to help the person whose allergies have gone undetected.

Remember to consult your physician about obtaining a cytotoxic test. This nearly-foolproof test can determine the items in your diet which are causing masked allergies and depriving your body of peak performance.

Most important, the cytotoxic test represents a breakthrough in foodallergy detection and will help you design your ideal diet for maximum health and longevity.

Highlights edited from Let’s Live magazine Bracketed [ ] additions by Mark Lovendale * The cytotoxic test was the original white-

blood-cell test for revealing delayed food and chemical allergies. The test now used to obtain the most accurate results is the Prime Test.® This improved approach along with accurate counseling has increased the success rate from 70 percent to more than 90 percent.

See the follow-up study on page 31.

For more information or the name of a doctor performing the Prime Test® in your area, contact Preventive Care Center, Inc., 34146 Selva Road, Suite 200, Monarch Beach, California, 92629. Phone: 949 - 661- 4001 or 888-TestWel Fax: 949-661-1666 Website: PreventiveCare.com ML

Shared Experiences For more than two decades I have been researching different approaches for achieving the healthiest, life-building diet. I have tried almost every approach, including vegetarian, macrobiotics, fruitarian, food combining and fasting.

None of them produced any lasting improvement in my health. My allergies, especially to dust, mold and pollen, kept getting worse.

I took supplements and allergy medications, but found only temporary relief. I knew I didn’t want to live like this, having symptoms all the time and taking medications all my life.

In 1994, I met Mark Lovendale and we got into an in-depth conversation about health. It became apparent that he had much new information that could help me.

I decided to take the Prime Test and try the Quality Longevity Program. I experienced the most profound improvement in my health. Within a few days I felt significantly better, and within a few weeks most of my allergy symptoms were gone, including most of my problems with dust, mold and pollen.

It didn’t take too much discipline to stick with the program because the results were so rewarding. Today, it has become a way of life, it is second nature to me to eat my compatible foods and avoid the others. It’s not that I can’t eat the others, I choose not to eat them because I feel better when I don’t. I am liberated, not restricted.

I teach classes in yoga and other healthbuilding approaches and have recommended the Prime Test and the Quality Longevity Program to many of my clients. I am enjoying a secondary benefit of seeing their health improve.

Gerhard Gessner, entrepreneur, masters

I felt I was allergic to something I was eating, but could not discover more than one or two foods that were causing symptoms. I had heard of delayed food and chemical allergies but was not able to locate anyone who knew how to test for them. After I read about the Quality Longevity Program, I decided to try the Prime Test.

My test results and the follow-up program were very different from any other approach I had tried.

I have been using my test results for the past four months. For the first time in years I have been free from headaches. The significant exceptions have been when I ate a food my Prime Test indicated was a problem.

I am very excited about my progress. I have not been hungry and have lost unwanted weight – 23 pounds. My energy levels are great.

I enjoy enrolling my friends in the Quality Longevity Program and watching their progress.

Carol W. Bailard, Santa Ana, CA, 1994 Your analysis, evaluation and recommendations have achieved remarkable results for Michele and me in healthful living.

During the first two days there was discomfort, withdrawal and tiredness. It then disappeared. In the short period of eight days, we have lost weight, sleep better, have energy and look good.

Based on the results, we recommend the public be made aware of the facts underlying the Quality Longevity Program.

Sidney Goldman, attorney, retired United States Superior Court Judge, La Jolla, CA, 1997

I started smoking cigarettes 26 years ago. I attempted to quit but did not make it through the first 24 hours without a cigarette. I took your advice and quit smoking the day I started the Quality Longevity Program.

I was so surprised when I made it through the first day without smoking. I did not suffer from any of the withdrawal symptoms normally associated with giving up cigarettes even though I did not use the patches or gum to assist me. It has now been two weeks without a cigarette and I feel great. Thanks for your advice and the Prime Test and the Quality Longevity Program.

Carol Lynn Heatherly

in psychology and education, La Jolla, CA, 1998

I have had weekly headaches most of my life.

They started when I was a child. I am now in my fifties and have gone to several types of doctors through the years trying to find relief. I was told to try hormones and medications for my migraines. I followed their advice, but still had headaches and hated the way the drugs made me feel.

I then saw a nutritionist and tried extensive regimes of vitamins, minerals and dietary changes.

I did get quite a bit of improvement, but I still had a couple of headaches a week.

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Shared Experiences Delayed allergic reactions to the foods we eat are an enormously important – and all-toofrequently-overlooked – cause of discomfort, illness and diminished life-span. Quality Longevity takes a giant step toward revealing the cause of a multitude of health problems and the simple steps required to solve them.

I look forward to the day when delayed-foodallergy testing is readily available to those with health problems, including autism, and funding is available to increase public awareness.

Bernard Rimland, PhD, Director,

For years I suffered from irregular heart beats. I went to several medical specialists, but none could discover the cause of my problem. The doctors informed me that many people develop this problem sometime in their lives. I was 32, into health foods, running and biking everyday, had good endurance; but I came to a stop whenever my heart missed beats.

I went to a one-day seminar called Quality Longevity. I saw the three major breakthroughs in preventive care come together for the first time and realized everyone could be helped.

I had my white blood cells tested, avoided my damaging foods and my heart problems went away, along with my hay fever and other allergy symptoms. My need for sleep went down and my overall health went up dramatically.

I have followed the progress of more than 60 people I have enrolled in the Quality Longevity Program. All are enjoying improved health.

Gordon Brown, entrepreneur, Glendale, CA, 1995

Autism Research Institute, San Diego, CA, 1999

For a year and a half I had been suffering from a chronic cough. I went to a well-respected traditional doctor to discover the cause. He had me get numerous x-rays and blood tests, but could not find the cause.

The doctor said I was allergic to something, but there was no test to find out what it was.

He prescribed one of the new, powerful antihistamine medications to treat my symptoms. Even though the cause of my cough was not removed, the cough went away. However, the side effects of the antihistamine were uncomfortable. I was so lightheaded and dizzy I could not drive.

Another problem was cost. The antihistamine cost $100 a month. The costs for the doctor, blood tests and x-rays were $445. I stopped the medication and went back to struggling with my cough.

I told a dear friend of mine the problem and she told me about her recent health improvements after taking the Prime Test for delayed allergies.

I decided to try the program. Within six weeks my cough was gone. One side effect was losing 18 pounds, which was not only bearable, but delightful.

I have tested myself a couple of times to see what happens if I eat some of the foods which showed up on my Prime Test. Within an hour my cough comes back and it lasts for three hours.

My husband heard that my cough went away and saw my new figure. He did not have any symptoms which he thought were caused by food allergies and felt fine most of the time. However, he decided to try the Quality Longevity Program.

I was surprised to see how well he improved his eating habits. He is feeling and looking better than ever and lost almost 20 pounds. This program causes no harm and may well help people to gain great health.

Davis Morrow, Newport Beach, CA, 1993

After taking the Prime Test, reading Quality Longevity and making improvements in my life style, I have experienced improved energy, stamina, and recuperative ability. And, I have been using only about half of the information.

I referred one of my longtime patients who, despite following what most people would consider a good diet and having excellent compliance with the exercises I recommended, was in poor health, had significant problems with healing times, had some excess weight, and did not hold her adjustments.

After one month on the Quality Longevity Program, she has significantly improved her health and lost most of her excess weight because of becoming free of her chronic low-grade edema. And, for the first time, she holds her adjustments.

I am very impressed with these results.

Gordon H. Grannis, DC, Aliso Viejo, CA, 1999 Quality Longevity has giving me a new understanding of health. For eight years, I have seen numerous ways the new awareness of food allergies has improved my life and the lives of my friends.

I had no major health problems. However, I was delighted to discover that my health, energy and joy of life could get even higher. It feels good to watch others improve their health after sharing with them about this health breakthrough.

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July/August, 1990

THE SATURDAY EVENING POST

Food Sensitivity: The Mystery Ailment Millions of Americans get sick when they eat certain foods. Some have known allergies, but the majority of cases remain unexplained.

Jane E. Brody

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even-year-old Joseph’s entire face swells if he merely has a peanut in his mouth. Should he accidentally eat one, he could die; the result, his mother says, of having “lived” on peanut butter sandwiches when she was nursing him.

Jane’s problem is walnuts. The program director and fund-raiser breaks out in hives and gets an itchy mouth if she eats them.

One young mother of three who was crippled by rheumatoid arthritis gradually regained her mobility when she stopped consuming dairy products.

Cynthia, a horsewoman who is allergic to mold, has flare-ups of sinus congestion and vaginitis when she eats fermented foods.

Tony, a second grader, sometimes gets severe asthma attacks when he has more than a taste of anything which contains soybeans.

Susan, a physician specializing in occupational health, was devastated by frequent migraine headaches until she stumbled on their cause: corn in any form, a common ingredient in many prepared foods.

And yours truly suffered periodic attacks of abdominal pain and swelling that would last for days Jane E. Brody is a nationally renowned author and journalist for The York Times. She wrote several bestselling diet books before she learned about delayed food allergies. ML

until dietary sleuthing revealed that foods made with soybeans or dried peas were the likely cause.

The seven of us are among the estimated 30 million Americans [a more accurate estimate would be 180 million] who experience adverse reactions to foods [and chemicals] which most non-medical people call food allergies. But although Joseph and Jane are certainly allergic and the young mother probably is, the problems experienced by Cynthia, Tom, and I are not classical allergies because they do not involve the [acute-reacting or IgE] part of the immune system.

To describe the miscellaneous ill effects that can result from eating particular foods, physicians use such words as [delayed food allergies], sensitivities, toxicities, intolerances, false food allergies, pharmacological reactions and metabolic reactions.

From the sufferers’ perspective, this is a case of medical hair-splitting.

What’s crucial to them is only that certain foods can make them sick.

The field of food allergy has, in fact, become rife with controversy.

In researching this article, I initially believed that most of the claims attacking this food or that as the cause of everything from hair loss to athlete’s foot were elaborate hokum.

But after looking at the medical research and learning about various peoples’ experiences, I now wonder 21

whether the rigid thinking of some doctors is not ill-advised. Indeed, in dismissing symptoms which don’t involve the [IgE part of the] immune system, these doctors might be doing a disservice to the health and well-being of millions of Americans.

Perhaps a food doesn’t have to affect the [IgE part of the] immune system in order to ignite a yeast infection, cause the sinuses to fill, “Certain foods might make some people feel tired or mentally foggy and send some children into an orbit of hyperactivity.” aggravate arthritis, or bring on irritable bowel syndrome.

Certain foods might make some people feel tired or mentally foggy or send some children into an orbit of hyperactivity. Maybe some adverse reactions are intensified because people become “addicted” to the very foods that make them ill, a theory, known as opponentprocess learning, that is wellknown to psychologists but rarely considered by medical researchers or physicians. Even among classically trained allergists, there is no agreement on how to categorize the various adverse reactions to foods or how to diagnose them. So it is easy to understand why many frustrated patients, after years of fruitless

visits to conventional allergists, end up turning to the medical fringe to identify the cause of their chronic or recurrent symptoms.

Among the leading causes of [delayed] food allergies are peanuts, soybeans, peas and other members of the legume family; nuts that grow on trees, such as walnuts; fish; shellfish; eggs and dairy products.

When an allergic reaction takes place, the immune system mistakes an innocent substance, such as cows’ milk or shrimp, for the harmful ones it is designed to attack, such as bacteria, viruses, or cancer cells. This mistaken identification sets off a chain reaction that begins with the production of antibodies called immunoglobulin E, or IgE, whose job it is to seize threatening substances, and ends with the release of histamines and other chemicals which produce allergy symptoms.

In a highly allergic person [who has acute reactions], even the tiniest exposure to the particular substance, called an [IgE] allergen, can trigger a life-threatening response known as anaphylactic shock. Blood pressure drops precipitously and breathing passages shut within minutes.

People who know they are at risk of anaphylaxis should carry a loaded syringe of adrenaline with them at all times.

Such emergency treatment might have saved the life of a Brown University student with an allergy to peanuts who died in 1986 after eating chili in a restaurant that, unbeknown to her, had used peanut butter as a thickener. But this is an extreme situation.

More common symptoms of [delayed] food allergies include gastrointestinal reactions, such as nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain and diarrhea; and dermatological

reactions, such as hives, rashes and swelling of the face, hands, feet or genitalia.

The typical [delayed] allergic reaction to a food occurs within four hours after it has been eaten [but may be days later]. The picture is further confused by the unpredictability of food allergies. A food does not necessarily cause the same symptoms in everyone “Even the tiniest exposure to the wrong allergen can trigger a serious response.” who is allergic to it: some people might experience mild itching and others cardiovascular collapse. In addition, a person might not react to each exposure, depending on the amount of the food consumed, how often it is eaten, and coincidental exposure to other allergy triggers, such as pollen. Even vigorous exercise, when done soon after eating a particular food, can intensify an allergic reaction, perhaps by speeding the absorption of the food.

The [old] way to diagnose food allergies starts with a series of tests in which tiny amounts of the suspect foods are scratched into the skin, usually on the back. A patient may develop redness and swelling around the test scratches for several different foods, but this does not mean that he or she is allergic.

Only about one in five [or 20 percent of the] positive skin tests indicates that an allergic reaction would occur after the food was eaten. Some physicians prefer to use a blood test, called the RAST test, to diagnose food allergies.

However, the RAST test costs significantly more than skin tests [and is not accurate for delayed food or chemical allergies]. The results of either test must be confirmed with other tests that involve actually eating the suspect foods.

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Two other diagnostic approaches, cytotoxic tests and sublingual provocative tests, are popular among [non-traditional] allergists, but they have been the subject of much controversy.

With a cytotoxic test, a sample of the patient’s white blood cells is mixed with possible food allergens and examined under a microscope to observe how the cells react.

A sublingual test involves placing extracts of foods under the patient’s tongue and then seeing whether symptoms develop within 20 minutes.

Symptoms of food intolerances [delayed food allergies] can start up to a day after the trigger food is eaten.

Other reactions, [also] known as [delayed] food allergies [or sensitivities], occur when food seems to trigger the release of histamine and other symptomprovoking chemicals directly, without involving antibodies.

Another mystery is that some of the very foods which cause classical allergies in some people manage to skirt the antibodies and produce [delayed] food allergies in others.

The most frequent causes of [delayed] food allergies are milk, peanuts, and wheat, according to Dr. Jonathan Brostoff and Linda Gamlin, authors of The Complete Guide to Food Allergy and Intolerance.

Other causes include such diverse foods and additives as sulfites, strawberries and tomatoes, and foods high in histamines themselves, such as sauerkraut, red wine, yeast and tuna fish.

The most controversial aspect of food intolerances is the claim by some physicians and many lay people that they are often the underlying cause of chronic fatigue, hyperactivity, irritable bowel syndrome, recurrent headaches, muscle aches, anxiety, vaginitis, sinus problems, canker sores, food

cravings, and even obesity – in effect, whatever might ail you. Most [traditional] allergists say that such claims are little more than medical hearsay, but future scientific studies “Some doctors believe food intolerances can cause anxiety, food cravings and obesity.” might eventually bear out many of them. In one of the few welldesigned studies of food intolerances, conducted in England among 88 children with migraines and other ailments, 78 recovered completely when placed on diets free of possible trigger foods. When 40 of the children were retested in double-blind fashion, 35 became ill after eating the foods.

Other than avoidance, there are no known cures for food allergies or most adverse food reactions.

Many people, however, eventually overcome [many of] their allergies, particularly if they avoid the foods responsible for about a year.

This somehow causes the body

to decrease the amount of antibodies it produces in response to the trigger food. Some practitioners claim that certain food intolerances can be similarly overcome.

A review of the research on food allergies – and the many unanswered questions about similar conditions – leads to a conclusion that demands to be heard: possible adverse reactions to food deserve much more attention from the medical establishment than they have received. In which cases are foods really making people sick?

In which cases are people turning to food to explain psychosomatic symptoms? To prevent spending untold amounts of money on useless tests and remedies, and to provide relief for untold numbers of people who experience painful symptoms that might be caused by food, unbiased researchers should take a closer look.

Highlights edited from the Saturday Evening Post, July-August 1990. Brackated [ ] additions by Mark Lovendale.

Summary by Mark Lovendale Some traditional allergists have stopped using the inaccurate, painful and often health-damaging skin test.

Many aware doctors now use white-blood-cell testing for delayed food and chemical allergies.

The cytotoxic test was the original white-blood-cell test for revealing delayed food and chemical allergies. The test now used to obtain the most accurate results is the Prime Test. If you would like additional information, contact Preventive Care Center, Inc., 34146 Selva Road, Suite 200, Monarch Beach, California 92629. Phone 949- 661- 4001; Fax 949-661-1666 ®

“Let your food be your medicine and your medicine be your food.”

Hippocrates Greek health researcher, physician, father of medicine, author, the first allergist … 460 – 377 BCE

“II am am sick sick of ofdiseases, diseases,IIwant wanttoto know and processes processes.... .... know origins origins and If we are to prevent disease it is If we are to prevent disease it is to to the beginningofofthe the chain the beginning chain of of accumulating stresses that accumulating stresses we look.look. ” thatmust we must Clifford Allbutt Medical historian, author … 1836 – 1925

“Every new theory encounters opposition and rejection at first.

The adherents to the old, accepted doctrine object to the new theory, refuse it recognition and declare it to be mistaken. Years, even decades, must pass before it succeeds in supplanting the old one. A new generation must grow up before its victory is decisive.”

“There’s so little we know.”

Ludwig von Mises Philosopher, economist … I881 – 1973 23

Shared Experiences friends as always being lazy.

I had to take antihistamines to relieve my symptoms. They did help temporarily, but the side effects were terrible. I was always tired and irritable.

Before I heard about the Quality Longevity Program, I had given up hope of finding a solution to my health problems. In just one week of being on the program, I felt like a new person.

My sinus headaches disappeared, the congestion in my lungs cleared up as did the itchy eyes, and my energy level increased. Last but not least was the weight loss I wasn’t expecting.

An additional benefit is that I can now be around cats and dogs which I never could do before without getting so ill that I would have to spend the next day in bed.

I am so excited now because I never knew one could feel so good!

Nancy Ross Berg, Pasadena, CA, 1986

My family has used the Quality Longevity Program for more than five years. My son is a world-class athlete, and the white-blood-cell test and the resulting nutritional program have been beneficial.

The regime is very good, and many people have been helped by the program.

Jack Knorpp, entrepreneur, developer of the Good Earth restaurants, Newport Beach, CA, 1985

I wish to express my deep appreciation for the marvelous benefits I have received through your program and the white-blood-cell test. I have followed the program for more than two months, and am becoming healthier each day. So many of my health problems have vanished it’s hard to believe they were caused by delayed food allergies, but I have the proof.

I have suffered for two years from chronic bladder problems and have never been totally free of infection in spite of taking antibiotics.

Now, I feel I am cured: I have been free of antibiotics and free of infection for more than six weeks. My weight is normal now, the swelling and severe fluid retention have disappeared. The stricture, heaviness and pain have gone from my legs. There were days when it was almost too painful to walk. Now I feel normal. I am 72 years old, but have a youthful appearance and renewed ambition. I am surprising my family and friends by my appearance, my renewed ambition and vigor. One of my friends remarked the other day, “You must have found a new youth pill.” This statement is not so far-fetched: we really have found a most beneficial program – a medical breakthrough.

Iola I. Berg, Lynnwood, WA, 1984

I was teaching aerobics, running four miles at lunch time, and worked out at the gym at night. I was very fit, but not healthy. No amount of exercise was working. I was bloated, carrying extra weight and had numerous symptoms.

I had been suffering for years with mood swings, irritability, fatigue, stuffy nose and many more. At times, I was so irritable that my best friends didn’t want to be with me – I was so depressed.

Your seminar gave me hope that these health problems could be relieved by finding out which foods I should eat. I became more aware of how I felt after meals and could see that some foods made me sleepy or irritable. Sometimes it was difficult for me to concentrate on my job.

The blood test enabled me to clear up some of my symptoms within the first week, including the fatigue and swelling. By monitoring my reactions, I began to see a change. As the months passed, my symptoms lessened; some completely disappeared.

Now that I have used the program for years, I clearly feel better, work better and relate better when eating my compatible foods. When I don’t, my symptoms come back. The program has also helped me to give birth to and nurse a healthy girl.

I am writing to you in appreciation and I hope other women and mothers will gain this awareness and stop suffering.

Valerie Watkins, mother, Temecula, CA, 1990

Perhaps the most significant and most healthful change that occurred for me is the alteration of my eating habits and the elimination of harmful foods which are everyday dieting choices for many people. The program taught me a different and more nourishing way of taking care of myself. I feel great.

Louise M. Atty, registered nurse, Brea, CA, 1986 Since childhood I have been troubled with hay fever, asthma, itchy eyes and severe sinus headaches. I was labeled by my family and 24

A Diet to Cure Heart Disease Benno Isaacs

New West Magazine, February 14, 1977

“ The scientific community is buzzing over the possibility that this low-fat-diet-plus-exercise approach may be curing heart disease.”

This is one of the first and still one of the best articles written about the benefits of the 10 –10 – 80 principle. The claims made by Nathan Pritikin in this 1977 article from New West magazine have been validated by numerous medical studies and the improved health of hundreds of thousands of people during the last 25 years.

Mark Lovendale

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middle-aged California businessman, his heart condition so severe he could barely walk, strolls jauntily into his cardiologist’s office after a short trip to a Santa Barbara institute. The results of his checkup are so good that the astounded heart specialist figures his equipment must be defective. (It isn’t.)

A 35-year-old Chicago lawyer, who suffered a massive heart attack last spring which caused major cardiac damage, crippling him, turns up in Santa Barbara looking better than ever. He is planning to return to practice soon. And a good-looking woman from Eureka says she is doing volunteer work at the institute because it “completely cleared up my husband’s heart condition, even cured his snoring!”

These are only a few of the “Alice in Wonderland” events occurring regularly at the Longevity Research Institute in Santa Barbara.

Though it was established only about a year ago by – of all things – a former Chicago photographer, it is already being referred to by some of its patients as “The Lourdes of the West.”

The institute’s story-book Benno Isaacs, a former correspondent with the International News Service, is a medical writer and is currently working on a book on exercise.

“cures.” achieved strictly through diet and exercise, have prompted some observers to declare that at last man may be turning the corner in his battle against heart disease – the number-one health threat in the United States. In the year since the institute opened for business in a seaside hotel, some 500 hopefuls have been put through a simple but strict regimen of diet and exercise, and, according to the institute, “95 percent of them have shown improvements, most of them dramatic.” At the latest session, in January, the center bulged with 85 patients (with each paying around $2,750 for the normal 30-day stay); it is currently booked solid through March. Indeed, the demand is so heavy that a similar center opens in Orlando, Florida, on February 16, headed by Dr. Robert Bauer, a former president of the Miami Heart Institute and a former associate professor at the University of Maryland.

The Santa Barbara institute’s records are filled with case histories of functional improvement of the circulatory problems that often lead to high blood pressure and heart disease. And the records show functional reverses of other seemingly unrelated diseases, such as diabetes, hypoglycemia, arthritis and other degenerative diseases. So far, the institute claims that 160 former patients with the heart ailment called “angina” are now completely without pain or physical symptoms, and more than 30 ex-patients once scheduled for coronary bypass operations are so improved that their surgery has been canceled.

The scientific community is buzzing over the possibility that this 25

low-fat-diet-plus-exercise approach may be curing heart disease. Not everyone is convinced, of course.

Any therapy that claims to reverse the heart and blood-vessel diseases which afflict an estimated 29 million Americans and cause over one million deaths annually is bound to be the subject of great controversy in the medical profession.

Dr. Wilber Currier, formerly on the staffs of the University of Southern California School of Medicine and Harvard Medical School, is one of the believers. His analysis: “If everyone with heart disease in this nation went on the diet-exercise program tomorrow and stuck to it, most of the million Americans who will die of heart disease in the next year could be saved. And 80 percent could be mostly free of all their symptoms.”

Yet, others label such talk as hokum. They even hint at hidden dangers. For example. Dr. Robert I. Levy, the distinguished director of the National Heart and Lung Institute in Bethesda, Maryland, a bureau of the National Institutes of Health, says. “I would love to see these studies proven true.... But we must keep in mind the fact that when somebody’s cholesterol goes down it doesn’t mean he no longer has a diseased heart. And the fact that someone can do more, or walk more, doesn’t mean his atherosclerosis has regressed.”

Dr. William A. Nolen, a noted medical writer, is another skeptic.

While crediting the institute’s program with positive weight-loss results (of nearly a half-pound a day), he dismisses the notion that the regimen will in any way cure heart

“ Nathan Pritikin, who cured himself with his diet, is a dogged critic of both the medical establishment and the food industry.” ailments, “at least until we see much more documented proof.” His point: “You don’t go around announcing cures until you have a great deal of substantiated scientific evidence behind you.”

The program’s supporters have an answer for that. Dr. Denis P. Burkitt, the father of the high-fiber diet for heart disease and colon cancer, argues, “To say you must withhold action until the case is fully proven is a totally indefensible stand. It’s like refusing to throw a life jacket to a drowning man because you’re not certain it can save him.”

Whatever the controversy, nobody disputes that something “unusual” is happening in Santa Barbara.

The need for exercise and dieting isn’t a new idea, of course. The value of exercise to the heart victim, although not fully understood, has been accepted since the mid-fifties when Eisenhower’s heart specialists insisted that he continue to play golf; likewise, the connection between a fatty diet and heart disease, although even less understood, has been recognized for a decade. However, the institute’s new diet is not the standard watch-that-fat formula often prescribed in heart cases.

Rather, it is one so low in fat that it makes the strict American Heart Association (AHA) diet seem like a Roman banquet.

The man behind the diet is Nathan Pritikin, the creator and director of the small but growing Longevity Research Institute, which now has a staff of 50, including five doctors. Ten years ago, Pritikin, a nutritional scientist who is now 61, cured himself of coronary insufficiency with a diet like the one he now claims is allowing his patients to throw away their “crutches,” such as drugs, tranquilizers, vitamins – even insulin.

With himself as chief scientist

and guinea pig, this slender bundle of energy, who often climbs stairs two at a time, is out to eliminate what he considers America’s number one villain – fat from our food, from our blood and from our arteries. And, he isn’t shy about his beliefs. Though he has no formal medical training, he is very outspoken and shows scant respect for the medical establishment, less for the nation’s food industry and, in this age of the fastfood franchise, even less for the average American’s diet. Despite his frankness, he’s usually a mildmannered man with a nearly photographic mind, and the father of five children, the oldest 36. He is also an avid runner who enjoys jogging regularly with his wife.

What does this mean to the average American? If Pritikin is only half right, Mr. Average – even Mr. Seemingly Fit – had better take a hard look at his diet, and cut out at least half of the fat he now eats. He’d also be doing himself a favor by at least taking long walks daily.

The importance of diet as a preventive measure seems clear.

According to Dr. Anthony Gotto, an associate of heart transplant specialist Dr. Michael DeBakey and coauthor with him of a new book, The Living Heart, “If we could lower the cholesterol count of everyone in the United States below 150, we could probably wipe out heart disease.”

Pritikin tries to keep all his patients below 150 and those 35 or younger below 130.

It’s a strong statement, but to Pritikin it is nothing more than simple arithmetic: “Hundreds of millions of people in the world live on this type of [10 percent fat] diet, and they simply do not get heart attacks.”

Pritikin’s program eliminates all possible fat, oil and sugar and all coffee and tea and most dairy products from the diet. Smoking is 26

looked on with horror, and alcohol is considered a dangerous liquid that should be consumed with extreme caution, if at all.

What can you eat? Mainly, just foods as grown – rice, wheat grains, fruits and vegetables and a small amount of animal protein. No eggs are allowed, but egg whites may be incorporated in some dishes.

The goal is a diet consisting 80 percent of complex carbohydrates (rather than simple ones like sugar, honey, molasses and refined food), 10 percent proteins and 10 percent fats.

If your question is “What’s the fun of living if you have to give up so many good things?” Pritikin is ready with tough answers like: “What’s the fun of living if you are crippled by diabetes, angina, arthritis and the like?” Or, more bluntly: “What’s the fun of dying?”

The institute has had some remarkable successes from the day it opened in January of 1976. The initial session attracted sixteen people suffering from medical problems ranging from angina and hypertension to diabetes and arthritis.

Six had been advised to have coronary bypass surgery. But after the 30-day program, five of the sixteen showed no heart disease symptoms in cardiogram and stress tests. (And those five had all been told that they needed heart surgery.)

In addition, five hypertensives and four of the five diabetics were normal, while those who could barely walk at the outset were averaging six or more miles a day, and some were even jogging without pain.

News of those startling results traveled fast. Dr. John C. Talbot, then medical director of Pacific Mutual, a major West Coast insurer, saw the effect of a 30-day session. One of his company’s policyholders had been advised to undergo triple bypass surgery, but instead he elected to

attend the institute’s second session.

Talbot says, “Pritikin predicted there would be a complete recovery, that no operation would be necessary. He challenged us to pay the policyholders program fee if it helped him.”

Pacific Mutual accepted, and, says Talbot: “It worked. We paid.”

Pritikin says, “We know we have a possible alternative to coronary bypass operations. We predict 90 percent success. We’ve had almost 100 percent, but I’m only saying 90.”

He adds, “Imagine, there are 50,000 to 100,000 people who go through coronary bypass surgery each year – at a cost of nearly $1 billion annually – and with what we now know about diet and exercise, many of them don’t have to have this operation!”

Another medical-insurance director who is impressed with Pritikin’s program is Dr. Richard Harper of the Aviation Insurance Company of Atlanta. During the past year, he has sent a dozen airline pilots to the Santa Barbara center. These were heart patients on medicine that prevented them from flying; they were all about to lose their aviation licenses. Harper’s company, which had insured them as pilots for $75,000 each, was committed to pay the benefits unless, by some “miracle,” their hearts could improve enough to pass the demanding aviation physical.

To Harper’s surprise, after only 30 days at the institute, all but two of the pilots passed the physical.

Pritikin, however, was disappointed.

He didn’t believe that any of the pilots would fail. But Harper doesn’t think Pritikin should blame himself, because the two failures showed “poor motivation” to return to work and stay on the program. “I know that one of them absolutely refused to give up smoking,” says Harper. “I think the magic of this place is that nobody here is forced to do anything.

It’s all self-discipline. And that’s why most people who leave here will be able to stick to their diets.” (Although the daily routine is not regimented,

the patients are expected to eat as much as they want of the bland diet eight times a day – unless they are very ill – and to walk or jog as often as possible.)

One of Pritikin’s theories is that most people diagnosed as having heart problems do not have bad hearts at all. He thinks that the term “heart disease” may be a misnomer, for it is usually the arteries, not the heart, that are diseased. He explains it this way: “Plaques clog up the arteries, cutting off normal blood flow and oxygen to the heart. Without this flow, the heart screams in pain, known as angina. At the same time, the sudden shutdown of one of these arteries affecting the heart muscle can, and often does, cause a heart attack.”

Pritikin’s goal is to stop the blockage from progressing and to restore circulation. Even in cases of actual heart damage following a heart attack, he says, “The removal of the blockage in the arteries can prevent future attacks. We’re unblocking capillaries by breaking up aggregations of blood cells and platelets. We do that here in a few weeks. That’s why we have such dramatic changes.”

Pritikin contends that “once you eliminate the fat from the system, you eliminate the problem.” Excess cholesterol in the arterial walls, he explains, irritates and stimulates the growth of the smooth muscle cells in the vessel walls, eventually blocking the easy flow of blood. Pritikin’s patients aim to maintain their cholesterol level below 150 milligrams per deciliter of blood, which is in sharp contrast to many medical men who still insist that 300 milligrams is normal.

“That’s too much,” declares Pritikin. “When 300 milligrams is ‘normal,’ it is normal only for a sick population.” He’s also convinced that the 35 percent fat calories allowed on the AHA menu is too high. His diet allows 10 percent fat.

Pritikin is also strongly opposed to polyunsaturated fats, which now account for about 26 percent of the 27

average American’s diet. He feels they are more dangerous than saturated fats, for while the polyunsaturates can lower a person’s cholesterol count, “not all of the fat actually leaves the body.” Pritikin first presented his theories at the fifty-second annual session of the American Congress of Rehabilitation and Medicine two years ago in Atlanta.

He reported on a study of 38 men, with an average age of 60, who had been divided into two groups.

One followed the normal AHA dietexercise regimen, the other followed Pritikin’s methods. Both groups benefited, but Pritikin’s people improved much more. At the end of the first six months, the AHA group had increased the distance they were walking by 302 percent, while Pritikin’s patients showed a 5,780 percent increase – with each covering at least six miles a day and some walking as much as ten. Also, angiograms showed some evidence of coronary atherosclerosis regression in two of his cases. Pritikin’s paper concluded: “Although our results need confirmation by others, we believe they are the first evidence demonstrating reversal of human atherosclerosis by diet.”

Since then, Pritikin argues, he has demonstrated the regression of heart disease, though that claim is refuted by most established heart groups.

The director of research at one of the nation’s leading heart associations is a case in point. “It is certainly not reasonable to expect that you can undo 40 years of bad eating by following a severe diet for a month,” says Dr. William Kannel, one of the medical directors of the famed Framingham Heart Disease Epidemiology Study in Massachusetts – a continuing study of more than 5,000 men and women, aimed at uncovering the cause of cardiovascular diseases. [Later research demonstrated that just one month will reverse many symptoms.]

In response to his critics, Pritikin points to his “cures.” For example, there is a Los Angeles attorney, now

56, who recovered from angina and coronary insufficience so rapidly that he demanded a special treadmill heart evaluation. The results of the tests at the University of California at Los Angeles Medical Center registered no angina and no coronary insufficiency.

There is also a Santa Maria doctor who had a stroke that left him temporarily paralyzed and speechless and caused slight brain damage.

After his time at the institute, however, his chronically high blood pressure became normal and he was taken off the medications he had been using to control it. A Shreveport, Louisiana, man who had been planning surgery with Dr. DeBakey could barely walk when he entered the program but was averaging ten miles per day at the end of it. And his wife, who came along to watch, gleefully lost twenty pounds, too. And an 83-year old man, who was so senile he couldn’t talk, “burst into sentences” after twelve days on the program. Pritikin says: “It’s amazing how the brain can clear itself, given proper circulation.”

Dr. Walter Lewis, an internist at the Santa Barbara Medical Clinic, says. “I’ve seen it with my own eyes.

They’re really onto something – and

by God, it works….” And even Dr. Peter Wood, deputy director of the Heart Disease Prevention Program at Stanford University in Palo Alto, who is aghast at Pritikin’s “way-out, unscientific approach,” nonetheless says: “I know Pritikin is cutting all corners, and I think he is doing what has to be done, and I admire him for it. Further, I wouldn’t be the least bit surprised if all his claims turn out to be true.”

The responses evoked by Pritikin’s claims – predominantly a chilly skepticism mixed with outright disbelief – won’t change overnight.

It will be years before there’s enough scientific evidence to convince the medical profession that heart disease can be reversed through the right kind of diet and exercise. Dr. Jerome Marmorstein, a Santa Barbara

physician who has observed the program, sums it up: “When doctors are taught as medical students that hardening of the arteries cannot be helped, there is that natural tendency for them not to believe it can – even in the face of solid evidence. Let’s face it, there’s going to be a great deal of resistance to what Pritikin is doing.”

A Solicited Testimonial During my five days at the Longevity Research Institute, I adhered to the low-fat diet strictly, which meant eating extremely bland foods eight times a day. I was told by the patients that, in time, “your taste buds adjust,” and the food tastes fine. Mine didn’t. But I always ate, and I was never hungry. I’m not a runner, but I probably jogged more in those five days than I ever have in my life.

I didn’t need to lose weight, but I dropped two pounds anyway. I did have to lower my blood pressure, and I did, dramatically – from 140/96 to 120/84. And now, a week after that five-day visit, my energy level is still up. I’m still “high.” I’m feeling better, sleeping better and thinking better (I think).

An Unsolicited Testimonial A 54-year-old New Jersey businessman showed up at Torrance Memorial Hospital’s cardiology department more dead than alive.

Cardiology director Dr. Benjamin J. Rosin ordered immediate triple bypass surgery to save his life.

But at the last minute the man balked and opted for a low-fat diet similar to the one recommended by Pritikin, along with a vigorous exercise program.

The results: within 100 days the man lost 35 pounds and was jogging 10 miles daily. Five months later, he and Dr. Rosin ran in the Honolulu Marathon. The patient finished the 26mile, 385-yard run in a respectable 5.5 hours. And later lowered the time while competing in the Boston Marathon.

“It’s absolutely unbelievable,” 28

says Dr. Rosin. “I certainly want to be realistic, but I have to say his improvement is miraculous. It really made a believer of me.” Dr. Rosin is now recommending the Pritikin diet to all of his heart patients.

Highlights edited from New West magazine

Summary by Mark Lovendale I first read of Nathan Pritikin’s work in the Executive Fitness Newsletter, March 1976. That October, I heard him speak to a group of scientists and doctors. Later, I spent several days at his center interviewing him and his patients; then I read his books, Live Longer Now and The Pritikin Program.

The insights I gained added to my awareness of how foods affect health. I began doing consulting work for Pritikin to help him get his message out to the world.

Nathan Pritikin’s 10–10–80 program (around 10 percent of the calories from fat, 10 percent from protein, 80 percent from complex carbohydrates and not more than 25 milligrams of cholesterol per day) was shown to reverse artery disease in medical studies and on television specials, including 60 Minutes. There are now several successful programs and books based on the 10 –10 – 80 principle.

Over the last twenty years, several doctors have tried to show that it is also possible to obtain reversal of artery disease using a diet with 20 percent fat and 200 mg. of cholesterol. All have failed. Something unique happens when the diet is under 10 percent fat and under 25 mg. of cholesterol.

When the 20 percent fat diets failed, the people who sell high-fat foods and authors selling books promoting high-fat diets claimed low-fat diets do not work.

For more insights, read Quality Longevity.

Many people feel worse when they are on a regular 10 –10 – 80 program because the diets are high in foods which cause delayed allergic reactions. When symptom causing foods are discovered by using the Prime Test, people are able to enjoy the added health benefits of avoiding current symptoms while also avoiding foods that cause heart disease, stroke and cancer. For more information on delayed food and chemical allergies and how to get tested, call Preventive Care Center, Inc. at 949 - 661- 4001. ®

Shared Experiences Better yet, it has not been that difficult. Maybe it’s because we don’t see it as a diet, but as a permanent life-style improvement. There are still a few things I miss – wheat, rice and potatoes – but it’s not a problem, more like an old pleasant memory, quite overshadowed by great health and the resurgence of my taste buds. Miracles do happen.

Jack Barnard, workshop conductor, Los Angeles, CA, 1997

You have written a great book. Many books written about allergies are incorrect. You got it right and it is so easy to read and understand.

Nancy Appleton, PhD, author of the books, Lick the Sugar Habit, Healthy Bones and Secrets of Natural Healing With Foods, Venice, CA, 1998

I taught the first (that I know of) graduate course in Texas on Wellness back in the 1980s.

Little did I know then that I would have a heart attack and triple-bypass surgery in spite of still running marathons when I was 50 years old.

Thank you for the presentation you did about the Quality Longevity Program at Esalen. I particularly liked the way you were able to “field” the wide diversity of questions. I have been attending all types of programs over the past few years and have always found them rather “one sided” in that the presenter had a particular axe to grind. It appears that you are on to something that just makes good common sense based on the latest research. Your knowledge base is very broad and accurate.

Gary G. John, professor of health, Dallas, TX, 1997

I was more or less symptom-free when I heard about the Quality Longevity Program. Since my husband’s heart surgery we had cut out dairy products, coffee, sugar and salt, and we were pretty much on the 10–10–80 program.

I found myself being quite defensive about adding the Quality Longevity Program to our life style. Why would I be allergic to something as natural as soy or wheat? Somebody would have already told me if such foods might be bad for me.

Eight months after my husband’s bypass surgery, we were celebrating his birthday and Mark gave his book to Jack as a birthday present. I was very challenged by the idea of making such a shift, yet I found myself attracted to the book.

After Jack’s surgery we read all the books on the market and they all contradicted themselves. Suddenly, I realized how desperate for answers I was.

Late that evening we picked Mark’s brain. We asked him everything we could think of about health.

Mark’s answers were clear and understandable.

Reading his book helped me to realize that even with the changes I’ve made, my body may not be getting what it needs because I may be stuffing it with foods that are causing delayed allergic reactions.

It just made too much sense for me to ignore it. I also found myself getting inspired by the challenge.

I had to be tested and the sooner the better. Our goal was freedom from food addictions and to have healthy, happy bodies.

We’ve been on it over a month now, and some days we’re fighting the voice inside saying, “Head for the cookie jar, nobody’s watching.” My favorite voice from hell is: “It’s not good to be too rigid.

Have a slice of pizza.” That’s when I know I’m in trouble.

We’ve both lost a lot of weight eating as much as we want, and Jack’s cholesterol is going down, way down, thanks to the Quality Longevity Program.

Katarina Barnard, actress, Los Angeles, CA, 1997

For 54 years, I led a healthy life, rarely being sick for any reason, and have high energy though 25 pounds above my recommended weight. I was healthy and mostly a vegetarian.

In an attempt to lose some weight and further improve our diets, my wife and I went on the Zone Diet promoted by Barry Sears, Ph.D. The diet has 30 percent fat, 30 percent protein and lots of cholesterol. After 2 months, my health came crashing down. I began feeling pressure in my chest.

I went to a doctor hoping to confirm that it was just stress, and zap, I’m in the hospital with my chest sawed open, the dazed recipient of quadruple-bypass-open-heart surgery.

If I knew then what I know today, I would never have tried the Zone Diet or had the heart surgery.

The whole affair spurred me to search for the proper way to take care of myself. After a fling with the Rice Diet and a short affair with Weight Watchers, our search led us to you. My wife Katarina and I were already primed to get to the heart of the matter, so you were heaven-sent.

We’ve been on the Quality Longevity Program for 5 weeks. I’ve lost 10 pounds, my cholesterol is down 20 points and we both feel great.

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Some of the Common Symptoms Caused by Delayed Food and Chemical Allergies Examples of Physical Symptoms

Gastrointestinal Stomach ache • Non-ulcer dyspepsia • Acid indigestion • Continually swollen stomach • Cramps • Ulcers Nausea • Vomiting • Bloating after meals • Heartburn Belching • Spastic colitis • Ulcerative colitis • Celiac disease • Flatulence (passing gas) • Feeling of fullness in the stomach long after finishing a meal • Diarrhea Constipation • Rectal mucous • Abdominal pains or cramps • Appendicitis • Malabsorption • etc.

Head Headache • Sinus headache • Migraine headache Faintness • Dizziness • Feeling of fullness in the head • Hair loss • etc.

Eyes, Ears, Nose and Throat Dark circles under the eyes • Swelling around eyes Pain in eyes • Watery eyes • Red bloodshot eyes Dilated pupils • Blurring of vision • Runny nose Stuffy nose • Bloody nose • Excessive mucous formation • Hay fever • Sneezing • Ringing in the ears • Ear ache • Fullness in the ears • Fluid in the middle ear • Hearing loss • Recurrent ear infections Itching ear • Ear drainage • Sore throats • Swollen tonsils • Changes in voice • Loss of voice • Frequent ‘colds’ • Chronic cough • Gagging • Canker sores Itching on the roof of the mouth • Recurrent sinusitis • etc.

Skin Hives • Rashes • Dandruff • Hair loss • Eczema Psoriasis • Dermatitis • Pallor • Pimples • Acne Dark circles under eyes • Bags under eyes Drooping eye lids • Swelling • etc.

Other Symptoms Autoimmune diseases (rheumatoid arthritis, juvenileonset diabetes, Graves’ disease, Lupus, multiple sclerosis, myasthenia gravis) • Adult-onset diabetes Chronic fatigue • Chronic fatigue syndrome (also called myalgic encephalomyelitis or ME) • Chronic muscle fatigue • Crohn’s disease • Sleepy after meals Insomnia • Snoring • Sleep apnea • Overweight Malabsorption • Underweight • Weakness • Muscle aches • Muscle spasms • Osteoporosis • Twitching Stiffness • Joint aches • Arthritis • Swelling of the hands, feet, or ankles • Phlebitis • Cold hands and feet Restless leg syndrome • Fibromyalgia • Urinary tract symptoms (pain, frequency, night urination, bedwetting) • Impotency • Kidney problems • Nephritis Rectal itching • Sea sickness • Motion sickness • Altitude sickness • Chills • Sweats • Thyroid irregularities Thirst after meals • Back pain • Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) • Yeast infections • Vaginal inflammation Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) • etc.

Heart and Lungs Palpitations • Decreased heart rate • Low and high blood pressure • Irregular heart rate (arrhythmia) Rapid heart rate (tachycardia) • Asthma • Chest congestion • Yawning • Hoarseness • etc.

Blood Damaged and killed white blood cells • Low whiteblood-cell count • Damaged or killed red blood cells • Blood sludging (rouleaux formation) • Low red blood cell count • Enlarged red blood cells Platelet clumping • Low percentage of segmented neutrophils (one type of white blood cell) Increased eosinophils and basophils (types of white blood cells) • Low blood sugar (hypoglycemia) • High blood sugar (diabetes) Increased blood enzyme levels such as LDH, AST (SGOT) and ALT (SGPT) • High acid level in the blood (causing loss of bone calcium and mineral loss from organs and tissues) • etc.

Examples of Mental Symptoms Anxiety • Excessive talking • Fear • Depression Crying • Aggressive behavior • Delusions • Panic attacks • Suicide • Hallucinations • Schizophrenia Manic depressive • Irritability • Mental dullness Poor concentration • Poor self control • Poor memory • Mental lethargy • Confusion • Excessive daydreaming • Juvenile and adult hyperactivity Attention deficit disorder (ADD) • Juvenile and adult delinquency • Seizures • Epilepsy • Restlessness Learning disabilities • Poor work habits • Slurred speech • Stuttering • Inability to concentrate • Indifference • Poor coordination • Compulsive behavior Anorexia nervosa • Bulimia • Continuing desire for tobacco or alcohol • Drug addiction • Being highly stressed • Morning fatigue • Hypochondria • etc.

Glands Low thyroid levels • High thyroid levels • Low testosterone levels • Depressed pancreatic activity (thus low alkaline production and low digestive enzyme production) • Depressed or excessive sexual drive • Depressed adrenal function • etc.

Mouth Bleeding gums • Periodontal disease • Sore tongue Coated tongue • Bad breath • Cracked lips • Swollen lips • Ulcerations Loose teeth • Tooth loss • TMJ • etc.

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White-Blood-Cell Testing and Counseling for Delayed Food and Chemical Allergies: A Follow-up Study Jeffrey R. Prager, DDS Background I went through Medical Service Center’s foodallergy testing and counseling program and experienced a marked improvement in my health. I offered to conduct a study to see what percentage of its clients had benefited from its type of white-blood-cell test and specialized counseling. The results cover the highlights of a follow-up study conducted from the first of January through March of 1985.

Additional benefits reported by some individuals in the study were: increased ability to concentrate increased desire to exercise decreased asthma severity Conclusion This program is a non-damaging approach for identifying delayed food and chemical allergies and for removing the underlying cause of numerous health problems. Those who carefully followed the program experienced the best results. The success reports from the clients were impressive. None of the clients reported negative side effects. Only 4 percent reported no change. With 96 percent of the people experiencing health improvements, there is clear evidence the white-blood-cell testing and counseling program is effective.

Results I interviewed 47 of its clients. Of these, 96 percent reported improved health. The distribution was: 71 percent reported their health was significantly improved, 25 percent reported their health was slightly improved, and 4 percent reported no change.

The following common symptoms were relieved by the testing and counseling program: fatigue overweight headaches joint pain muscle pain skin problems scalp disorders

sinus problems mucus problems abdominal distress insomnia moodiness anxiety depression

More than 90 percent of the clients interviewed were satisfied with the program and stated they enjoyed sharing their new understanding of health with their friends. This study demonstrates that white-blood-cell testing and specialized counseling programs could dramatically improve the health of people throughout the country.

The above study was followed by a larger one done by Medical Service Center’s staff. The second study showed a success rate of 91 percent.

Several more physical and emotional symptoms were also relieved by white-blood-cell testing and counseling. Some symptoms were completely relieved while many others were reduced to minimal levels. A few stayed the same, none got worse.

During the 1980s, more than 8,000 people were tested and counseled at the four centers directed by Mark Lovendale. The overwhelming majority were helped and no one was harmed. Many people reported that their medical bills were dramatically reduced

after they started the Quality Longevity Program.

Those who bear the mark of pain are never truly free, for they owe a debt to those who still suffer.

Albert Schweitzer French philosopher, Nobel laureate … 1875 – 1965

Most board-certified allergists still claim delayed food and chemical allergies do not exist and pressure state and federal officials to restrict availability of white-blood-cell testing and related counseling.

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The Lancet

15 October 1983

Is Migraine Food Allergy?

Results

A Double-blind Controlled Trial of Oligoantigenic Diet Treatment

Of the 99 patients who entered the study, 11 later withdrew. 88 completed the oligoantigenic diet: 6 did not improve at all, 78 recovered completely on the first or second oligoantigenic diet, and 4 improved greatly. Of the 82 who improved, all but 8 relapsed on reintroduction of one or more foods. These 8 have remained well.

The 74 who relapsed were considered for the controlled trial, but 28 were excluded for various reasons (no appropriate tin [can of food], reacted to placebo tin, unwillingly, or ready after trial was complete), and 2 patients left the trial after accidentally breaking the diet and 4 after refusing the tins. The trial was closed when 40 patients had completed it.

The 88 patients (40 boys, 48 girls; age 3 – 16 years, mean 9.83 years) had had migraine for 6 months – 11 years (mean 3.75 years). 39 had migraine with typical prodromal symptoms and 49 common migraine. 48 had a history of atopic disease. 65 had a first-degree relative with migraine and 64 one with atopic disease. Associated symptoms are shown in table I. Some patients had no further symptoms after the start; others took over 3 weeks to recover. In some children some symptoms became worse at first, especially lassitude, headaches and irritability, and sweating and tremor occasionally occurred. The 6 patients who did not respond had common migraine; 3 had positive skin-prick tests. 6 patients had persistent neurological signs ascribed to cerebral infarction, and all 4 who had computed tomography of the brain had abnormal scans.

Almost all patients had behavior disturbance at the time of an attack, but 41 also had behavior disturbance (mostly hyperkinetic) at other times. In those whose headaches responded on the oligoantigenic diet, most of the associated symptoms (table I), except the permanent neurological abnormalities, also responded.

Antiepileptic drugs were withdrawn in those who became fit-free, without recurrence of fits unless the diet was broken. Many of these symptoms recurred on reintroduction of foods. In 18 patients, open provocation on 27 occasions with several foods caused behavior disorder without headache, whereas other foods caused migraine. This pattern was reproducible in patients given the foods repeatedly.

Of the 40 patients who completed the trial, 17 were allocated to group AP and 23 to group PA. The mean age and the prevalence of the various

J. Egger J. Wilson

C. M. Carter M. W. Turner J. F. Soothill

Department of Neurology and Immunology, Hospital for Sick Children and Institute of Child Health, London

Summary 93% of 88 children with severe frequent migraine recovered on oligoantigenic [delayedallergy free] diets; the causative foods were identified by sequential reintroduction, and the role of the foods provoking migraine was established by a double-blind controlled trial in 40 of the children.

Most patients responded to several foods. Many foods were involved, suggesting an allergic rather than an idiosyncratic (metabolic) pathogenesis.

Associated symptoms which improved in addition to headache included abdominal pain, behavior disorder, fits [epileptic], asthma and eczema. In most of the patients in whom migraine was provoked by non-specific factors, such as blows to the head, exercise and flashing lights, this provocation no longer occurred while they were on the diet.

Introduction Cheese, chocolate and red wine sometimes provoke migraine, allegedly owing to an idiosyncratic response to a pharmacologically active substance, tyramine. This response is perhaps due to monoamine oxidase deficiency, which has been reported in some patients with migraine, but it is found only during attacks. Double-blind administration of tyramine to patients who benefited from a low-tyramine diet did not provoke attacks of migraine. Deficiency of platelet phenolsulphotransferase in patients with a migraine provoked by foods has also been proposed as a possible basis for idiosyncrasy. Food allergies have also been postulated, though none has been established by controlled studies. In this study children with severe migraine were given an oligoantigenic diet and in those who improved the causative foods were identified by open reintroduction; responses were confirmed by a double-blind controlled trial of reintroduction of the causative foods .‌ 32

days). Symptoms disappeared again usually in 2 – 3 days (range <1 – 21 days). 14 families had suspected provoking foods and 11 of these were confirmed; however, all but 1 patient also had headaches with other unsuspected foods. Abdominal pain and distension was usually the first symptom and was the only symptom after 48 different food challenges.

38 of the patients successfully treated by diet reported non-dietary provocation before treatment (table IV).

During the diet period, smoke and perfume still provoked migraine, but only 3 patients still had symptoms after exposure to the other factors.

symptoms of migraine did not differ between the two groups (table I) . 5 mothers thought they could distinguish the active and placebo tins by taste or smell, but only 2 were correct. There was no significant order effect in the occurrence of headaches or any migraine-associated symptom or in the preference for either type of tins, but there were highly significant relations between the active material and symptoms for all three assessments (table II).

Excluded foods were reintroduced according to the taste and views of the child and family, so not every child had every food. 8 children had no symptoms when any food was given, and 17 had symptoms with only one, but most children reacted to several foods (up to twenty-four), from which one was selected for testing in the trial. The child who reacted to twentyfour foods was symptom-free on a nutritionally adequate and acceptable diet avoiding all these.

Patients were usually very fond of the provoking foods, sometimes craving them, and often ate very large amounts. Cows’ milk caused symptoms in most children. All but 1 of those reacting to milk also reacted to cheese, whereas 13 reacted to cheese but not to cows’ milk. Sheep-milk and goats’-milk cheese, given to those who had reacted to cows’-milk cheese, caused no symptoms. Fifty-five foods provoked symptoms (table III). No other obvious repeated combinations of foods were noted. In some children symptoms were provoked by tartrazine or chocolate and by other foods with no obvious chemical (idiosyncratic) similarities, such as egg or wheat.

Processing a food may affect its tendency to provoke symptoms; some patients reacted to white wheat flour but not to brown, and 4 reacted to bacon but not to pork. Those who reacted to peanuts (a legume) were separate from those who reacted to other nuts, and 1 of the 2 who reacted to sugar reacted to cane sugar but not to beet sugar. The median reaction time for recurrence of symptoms was 2 days (range <1 h – >7

Table I Associated Symptoms and Signs Patients Patients completing completing oligoantigenic [double-blind] diet (88) trial (40) Before On diet diet Abdominal pain, s diarrhoea, flatulence s Behavior disorder s Aches in limbs s Fits [epileptic] Permanent s neurological signs s Rhinitis Recurrent mouth s ulcers s Vaginal discharge s Asthma Eczema

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61 41 41 14*

8 5 7 2

14 12 12 5

19 16 17 5

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6 15

1 5

4 9

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*Sometimes coinciding with headaches in all 14; 9 had generalized of partial seizures, coinciding with headaches in all but 1.

Table II Occurrences of Headache, or Any Migraine-related Symptom, and Preference for Active or Placebo Tins Headaches

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*Difference between active and placebo; p<0.001.

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45 patients (52%) had positive Table III skin-prick tests to one or more of the Number of Children In Whom Foods Caused Symptoms five antigens we use routinely for Food n Food n Food n identifying atopic subjects (timothy grass pollen, Dermatophagoides Cows’ milk 27 Malt 2 Peanuts 5 pteronyssinus, cat fur, cows’ milk, Egg Sugar 24 2 Bacon 4 and hens’ eggs). 63 patients (72%) Chocolate 22 Ginger 2 4 Potato gave positive reactions to one or 21 2 Orange Honey Yeast 4 more of twenty-eight antigens tested.

Wheat Pineapple 21 2 Mixed nuts 4 No difference in response to diet Benzoic acid 14 Vegetable oils 2 Apple 4 was noted between patients with or Cheese Lentils 13 2 Peaches 4 without positive prick tests to one or 13 2 Tomato Peas 4 Grapes more of the five or the twenty-eight Tartrazine Ice cream 12 2 Chicken 3 antigens. Though some prick tests Rye Rabbit 12 1 White wheat for foods which caused symptoms Fish 9 Dates 1 flour 3 were positive (table V), the associaPork Avocado 9 1 Artificial milk tion was not strong and only 3 pa8 1 Beef Rhubarb 3 substitute tients would have recovered if they Maize [corn] Leek 8 1 Banana 3 had avoided only the foods to which 7 1 Soya Lettuce Strawberries 3 they had positive prick tests. SimiTea 7 Cucumber 1 3 Melon Oats 6 Cauliflower 1 Carrots 3 larly, 28% of the 64 patients tested 6 1 Goats’ milk Mushrooms Lamb 2 had high serum IgE levels, but IgE Coffee 6 Runner beans 1 Rice 2 antibodies were not helpful in identifying causative foods (table V).

Table IV 2 patients, though they Non-specific Provokers of Migraine in 38 Patients recovered on the oligoantigenic diet, decided to return to a full diet Before On Before On diet diet diet diet and drug treatment. The rest have all remained on their diets, without 13 1 Travel 9 0 s Exercise any evidence of adverse effects, Trauma 11 1 Bright lights 5 0 symptom-free except after s Emotional 10 0 Heat 2 1 occasional breaks of diet, off s Perfumes and/or 2 0 s Noise antimigraine drugs, and usually off cigarette smoke 10 9 antiepileptic drugs. 5 patients have Table V used sodium cromoglycate (400 mg before the meal) Association of Positive Skin-prick Tests before planned breaks of the diet and have remained and IgE Antibodies to Foods With free of symptoms. After more than a year of successful Provocation of Childhood Migraine diet, 5 patients noted that they no longer got symptoms when they took some or all of the causative foods and SkinIgE have expanded the diet, 2 without restriction or relapse. prick* antitest bodies† Discussion This trial shows that most children with severe Number of tests positive frequent migraine recover on an appropriate diet, and 57 8 s for a provoking food that so many foods can provoke attacks that any food Number of tests negative or combination of foods may be the cause. Intolerance 141 152 s for a provoking food to such a wide range of foods suggests allergic disease Number of tests positive rather than metabolic idiosyncrasy. The high preva80 24 s for a non-provoking food lence of other atopic disease in the children and their Patients who would be cured by first-degree relatives and the high frequency of posiavoidance of indicated foods 3 0 tive skin-prick tests support this view, but there was *Twenty-one food antigens tested in 87 patients. Wheal no great excess of raised IgE or IgE antibodies .… diameter >3 mm taken as positive.

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differences between atopics and non-atopics suggest that IgE may not be important in the mechanism of the presumed allergy. When provoking foods were given, abdominal symptoms usually recurred first; the allergic reactions may therefore occur in the gut, and the other manifestations may result from released mediators or from circulating antigen or antigen-antibody complexes. However, patients with and without gastrointestinal symptoms responded equally well .…

In the patients who stopped having [epileptic] fits, anticonvulsant drugs were withdrawn without recurrence of fits while they remained on the diet.

Patients with migraine and epilepsy and probably Summary by Mark Lovendale This 1983 Lancet study is still the largest, most successful study ever done on migraine headaches.

It is the most successful because the children avoided the foods to which they had delayed allergic reactions and thereby removed the cause of their migraines instead of just treating their symptoms with drugs or herbs. An added advantage is there were no negative side effects.

This study was peer-reviewed and published in one of the world’s leading medical journals. It was done double-blind so the results could not be dismissed as invalid.

The study showed clearly that delayed food allergies are the underlying cause of migraine headaches and several other ailments which are major health problems today.

This study is just one example of thousands, some done doubleblind, which show conclusively that delayed allergies are the main cause of hundreds of ailments. (See page 30) Drs. J. M. Sheldon and Theron Randolph were the first to discover that migraines are caused by delayed food allergies. Their discovery was published in 1935 (American Journal of Medical Science) and confirmed in this and other studies: Kailin, EW, 1970; Miller, JB, 1977; Grant, EC, 1978; Monro, J, 1983; Egger, J, 1989.

Traditional allergists dismissed this study by claiming the successes were caused by avoidance of a chemical in cheese, tyramine, known to cause migraines. When you look at all the different foods in Table III which caused migraines, you see this

many with epileptic headache are likely to benefit from the diet. Since many of these symptoms occurred after foods other than those causing headaches, the possibility of food allergy as a cause of these symptoms in children without migraine needs further study. Identification of food allergy is important since it is easily treatable and the benefit our patients experienced was often very great .…

It is unfortunate that no tests are available for identifying the causative foods, since the oligoantigenic diet is very demanding .…

Brackets [ ] indicate additions added by Mark Lovendale.

Abbreviated for space; call 949- 661- 4001 for complete study.

claim is mistaken. The medical establishment continues to ignore this study and many similar studies.

Another reason this study and others like it continue to be suppressed is they reveal that the traditional allergist’s expensive skin-prick test is ineffective for discovering most types of allergies and their testing and treatment methods often cause severe health problems and occasional deaths. Table V shows that if their skin-prick test had been relied on, less than 3 percent of these children would have been freed of their migraines, instead of 93 percent.

Some traditional doctors have tried to discredit this study by claiming the symptoms were caused by psychological problems. When a person has food-allergy symptoms and psychological problems, it is probable that the delayed allergies are causing both the physical and psychological problems.

The idea that migraines are caused by sexual abuse during childhood or other previous trauma is discredited by this and many other scientific studies on delayed allergies.

Table I shows that several other health problems were eliminated.

Children often start with behavior disorders and end with violent behavior. So-called experts blame parents, teachers, violent movies and video games. These can be added factors, but the main cause is delayed allergies. Like hyperactivity, behavioral problems should be solved by using allergy-free diets, not by prescribing drugs like Ritalin and Prozac.

With 12 out of 14 children (85 35

percent) becoming free of their epileptic fits, removing delayed food allergies is also proven to be the most successful treatment for epilepsy.

One reason this study has not changed the way migraines and several other ailments are treated is that the oligoantigenic (elimination and challenge feeding) diet test used is very time-consuming and often costs more than $15,000 per person.

A blood test now available, called the Prime Test, reveals white-bloodcell damage, the main mechanism of delayed allergies. It tests for 220 foods and chemicals and is more accurate than the trial-and-error diet method used in this Lancet study.

Because of these and other differences, the Prime Test’s success rate with migraine patients is higher than 93 percent. This test, with counseling, is available for less than $700.

To suppress migraine symptoms with prescription drugs or herbs still leaves damage continuing throughout the body. These approaches in the long run are ineffective and damaging. It is unethical not to use the only approach that removes the underlying cause of migraines and other symptoms.

Your symptoms are there to help you. They let you know when there is a problem with your lifestyle.

The head is only one area of the body being damaged by the delayed allergic reactions. If you continue to take drugs, herbs or use any other approach rather than removing the cause of your symptoms, you are setting yourself up for a lifetime of unnecessary suffering. ®

How to Prepare for the Prime Test 48 Hours Before Your Prime Test

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charcoal filter to be acceptable.

1. Avoid cortisone, hydrocortisone, cortisonetype medications, cortisone derivatives and steroid medications of all types for at least 48 hours before your blood is drawn. This includes skin creams which contain any cortisone such as Cortaid and Hytone. Avoid nose sprays with cortisone such as Vancenase. If possible, avoid cortisone and steroid-type medications for a week prior to test. If you have to continue taking any of these medications, check with your doctor for special instructions.

These medications reduce allergic reactions temporarily; however, they often cause allergic reactions to become worse in the future. These drugs weaken the white blood cells and make it difficult to perform the Prime Test.

Let the testing center know the last time you had a cortisone or steroid exposure so, if necessary, the laboratory technician can reduce the problem while performing your test.

2. Avoid all drugs and medications unless your doctor advises you differently. Discuss your medications with your doctor.

2. It is helpful to avoid antihistamines and decongestants for 48 hours before your test.

These include decongestants like NeoSynephrine and the bronchodilator, Alupent.

6. If you come down with a cold or flu before your test date, it is best to reschedule your test.

3. Avoid all beverages containing alcohol for 48 hours prior to giving your blood sample.

8. Remember to keep your arm straight and keep pressure on the area from which the blood sample was taken for five minutes after you have had your blood drawn, to reduce the chance of bruising. In other words, do not bend your arm over the cotton ball.

3. Avoid cigarette smoke, colognes and perfumes.

Avoid other chemicals as best you can.

The Morning of Your Prime Test 1. Do not brush your teeth. Most tooth brushes have tooth paste in them and most tooth pastes are full of chemicals.

2. Avoid lipstick and all other cosmetics; most have several chemicals in them.

3. Do not exercise.

4. Do not smoke, and avoid second-hand smoke.

5. Drink eight ounces of high quality bottled or filtered water during the morning before you give your blood sample.

7. Sit down for at least five minutes prior to giving your blood sample.

4. Cromolyn sodium (sodium cromoglycate) is a prescription medication designed to strengthen white blood cells and thereby reduce allergic reactions. If it is taken for four days prior to the blood sample being given, it will reduce the number of reactions on the Prime Test.

Important 1. So you will benefit fully from your counselling, read at least the first seven chapters and the chapter titled â&#x20AC;&#x153;How to Use Your Prime Test Resultsâ&#x20AC;? in the book Quality Longevity.

It is then important to read the rest of the book so you will obtain all the benefits from the Quality Longevity Program.

5. Fosamax (alendronate sodium) is a prescription medication designed to reduce bone loss (osteoporosis) by inhibiting white-blood-cell function. If it is taken during the week prior to giving the blood sample, the test results may not be accurate.

6. Continue to eat the same foods you have been eating, unless advised differently by your doctor or counselor.

2. The preceding instructions help to improve the accuracy of the Prime Test and several other tests that may be done at the same time. These instructions may need to be modified by your doctor because of your health problems or other circumstances. Report your situation to the person taking the blood sample so they can be allowed for when your tests are performed.

10 to 16 Hours Before Your Prime Test 1. Do not consume any food or liquid other than high quality bottled or filtered water. Avoid water from opaque or translucent (foggy) plastic bottles. Clear plastic bottles are better, but glass bottles are best. Filtered water must go through a reverse-osmosis filter and an activated

3. Payment is due at the time your blood sample is given.

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Designed to facilitate accurate nutritional counseling and preventive care.

Not for diagnosing, treating or curing disease. Not evaluated by the FDA. Name (print)

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Important Information About Your Prime Test ®

These items are identified by a double line next to their number 1 boxes. See 181 through 184. (d) Item 211 tests for the food colors FD and C Yellow #5, Red #40, Blue #1, and Red #3, from McCormick. (e) Item 214 is a combination of petroleum products. If you reacted to this item, you need to minimize your exposure to car exhausts, diesel exhausts, jet exhausts, gas appliances, regular paints, smog, soft plastics, laundry detergents and other items made from petroleum.

The Prime Test® is the primary and optimum first screening test for discovering delayed allergies. It reveals otherwise hidden and damaging reactions that are usually missed by other types of blood tests, skin tests and elimination diets.

The Prime Test® combines your alive white blood cells, platelets, red blood cells and plasma with a microscopic amount of the item to be tested. Then a laboratory technician studies your cells under a microscope. If no damage is seen, the item is not reactive and no mark is placed on the test form. However, if damage is seen and your white blood cells react and become damaged or killed, a black mark is placed in the appropriate box and you need to avoid that item.

The Prime Test® is calibrated to parallel the results of fasting and individual food-challenge testing. Occasionally, the test will miss a food you are sensitive to. The test does not detect acute IgE type reactions. Do not eat any foods already known to cause problems. If you have avoided a reactive food for more than one week prior to taking your test, it may not react on the Prime Test.® Skin tests are not usually able to detect delayed food and chemical reactions and the Prime Test® is not usually able to detect dust, mold, pollens and other airborne reactions. It is desirable to confirm the results of your test by eating meals of a single food which tested compatible to be sure you do not have a reaction the test missed.

There are four levels of reaction, 1 is the lowest and 4 is the highest; however, the less damaging number 1 reaction may cause severe symptoms in your body like a more damaging higher level reaction. If you react at any level, you need to avoid the item.

Number 1 indicates the item damages your body because it causes platelet aggregation.

Number 2 indicates the item has caused damage to around one third of your white blood cells.

Number 3 indicates the item has caused damage to around two thirds of your white blood cells.

Number 4 indicates the item has caused damage to nearly all of your white blood cells.

How to Prepare For Your Prime Test ® There is often a correlation between repetitiously eaten foods and delayed food reactions. Put the average number of times you have eaten a food per week on the line before the food. If you have eaten the food less than once a week, put the letter L on the line. If you have eaten the food rarely, put the letter R, and if never, put the letter N.

(a) The negative and positive controls are used by the laboratory technician to be sure there are no problems with your blood cells before your test is begun. If there is no black mark in the negative control boxes and a black mark in one of the positive control boxes, your cells were ready to be tested. (b) The foods on your test are listed in their families. Reactive foods sometimes show up in subfamilies. The subfamilies are identified by a vertical line next to their number 1 boxes. Be cautious of subfamilies where you have reactions. (c) Avoid all forms of a food when you react to any product made with that food .

On the day before the test, eat no foods after dinner, drink only spring or distilled water, and do not brush your teeth or eat until after the sample is given the next morning. With the help of your doctor, avoid any drugs containing steroids and hydrocortisone for 48 hours before the test; this includes skin creams. Avoid smoking, or other people’s smoke, and any other exposure which may cause a reaction, from dinner until the time you give your blood sample. Reschedule your test if you develop a cold, flu or other infectious disease prior to your appointment .

List any additional items you are taking more often than once a week such as vitamins, medicines, herbs, spices, etc. – ___________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Other tests – _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Remarks – _________________________________________________________________________________________________ Prime Test is a registered trademark of Preventive Care Center, Inc., 34146 Selva Road, Suite 200, Monarch Beach, CA 92629. Phone 949 - 661- 4001 Fax 949 - 661-1666 ©1988Rev9/02

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Name ________________________

Designed to facilitate accurate nutritional counseling Designed to facilitate accurate nutritional and preventive care. Not for diagnosing, treating counseling. Not for diagnosis of disease. or curing diseases. Not evaluated by the FDA .

Control Number ________________ Controls 123 4 a 1 __ negative control ......... a 2 __ positive control .........

Fungus 3 __ mushrooms ...............

4 __ baker’s yeast ..............b 5 __ brewer’s yeast ...........

Cereal Grains – Grasses 6 __ barley ........................

7 __ wheat .........................

8 __ rye .............................

9 __ wild rice .....................

10 __ oats ...........................

11 __ rice ............................

12 __ millet .........................

13 __ -sugar cane ................

14 __ corn (maize) ..............

Cyperaceae 15 __ water chestnuts .........

Palm 16 __ -coconuts ..................

17 __ -dates ........................

Farinosa 18 __ pineapple* .................

Lily 19 __ asparagus ..................

20 __ onions .......................

21 __ garlic .........................

22 __ leeks ..........................

Banana 23 __ bananas .....................

Orchid 24 __ vanilla ........................

Pepper 25 __ -black pepper .............

Walnut 26 __ -walnuts ....................

27 __ -pecans ......................

Beech 28 __ chestnuts ...................

Mulberry 29 __ figs ............................

Buckwheat 30 __ buckwheat .................

Chenopodiaceae 31 __ beets ..........................

32 __ Swiss chard ...............

33 __ spinach* ....................

Myristiceae 34 __ nutmeg (mace) ..........

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Laurel 123 4 35 __ -avocados ..................

36 __ cinnamon ..................

Brassica 37 __ kale ............................

38 __ cabbage .....................

39 __ Brussels sprouts ........

40 __ broccoli* ...................

41 __ cauliflower .................

42 __ collards ......................

43 __ radishes .....................

44 __ mustard .....................

45 __ turnips .......................

46 __ rutabagas (swedes) ...

47 __ bok choy ....................

48 __ horseradish ...............

49 __ watercress .................

Rose 50 __ blackberries ...............

51 __ raspberries ................

52 __ strawberries* .............

53 __ apples* ......................

54 __ pears* .......................

55 __ plums (-prunes) ........

56 __ -almonds ...................

57 __ peaches* ...................

58 __ apricots .....................

59 __ nectarines ..................

60 __ cherries .....................

61 __ rosehips tea ...............

Legume 62 __ alfalfa sprouts* ..........

63 __ licorice .......................

64 __ adzuki beans ..............

65 __ carob .........................

66 __ lentils .........................

67 __ split peas ...................

68 __ -peanuts* ..................

69 __ kidney beans ..............

70 __ string beans* .............

71 __ pinto beans ................

72 __ black beans ................

73 __ navy beans ................

74 __ mung beans* .............

75 __ lima beans .................

76 __ fava beans .................

77 __ peas ...........................

78 __ chick peas (garbanzos).

79 __ blackeyed peas ..........

80 __ -soybeans ..................

81 __ jicama ........................

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Date ________________ Panel G Total Reactions _______

Side 2

123 4 Citrus 82 __ lemons ......................

83 __ oranges .....................

84 __ tangerines ..................

85 __ grapefruits .................

86 __ limes ..........................

Spurge 87 __ -tapioca (cassava) .....

Cashew 88 __ -cashews ...................

89 __ -pistachios .................

90 __ mangos .....................

Maple 91 __ -maple sugar .............

Buckthorn 92 __ grapes* .....................

Mallow 93 __ okra ...........................

94 __ -cottonseed oil* .........

Sterculia 95 __ -chocolate* (cocoa) ...

Theaceae 96 __ -green and black tea ..

Caricaceae 97 __ papaya .......................

Carrot 98 __ carrots .......................

99 __ celery* .......................

100 __ parsnips ....................

101 __ caraway seeds ...........

102 __ dill seeds ...................

103 __ parsley .......................

Heath 104 __ blueberries .................

105 __ cranberries ................

Oleaceae 106 __ -olives ........................

Linaceae 107 __ -flaxseed oil ...............

Brassica 108 __ -canola oil ..................

Algae 109 __ kelp ............................

110 __ -spirulina ...................

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Combine your personal experience of damaging reactions to foods with the information from your Prime Test.® You may not have reacted on this test to some of the foods that you are damaged by because you have avoided them for awhile, and thus there is no longer a reaction going on which involves your white blood cells. If you eat the food again, the reaction may become reactivated.

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Control Number ________________ 123 4 Nightshade 111 __ potatoes ....................

112 __ eggplant ....................

113 __ tomatoes* .................

114 __ -tobacco* ..................

115 __ chili peppers ..............

116 __ paprika ......................

117 __ bell peppers ...............

Mint 118 __ peppermint ................

119 __ spearmint ..................

120 __ basil ...........................

121 __ rosemary ...................

122 __ marjoram ...................

123 __ sage ...........................

124 __ oregano .....................

125 __ thyme ........................

Morning-Glory 126 __ yellow sweet potatoes .

127 __ ‘yams’ (maroon sweet potatoes/garnet ‘yams’) ..

Pedalium 128 __ -sesame seeds ...........

Madder 129 __ -coffee* .....................

130 __ -decaffeinated coffee*..

Gourd 131 __ cucumbers .................

132 __ zucchini squash .........

133 __ yellow neck squash ...

134 __ scallop squash ...........

135 __ butternut squash* .....

136 __ spaghetti squash* .....

137 __ acorn squash* ...........

138 __ pumpkin* ..................

139 __ cantaloupe* ...............

140 __ watermelon* ..............

Bellflower 141 __ iceberg lettuce* .........

142 __ romaine lettuce* ........

143 __ artichokes ..................

144 __ -safflower oil ..............

145 __ -sunflower seeds .......

Birch 146 __ -filberts (hazelnuts) ...

Sapucaya 147 __ -Brazil nuts ................

Protea 148 __ -macadamia nuts .......

Chamomile 149 __ chamomile tea ...........

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Dillenia 123 4 150 __ kiwifruit .....................

Ginger 151 __ ginger ........................

Myrtle 152 __ allspice ......................

153 __ clove ..........................

Araliaceae 154 __ -ginseng ....................

Mollusks 155 __ scallops* ...................

156 __ oysters* .....................

157 __ clams* .......................

Crustaceans 158 __ -shrimp* ....................

159 __ lobster* .....................

160 __ crabs* .......................

Cartilaginous Fish 161 __ -shark* ......................

Bony Fish 162 __ -sardines ...................

163 __ -salmon* ...................

164 __ -trout* .......................

165 __ catfish ........................

166 __ cod ............................

167 __ sea bass ....................

168 __ tuna* .........................

169 __ -orange roughy ..........

170 __ -swordfish* ...............

171 __ halibut .......................

172 __ sole ............................

173 __ perch (fresh water) ....

174 __ mahi-mahi .................

Poultry 175 __ chicken* ....................

176 __ -chicken eggs* ..........

177 __ turkey ........................

178 __ -duck .........................

Mammals 179 __ -pork* ........................

180 __ -beef* ........................ c 181 __ -cows’ milk* ..............

182 __ -butter* .....................

183 __ -cows’ cheese mix* ...

184 __ -yogurt* ....................

185 __ -lamb* .......................

186 __ rabbit .........................

187 __ -goats’ milk* ..............

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Side 3

123 4 Other 188 __ -honey .......................

189 __ bee pollen ..................

190 __ aloe vera ....................

191 __ hops ..........................

192 __ psyllium seeds ...........

193 __ arrowroot (Maranta) ..

194 __ amaranth ...................

195 __ quinoa .......................

Cleaning Agents 196 __ Ivory soap ..................

197 __ Dial Gold soap ...........

198 __ Neutrogena soap .......

199 __ Natural Beauty Cleansing Bar .........

200 __ Shaklee Basic-H .........

201 __ Amway LOC ...............

Chemicals 202 __ -BHT ..........................

203 __ -sodium bisulfite ........

204 __ -formaldehyde ...........

205 __ -aspirin ......................

206 __ -Tylenol .....................

207 __ -Ibuprofen .................

208 __ -saccharin ..................

209 __ -Equal (aspartame) ....

210 __ -MSG .........................

211 __ -food coloring d............

212 __ -chlorinated tap water*...

213 __ -natural gas ...............

214 __ -petroleum products e..

Airborne Allergens† † 215 __ house dust ................. † 216 __ grass pollen mix ........ † 217 __ tree pollen mix ...........

218 __ mold mix †...................

219 __ cat danders †................

220 __ dog danders†..............

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*Usually high in pesticides and/or other toxins .

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The Prime Test® does not test for the acute type of allergies. These acute IgE type are a common cause of airborne allergies and an uncommon cause of food or chemical allergies .

2 3 4 5 6 7

The small minus sign (-) in front of some items indicates there is something inherently unhealthy about them. Footnotes are on Side 1 .

The book, Quality Longevity will help you use your test results and thereby improve your health and your ability to stay free of symptoms. Read the chapter “Fascinating Facts on Foods and Chemicals” for more information on each item .

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Shared Experiences For years Dennis and I have been taking advantage of a near-vegetarian lifestyle. We look for the best approaches to health, and study how to live a long and happy life.

Even though our health was fine by most people’s standards, we felt there was something more we could do. By taking the Prime Test and following your counseling and using the information in your book, we have exceeded our expectations.

Since starting the Quality Longevity Program, Dennis’s voice gained new clarity, which helps in his acting. I have lost unwanted pounds and reduced the swelling in my hands. I also discovered that an herb I was taking was damaging my red blood cells.

Even though we ate almost no cholesterol and little saturated fat for several years, our blood cholesterol levels were dangerously high and would not come down. Mine was 268 and Dennis’s was 225 at the start of the program. After one month, mine dropped 100 points to 168, and Dennis’s dropped 60 points to 165.

We tested to see what would happen if we went off the program. We ate a few of the foods which damaged our white blood cells on our Prime Tests.

Some of our symptoms came back and our blood cholesterol levels went back up. This happened even though we were not eating foods which contained any additional cholesterol or saturated fat.

Your program may be helpful to others who are eating little cholesterol or saturated fat, and yet their blood cholesterol is high and will not come down under 150.

We can see that we will be able to add health filled years to our lives. We enjoy sharing our new awareness of a rewarding lifestyle with our friends.

Gerry Weaver, environmentalist, health researcher, wife Dennis Weaver, environmentalist, health researcher,

I lost my sense of smell four years ago for no apparent reason. When I put my nose in the middle of a fragrant flower and sniffed, there was nothing.

I tried different medical tests and therapies, but nothing worked. After four weeks of using the results of the Prime Test and your counseling, my sense of smell came back. I am enjoying the smell of flowers again, and my ability to taste has improved.

My wife, Rose, has become clear of her asthma and can enjoy our cat without difficulty. We have more energy and a greater sense of well-being.

Diet approaches have never lasted for us, but we can see that your program will – we no longer have cravings for foods which are not good for us. Both Rose and I have lost weight.

We are wearing clothes we have not been able to get into for six years, and some of our wardrobe has had to be taken in.

I never thought I could do without caffeine, but I am off it and feel great. I sleep less and enjoy greater mental clarity throughout the day.

Our health, weight and words are enrolling our friends. The Quality Longevity Program works.

Gary Wright, producer, singer and composer of The Dream Weaver, Palos Verdes, CA, 1994

I am very lucky. I have been free of all the health problems which plague most of my friends. This has enabled me to enjoy sports at a high level, especially bowling.

My bowling scores were steadily improving until about six months ago, when I started having pain in my back, shoulder and neck. I have tried every known therapy, but my pain remained constant and I had to quit bowling.

After eight days on the Quality Longevity Program, all my pain is gone – completely gone. And I feel great and mentally clear.

I tested to see if I could bowl without my pain returning. I felt fine during my first game and bowled 267. I felt even better during my second game. The whole bowling alley was standing behind me cheering as the strikes came crashing down. I bowled a perfect 300.

My athletic ability has continued to improve and I feel great all the time.

Paul Shepherd, entrepreneur,

founder of the Institute of Ecolonomics, Emmy award winning actor, husband, Ridgway, CO, 1993

The Shared Experiences in this booklet are examples of what to expect from the Quality Longevity Program.

Results vary depending on the type of symptoms you have and how carefully you use your Prime Test results.

It is important to have a doctor and health counselor trained in this type of preventive care so that you receive the type of information and the support you need. ®

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Shared Experiences and Insights I have worked for some of the most effective health spas and never observed the dramatic results I have experienced from using the Quality Longevity Program. I am free from the old food cravings and feel better than I did 30 years ago.

Dorothy White, mother and former physical fitness instructor at Rancho La Puerta and The Golden Door. 1982

The book Quality Longevity brings together the latest research on how foods affect our health; a good compendium. – Theron G. Randolph, MD, discoverer of the cause of several ailments, cofounder of the American Academy of Environmental Medicine, author of more than 300 medical articles and four books on delayed food and chemical allergies. The father of modern allergy. 1983

I always had skin rashes until I took the white blood cell test and began the Quality Longevity Program.

My daughter saw my results. She was suffering from emotional problems. By testing for and avoiding the foods which upset her brain chemistry, she is able to enjoy life again. – Kate Davies, mother. 1982 The Program gave me a new understanding of how delayed food allergies can be the major cause of stress and how these reactions can manipulate our minds. By discovering our compatible foods, we can avoid stress rather than manage it. – James Takacs, author of the book, Your Mind Can Drive You Crazy. 1983

When I am on the Quality Longevity Program , my athletic performance is fine. However, when I eat a food I am reactive to, my performance immediately changes for the worse. Pat Hines , fitness consultant and past holder of several national and world records, including the Catalina Island swim. 1984

For believe more than twentyofyears I searched for the We the results this study unequivocally best in-house testoffor food The validate the use thenon-IgE cytotoxic testallergies. as a clinical Prime– Test has been Jr, myMD, choice nine John H. Boyles, authorfor of athe peerpast reviewed tool. years.on white Clinical correlations been excellent study blood cell testing forhave delayed food allergies.

Warren MD, Integrative Medicine of Connecticut. 1998 and pastLevin, president of the Otolaryngology

The Quality Longevity Program enabled me to discover the foods which are compatible with my body, and I am making vast improvements in my health. I lost unwanted weight and gained. endurance This program is the best investment I have ever made. – Cliff Coker, nationally renowned physical fitness consultant and hospital administrator. 1984

The Quality Longevity Program helped my health and then the health of the team I was coaching.

Mark Schubert, coach, University of Southern California Swim Team. Previously he coached the Nadadores swim club whose, swimmers won eight gold medals in the 1984 Olympics. 1992

I worked against the handicap of chronic fatigue for the first 39 years of my life. The Quality Longevity Program gave me the information necessary to experience new levels of energy. I am delighted with one unexpected side effect – increased sensual highs.

Stewart Emery, management consultant, author of the books, Actualizations and The Owners Manual for Your Life. 1981 For more information go to the website PreventiveCare.com.

Mark Lovendale is the health researcher who brought together a unique combination of discoveries which reveals the underlying causes of many symptoms. He developed the Quality Longevity Program™ to enable people to become free of health problems while adding enjoyable years to their lives. An added benefit is a dramatic reduction in health care costs.

While conducting traditional medical research, Mark became aware that most drugs, surgeries, psychiatric therapies and allergy treatments did not work well and often made people worse. He observed that traditional medicine tries to treat symptoms rather than discover and remove the causes of the symptoms.

In 1978, after years of researching the underlying causes of common health problems, Mark began doing testing, counseling and giving seminars which explain the latest health discoveries. This work is expanding the awareness of delayed food and chemical allergies.

Mark developed a blood test, known as the Prime Test , for detecting delayed allergies. This test reveals the underlying cause of a broad range of ailments.

He presented this and other new developments in preventive care on the Today Show and several talk shows.

After trying other tests, many doctors are using the Prime Test to help solve their patients’ health problems.

The information in Mark’s book, Quality Longevity , will enable you to make major improvements in your health, reduce your healthcare costs and help others.

To order the book or for the name of a doctor using the Quality Longevity Program,™ call 949 - 661- 4001. ®

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White Blood Cells The picture on the left shows, at the tip of the arrow, how a healthy white blood cell looks when observed through a microscope during the Prime Test. There was no delayed type of allergic reaction when this person’s white blood cells were exposed to a minute amount of corn. This indicates that corn is compatible with this person’s immune system. The dark circle is a red blood cell, and the small white items are platelets.

The center picture shows another person’s white ®

blood cell during a delayed allergic reaction to corn.

This cell has blistered, cracked and died. When this happens in the body, enzymes from inside the white blood cells are released into the bloodstream creating inflammation throughout the body. This can cause a wide range of physical and mental symptoms.

The picture on the right shows a severe reaction to corn. This person’s platelets are clumped together and all of his white blood cells are dead.

Red Blood Cells The left picture shows what healthy red blood cells look like. They are side-by-side and freefloating in the liquid part of the blood. Thus, they can pass through the capillaries, providing oxygen throughout the body while feeding and cleaning all the cells.

The right picture shows what often happens to red blood cells during a delayed allergic reaction or when the fat percentage of a meal is too high. The cells stick together and impair the natural flow through the capillaries, causing many serious health problems.