Non-GMOs and Chronic Pain Reduction

In the past 15 years, the percentage of Americans that claim they have food allergies or sensitivities has increased a great deal. The Food and Anaphylaxis Network claims that over 4 percent of adults and one in every seventeen children in America have food allergies. The network further claims that only nineteen percent of children have outgrown those allergies before reaching the age of four; over 12 million Americans have food allergies.

When I was twelve, I was diagnosed with celiacs disease, a very severe form of a gluten allergy. This change was really hard to get use to, however, I made the change and accepted the fact that I could not eat the same cake as everyone else. 

Would you prefer this (Gluten Free Cake),

Or This (Cute Monkey, regular cake)? 

Last April, I went to France, and to my surprise I found that allergies do not "exist" in France. To say that they do not exist, I think is an overstatement because allergies exist everywhere, but I think that the French have a point in saying that allergies do not "exist" in France because they are much less common. 

Many Americans claim to have food allergies because doctors are diagnosing people left and right with these allergies to solve weight problems. In France, we would not be diagnosed.

I recently read a blog post called "Avoid Hidden Allergens in Food to Kick Chronic Pain and Feel Great" from Naturalnews.com. In the post the author claimed that if you stop eating common allergen- causing foods, then you can eliminate your chronic pain and live a happier life. I agree that when people do not eat foods, such as grains and dairy, they tend to feel less fatigued because grain and dairy products are hard for our systems to digest. However, I find it hard to believe, without further scientific evidence, that by not eating common allergen-causing products you can entirely eliminate chronic pain and joint aches. I would entertain a study testing people with chronic-pain, asking them to eliminate common allergen-causing foods from their diet for a period of time, to see if it really is possible to prevent your joints from aching because you are not eating certain foods. Until a wide series of studies come out, can and should America take these blog statements as fact, and could these statements of theory be a result of America's preoccupation with food allergies?

The blog referenced in this blog: //www.naturalnews.com/038836_food_allergens_chronic_pain.html#ixzz2JaDUutL2

For further statistics on food allergies in America, visit:

http://www.foodallergy.org/downloads/FoodAllergyFactsandStatistics.pdf