TESTING FOR FOOD ALLERGY

Three percent of elementary aged children and 2% of American adults have proven food allergies. Most other people will sometimes have an unpleasant reaction to a food, an intolerance. A true food allergy is an abnormal immune system response to a food; food intolerance is sensitivity, not an immune reaction. The difficulty is in determining … Read More

OUTDOOR AIR QUALITY AND THE EFFECTS ON ASTHMA

Call it smog, call it ozone but call it polluted air and call it dangerous. Polluted air is air contaminated by toxic wastes, gases, (including ozone) and fine particulate matter and is a worldwide problem. Polluted air isn’t pretty, it isn’t healthy. Sometimes you can see polluted air as an orange-red color in the late … Read More