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"Your book brought to an end seven years of misery for my son" Common foods can cause a wide range of health problems, ranging from migraine, joint pain, sinusitis, diarrhoea, hives, hyperactivity, fatigue, asthma, headache and eczema to bloating and colic. The Complete Guide to Food Allergy and Intolerance by Professor Jonathan Brostoff and Linda Gamlin is the definitive work in this field and this new updated edition has been completely revised to bring you the very latest research into the subject in an easy-to-follow style.It has become an invaluable handbook for all food allergy sufferers, selling over 100,000 copies. The book identifies foods likely to cause problems and how to find out which of them is triggering your allergic reaction and examines the psychological aspect of food intolerance. Throughout, there are heartwarmingly encouraging case histories of patients whose lives have dramatically improved. Chapters include
 Preventing Food Sensitivity
Skin Prick Tests
The Elimination Diet
A no-sugar/no-yeast diet
Food and behaviour problems in children
Chemical Sensitivity
Allergies to nuts, pineapple and papaya, egg white, strawberries, shellfish, tomatoes, fish, pork, alcohol, wheat, dried fruit, soya, sesame, chocolate and more. Author Professor Jonathan Brostoff is Honorary Consultant Physician and Professor of Allergy and Environmental Health at University College London Medical School. Professor Brostoff is recognised as a leading international authority on food allergy and intolerance and is co-author of the principal medical textbook on this subject. Writer Linda Gamlin trained as a biochemist and worked in research for many years. She is widely known and respected for her books about the immune system, allergy and other health matters. If you are serious about learning as much as you can about your own or your family's food allergies we urge you to read this book Paperback, 380 pages. Index, appendices Our price: £6.99
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| | Explains comprehensively, elegantly and simply how certain foods can cause problems for some people and how identifying the culprit(s) can transform their lives… should be compulsory reading New Scientist | |
| | It's hard to believe after six and a half years of hell it took something so simple to make my daughter well. I think it is an excellent book Mrs DC, Somerset | |
| | It is no exaggeration to say that this book gave me my life back Mrs CF,Surrey | |
| | Reading your book on food allergy brought to an end seven years of absolute misery Mrs RS, Suffolk | |
| | The best lay work on the subject The Independent | |
| | Reading Professor Brostoff's book is almost as good as having a consultation with the brilliant man himself Mr RE, Dewsbury | |
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