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DOK · 09-18-2009, 11:40 PM

I've gone to a few and have had really good experiences with it. I was having serious issues getting head colds all the time in school 15 years ago, went to every specialist there was, no one could find anything wrong. Someone suggested going to a naturopath, it was my last hope so I went. She asked me some questions, looked at my eyes, tongue, fingernails and some other stuff and told me I had a severe dairy allergy. The colds were the result of mucus build up from dairy (that's why they tell you not to eat dairy when you have a cold because it's mucus inducing). My guts were fine because I was forcing it through, and 15 years ago dr's didn't take well to dairy issues quite yet. The only "test" was to go off for 30 days and then sit and eat cheese, milk, and anything dairy. At that point I had the extreme dairy reaction you hear about. Over the month I lost 15 lbs, starting at only 115 that was a lot at the time. The dairy was just going to fat on my body instead of being absorbed and used properly.

THAT I learned from my naturopath. I've been dairy free ever since. I've gone over the years a couple times a year. Depending on who you go to and why the range of what they will do is extreme. Some will give you lots of pills, some will give you drinks, and other things. I liked my girl because she believes everything we should get should be from our diet, so anything she was advising in the meantime was just to get to the point where I could establish a complete system through diet.

It's not regulated, so there's a lot of mish mash out there. I'd suggest going to the Wild Rose Clinic. They are well known and have a school in town run by Terry Willard who's renowned in the field. Otherwise go with a recommendation. Try a couple people, different people will charge different, and the appointments will run differently. I had a bad one a time or two, one didn't listen to me, the other told me to eat nothing but boiled chicken and broccoli (not literally, but it felt like it).

Anyways, I could go on, pm me if you need / want anymore info!

09-18-2009, 11:40 PM	#3
DOK Crash and Bang Winger Join Date: Feb 2005 Exp:	I've gone to a few and have had really good experiences with it. I was having serious issues getting head colds all the time in school 15 years ago, went to every specialist there was, no one could find anything wrong. Someone suggested going to a naturopath, it was my last hope so I went. She asked me some questions, looked at my eyes, tongue, fingernails and some other stuff and told me I had a severe dairy allergy. The colds were the result of mucus build up from dairy (that's why they tell you not to eat dairy when you have a cold because it's mucus inducing). My guts were fine because I was forcing it through, and 15 years ago dr's didn't take well to dairy issues quite yet. The only "test" was to go off for 30 days and then sit and eat cheese, milk, and anything dairy. At that point I had the extreme dairy reaction you hear about. Over the month I lost 15 lbs, starting at only 115 that was a lot at the time. The dairy was just going to fat on my body instead of being absorbed and used properly. THAT I learned from my naturopath. I've been dairy free ever since. I've gone over the years a couple times a year. Depending on who you go to and why the range of what they will do is extreme. Some will give you lots of pills, some will give you drinks, and other things. I liked my girl because she believes everything we should get should be from our diet, so anything she was advising in the meantime was just to get to the point where I could establish a complete system through diet. It's not regulated, so there's a lot of mish mash out there. I'd suggest going to the Wild Rose Clinic. They are well known and have a school in town run by Terry Willard who's renowned in the field. Otherwise go with a recommendation. Try a couple people, different people will charge different, and the appointments will run differently. I had a bad one a time or two, one didn't listen to me, the other told me to eat nothing but boiled chicken and broccoli (not literally, but it felt like it). Anyways, I could go on, pm me if you need / want anymore info!