Food Allergies Affecting The Human Body

Allergies are never a positive experience no matter what types of sensitivities a person might be suffering from. Food allergies in my life are what have allowed me to understand what it means to suffer from allergies. Although I didn't find out until I was in my early twenties what the actual effects of my allergies were in my body, through more knowledge and understanding I now know that the causation of my allergies are within my control. I remember the day quite vividly when the Dr. told me that I needed to change my diet in order to have relief in my life. Although I didn’t know it at the time, that happened to be the very moment that shifted me in the pursuit of health through knowledge of how allergies can truly affect the human body.

This encouraged me to explore working with people who also suffer from allergies, to pursue at that time a nutrition degree which would allow me to help educate others about what foods might be causing their bodies to react negatively. However, when I started through the process of working towards a nutrition program, it was essential for me to take a chemistry series that within it required a quarter of general, organic, and biochemistry. I found that through this series of classes my perception of allergies shifted to a molecular level, and I began to widen my scope of possibilities in regards to my future of working with