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Acupuncture has been found to be very beneficial for the respiratory system as it first finds the root cause of the problem, and a strategy is then developed to address this.

At Healthwest Community Pharmacy, Ballindine, the pharmacy has been inundated with enquiries about its food intolerance test. To date, the vast majority of people going in to the pharmacy are doing so on foot of someone they know having the test done and being very pleased with the results. Staff at the pharmacy are delighted with this response as it means that the test is working.

A leading diet and health expert has given two former Galway county players the chance of fighting their way back into the first team.

Allergies occur when the body's immune system misidentifies a normally harmless substance as a threat to the body. Common allergens are foods, pollen, animal dander, mould, insect venom, drugs, and dust mites. An inflammatory reaction takes place in an attempt to eject this substance from the system, resulting in a variety of symptoms.

Anne Tobin has been a Cambridge Diet counsellor since 1988 and achieved counsellor of the year for the British Isles in 2001.

Allergy/intolerance testing can be very useful in the treatment and management of many conditions including weight loss/weight gain, sluggish metabolism, digestive complaints of all types, heartburn, acidity, ulcers, bloating, irritable bowel syndrome, colitis, diverticulitis, sinusitis, migraine, upper respiratory and ear infections.

Allergy/intolerance testing can be very useful in the treatment and management of many conditions such as weight loss and weight gain, sluggish metabolism, digestive complaints of all types, heartburn, acidity, ulcers, bloating, IBS, colitis, diverticulitis, sinusitis, migraine, upper respiratory and ear infections, tiredness, fatigue, sleep issues, hyperactivity and behavioural issues in children; recurrent infection hormonal issues related to menopausal and menstrual problems; and skin conditions such as eczema, psoriasis and dermatitis.

Do you feel bloated after eating certain foods? Are you tired or out of breath at certain times of the day? Do you find you cannot lose weight, and suffer headaches for no apparent reason? If so, you may suffer the symptoms of food intolerances.

The longer evenings, better weather, and the emerging colourful displays of flowerbeds is a welcome change to some after the dark and gloomy winter, but for hayfever sufferers it means a battle with bouts of sneezing, a congested nose, and runny eyes. Desperate sufferers go to great lengths for relief, but herbal remedy provider A Vogel shows how nature can offer relief to its own problem.

About two of 100 people have a food allergy, but many more have food intolerances. Food intolerance is an adverse reaction to a particular food or ingredient, which occurs every time the food is eaten. A food allergy is an allergic reaction to the food.