| Show head colds due to foods you are one of the individuals P PERHAPS divi duals who always havo have a cold in the head you eat the same food have the game rest do about the same amount of work as the other members of the family but you are the only one who suffers As a matter of fact this tendency to frequent colds la Is very often a matter of food and if every particle clo of food eaten were closely watched it Is likely th that atthe the food responsible for this type of 0 head cold would be found As you know hay fever ast asthma lima hives and eczema run in families and these head colds are very closely related to the above ailments further dr W T vaughan richmond Klch mond va states that food or other substances may affect the body in different ways than by head colds asthma hay fever hives and eczema thus he has found that headaches which come on from time to time attacks of diarrhoea foods that upset or disagree severe attacks of sneezing sneering and distress from dust and certain drugs are all a part of what Is called allergy that to ig a sensitiveness to various substances if skin tests are made by the various foods or other substances into a slight scratch on the skin the substance causing the trouble may often be found because of the more severe reaction of the scratched skin from this particular substance although this food sensitiveness Is responsible for a considerable number of these colds just as it Is responsible for many cases of asthma hay fever and eczema nevertheless there la Is still a large number of cases of these head colds that as yet cannot be traced to this cause and as doctor vaughan points out despite the tha great advances that have recently been made regarding allergy or sensitiveness t the underlying condition of the body willel which 1 makes one person sensitive or nl bergett c and another or lias not been really discovered in the meantime if afflicted with frequent head colds and there Is no nose or throat condition present that may be causing it it would be good sense t tra experiment with foods and try to find out which food seems seema to bring on the head cold or aggravate it IL anu service |
