Food allergies have become a household concern and continue to be on the rise. In addition to making life difficult for those who suffer from this modern epidemic, it also further taxes our medical system and our wallets.

Every 3 minutes a serious reaction to a food sends someone to the emergency room. That is more than 200,000 emergency room visits due to an allergic reaction per year. An alarming statistic to say the least. A study released by the Center for Disease and Prevention in 2013, stated that food allergies among children increased approximately 50% from 1997–2011.

On March 27, 2014, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released new data on the prevalence of autism in the United States. This surveillance study identified 1 in 68 children (1 in 42 boys and 1 in 189 girls) as having autism spectrum disorder (ASD).

What has changed? Well there are many things that have changed: prior to 1968 there were no mandated vaccines, today there are 36 mandated vaccinations— soon to be 43, that are loaded with toxic preservatives such as aluminum, mercury, lead, arsenic, formaldehyde, SV40 (known carcinogen) as well as aborted fetal fluids. Additionally, there are foreign substances in our food that weren’t there before.

Chemicals and hormones added to our food supply are causing havoc to our body’s immune system. Most processed foods contain a variety of food colorings, artificial flavors, preservatives and other chemical additives that have a major impact on our overall health. In the mid 1990’s they added a new genetically modified protein to our food supply that most people to this day are unaware of.

The Codex Alimentarius (which means “book of food” in Latin) is a body of health-related reforms being thrust upon the global population through this United Nations agency. One plan is the forced irradiation of most foodstuffs throughout the world. Although the claim is that irradiation is beneficial, there are many who are aware that this procedure adversely affects the food, and consequently, our health.

There are reportedly even plans to “harmonize” worldwide pesticide practices through Codex Alimentarius, essentially mandating that farmer’s worldwide use specified products from Monsanto, Dow, BASF, and related corporations.

Another major action implemented by this policy in 1994, is the forced administering of growth hormones to farm animals—leading to an assortment of unforeseen illnesses and other consequences on a worldwide scale. To counter some of the adverse effects, dairy farmers have had to use more antibiotics, which is now ackowledged to be one of the driving factors behind the rise in antibioticresistant superbugs in humans.

One of the highly controversial issues in the Codex Alimentarius debate, is planned regulations on vitamins and minerals. Under this plan, vitamins and other nutrients will be labeled toxic, and will become highly regulated as a consequence. In many places worldwide, these regulations will certainly lead to a restricted availability of these nutritional supplements.

In July of 2012, scientists from Harvard University warned that the developing brain may be particularly succeptible to fluoride toxicity. Most industrialized nations do not fluoridate their water. In western Europe, 97% of the population drink water without a single drop of fluoride added to it. From 1944 to the present, 75% of the U.S. water supply has been fluoridated; an unethical form of mass-medication, with neither an individual’s consent nor knowledge.

So why did your grandparents not have food allergies or cognitive disabilities? Well it’s quite simple…

They ate foods that had no preservatives, and there were no processed foods. Their babies were fed breast milk loaded with antibodies from the mother’s colostrum.

Foods today cause bloating and obesity with all the added chemicals, additives, stabilizers, preservatives, food coloring, flavoring, and GMO’s. Meats were not pumped full of chemicals as they are today. Dining out meant having a meal at a family or friends house, and most people were NOT vaccinated.

Our grandparents did not spend most of their lives sitting indoors, on the computer, cell phone, and gaming system, enveloped in WI-FI— electro-magnetic frequencies that interfered with their DNA. They played outside in nature with friends and family.

These folks used holistic remedies such as hot broths, ear wax candles, medicinal herbs, teas and warm towels or showers for fevers. They did not have a slew of doctors on speed dial. Instead they trusted their body’s natural healing mechanisms, and rested and nurtured themselves with healthy food and holistic practices—something that I remember my grandmother doing for me as a child.

Diet and lifestyle have a tremendous impact on our bodies. Every cell in our body needs the correct nutrition to function properly. Thus a food supply, lifestyle and environment latent with chemicals will compromise the integrity of each cell, creating sensitivities to certain foods along with other health issues.

It appears that food allergies and cognitive disabilities, which were largely unfamiliar just a couple of generations ago, may be an unpredictable byproduct of the many environmental toxins we are exposed to on a daily basis. One has to wonder what our future lives will look like, as more toxins are introduced into the environment and our bodies.

Maggie Martakis is the founder of Maggie’s Holistics Dietary Supplement line, a Holistic Nutritionist, certified in Reiki and Kundalini Yoga with degrees in the Sciences and Art History, and is knowledgeable of several languages. You can archive her radio interviews on PNR, Live Media, Natural Nurse, and Alternative Health Radio. Find out about her organic supplements and ancient hidden knowledge at www.MaggiesHolisticsNY.com.