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The Pulse TestNick PattersonNTR 5503 Project
The Low Down
Designed by Arthur Coca M.D. in 1956
Supposedly, Coca had gotten a man with diabetes off insulin based on identifying the allergen which caused diabetes using the pulse test
Believed that allergens in food which cause a variety of conditions are responsible for an increase in pulse rate post consumption of the allergenic food
Isolated foods are tested to see which ones increase the pulse rate
Diagnosis
Each meal may consist of one simple food
The pulse is taken immediately upon waking and once again before the meal
The pulse is then taken again at 30 minutes and 60 minutes after the meal
Another food is introduced then the pulse is taken at 30 and 60 minutes
And so on….
Diagnosis
The allergenic foods are identified whether or not the food abnormally speeds up the pulse
Once the food is identified and removed from the diet, the symptoms of the condition will disappear
Is it reliable?
Coca believes that the test must be true based on the following: The pulse rate in a normal person is not
affected by digestion, normal physical activity, nor normal emotional influences (i.e. stable)
If a person is not suffering from a sunburn or infection, any variation in pulse must therefore be due to an allergic reaction
Safety
The Pulse Test is very safe
Non-invasive
No special requirements (i.e. fasting, sleep requirement, etc.)
Cost effective
Easy to perform
Testimonials
Dr. Phil Bate Via Pulse Test, found that eating peanuts
caused his Rheumatoid Arthritis After peanuts were eliminated from his diet, his
Rheumatoid Arthritis was resolved
The Controversy
After hours of Pubmed and Google Searching, the only testimonial that I could retreive was Dr. Bate’s
SO….
Nick’s Pulse Test Trial
Subjects N=50
25 control subjects 25 with known diagnosed gluten allergy/intolerance Double Blind Randomized Control Study
Examiner To increase intra-examiner reliability, one trained
HCP (MD, DC, RN, etc) will perform the pulse readings using the same methods on both groups
Examiner will not know if the subject has a known allergy
Nick’s Pulse Test Trial
All subjects will be given brown rice as the food to be tested
The subjects with the known gluten allergy/intolerance should have an increase in pulse post consumption
In order to be included in the study, the subjects must not be sunburn or have had an infection within the past 30 days.
Conclusion
Several books have been written about the pulse test, however there are currently no known studies to test it’s reliability (to my knowledge)
Some anecdotal evidence
The number of new cases of food allergies and autoimune diseases diagnosed each year is increasing
Conclusion
The pulse test may be able to help save patients both time and money due to the fact that the pulse test can quickly identify an allergen.
The patient will not need to get laboratory work (unless it is used as confirmatory)
References
http://drbate.com/Ref/pulse.html
http://www.soilandhealth.org/02/0201hyglibcat/020108.coca.pdf