Created by Dr. Gregory Doss, LAc · Developer of the Allergy Reset Method®
An Eye-Opening Guide to Symptoms, Triggers, and Connections You May Be Missing
The checklist takes approximately five minutes to complete.
Could symptoms that seem unrelated actually be part of a larger pattern?
Allergies and sensitivities do not always announce themselves in obvious ways.
Some reactions happen immediately. Others appear several hours later—or even the following morning. Some affect the sinuses or skin, while others may influence digestion, energy, mental clarity, sleep, or your overall sense of well-being.
Because reactions can appear in different ways and at different times, it can be difficult to recognize what your body is responding to.
This guide is designed to help you:
Check every statement that regularly, repeatedly, or noticeably applies to you. There are no right or wrong answers. Do not overthink your responses. Simply notice what you recognize.
IMPORTANT
This guide is an educational awareness tool—not a diagnostic test. A checkmark does not prove that a particular food, substance, or exposure is causing your symptoms.
Part One
My food-pattern total: 0 out of 12
Food-related reactions can be difficult to recognize because foods and nutrients appear in so many meals, ingredients, families, and combinations.
Part Two
My environmental-pattern total: 0 out of 12
Environmental reactions can be especially confusing because exposures may be invisible, difficult to avoid, or present in many different places.
Part Three
My heightened-reactivity total: 0 out of 8
A higher score in this section suggests that the intensity, complexity, or unpredictability of your reactions may be an important part of the larger pattern. It does not identify a particular medical condition or determine a separate starting kit.
Part Four
My internal-pattern total: 0 out of 8
Hormonal changes, stress, sleep, illness, and other internal influences may affect how strongly the body responds. This information provides context but does not determine a separate starting kit.
Record your two primary totals:
Use your results to identify your recommended starting point:
Your starting point
The Master Food Allergy Reset Kit addresses foundational foods, nutrients, and food-related allergens that appear throughout everyday life. It includes The Foundational Seven™. The allergens represented by these vials are present throughout many foods, ingredients, and food combinations. Addressing them first lays important groundwork for all the Allergy Resets that follow, and many people notice that they feel less reactive and more balanced overall after completing them.
Your starting point
If your Environmental Patterns score is highest, the Environmental Allergy Reset Kit may be the best place to begin. It addresses common household, chemical, fragrance, pollution, animal, pollen, mold, and other environmental exposures.
Check the statements above that apply to you, and your recommended starting kit will appear here.
Your Heightened Reactivity and Internal Pattern scores provide additional information about the intensity, complexity, and internal influences associated with your reactions. They do not represent separate starting kits.
When both scores are similar: If your Food and Environmental Pattern scores are similar, we recommend beginning with the Master Food Allergy Reset Kit so that The Foundational Seven™ are addressed first. The Environmental Allergy Reset Kit can then be used to address the specific environmental patterns that remain.
Keep for yourself
The result that surprised me most is:
The three symptoms or reactions that affect me most are:
My reactions are most likely to appear:
The ways these reactions currently limit my life are:
The freedom I would most like to regain is:
Track your progress: Keep this completed guide as your personal starting point. After completing 10 Allergy Resets with the ARM Protocol, complete a fresh copy and compare which symptoms, reactions, and limitations have changed. Then revisit: “What freedom would I most like to regain?”
If you recognized symptoms in several sections, they may not be separate problems. They may be part of a larger pattern in how your body recognizes and responds to certain foods, substances, environments, or internal signals.
Your reactions are real. Your body is not failing you or turning against you. It may be trying to protect you through a response that has become automatic.
The nervous system learns through repetition. When a substance or signal is repeatedly followed by a protective response, that association can grow stronger and become easier for the body to activate again.
Avoidance can protect you from experiencing a reaction, but it does not directly change the response itself. As long as the pattern remains unchanged, the body will continue sounding the same alarm whenever it recognizes the allergen.
These automatic responses are not imaginary or “all in your head.” They are learned patterns involving the nervous system—and learned patterns can change.
The Allergy Reset Method® was created to help the nervous system establish a different response to the allergen. When an allergen has been successfully addressed, the unwanted reaction no longer occurs.
You have taken an important first step by recognizing that your symptoms may follow patterns.
Discover how the Allergy Reset Method® was created to help you eliminate unwanted allergy and sensitivity responses—one allergen at a time—and reclaim greater freedom in what you eat, where you go, and how you live.
See How the Allergy Reset Method® Works
From Allergies to Freedom™
This guide is provided for educational and personal-awareness purposes only. It is not a diagnostic test and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease or medical condition.
A checked statement does not establish that a particular substance caused a symptom. Many symptoms can have multiple possible causes and should be appropriately evaluated.
Never intentionally expose yourself to a known or suspected allergen that could cause a serious or life-threatening reaction. Continue following the advice of your qualified healthcare professionals and seek appropriate medical care for concerning symptoms.
The Allergy Reset Method® is not intended for anaphylaxis or as a replacement for emergency medication, medically required avoidance, or professional medical care.
