1. The Pulse Test Nick Patterson NTR 5503 Project

2. 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

3. 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….

4. 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

5. 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

6. Safety The Pulse Test is very safe Non-invasive No special requirements (i.e. fasting, sleep requirement, etc.) Cost effective Easy to perform

7. 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

8. The Controversy After hours of Pubmed and Google Searching, the only testimonial that I could retreive was Dr. Bate’s SO….

9. 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

10. 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.

11. 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

12. 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)

13. References http://drbate.com/Ref/pulse.html http://www.soilandhealth.org/02/0201hyglibcat/020108.coca.pdf