Intolerance testing

[Magicmarker28]

Good afternoon,

I am interested in hearing peoples opinions of intoleance testing?

I understand there isn't a lot of information out there, but am curious as to how indepth you should go in relating to your belief systems, is it worth paying attention too?

I have coeliac diesease, and dairy is no good for me either.

I have had a lot of red flags appear as part of the intolerance test.

would be grateful to hear what others think, or have experienced?

thanks in advance

Mark

[Penel]

Hi MM

I’ve not had any intolerance testing done. The evidence that they can be accurate is a little sketchy but perhaps there may be others on here who have found them useful(?).

You don’t mention what your ‘red flags’ were related to, but the usual advice for dealing with possible intolerances is to try an elimination diet. The advice is to eliminate the suspect foods for a few months and then reintroduce them to test for any reaction.

I had on-going digestive problems which I have had a go at sorting out using a Low Fodmaps diet. It was devised by the Monash University in Australia.

healthline.com/nutrition/fo...

Another elimination diet to look at may be the Autoimmune Protocol.

healthline.com/health/aip-d...

[Magicmarker28 in reply to Penel]

Thanks, the actual list received was quite extensive, actually too many to type, it was pages long. Seems i am not very tolerant to much at all!

Thanks for the information, i have absolutely chosen to eliminate, but its amazing how many things, such as garlic or sunflower oil is in.

[jox1]

exactly as Penel says: current status of IgG and IgG4 in diagnosis is controversial. This is a US site but gives a flavour: aaaai.org/conditions-and-tr...

I haven't had any of those tests and would also suggest elimination tactics.

[Clarrisa in reply to jox1]

I wondered if these IgG tests could be used as a initial screening test, as they can be relatively less expensive on sale. If anything turns up positive then confirm any positive food with a elimination diet specific to that particular food.

To me this seems like just taking a different approach to the matter, that likely is more expensive, but perhaps helps with food direction. However, I have had no experience with IgG testing, & have been puzzling at what to do myself.

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Hi there Magicmarker28

I saw a Nutritionist in July this year and she carried out some kind of magnetic testing on me. She said I had a high sensitivity to gluten, rye, barley, Formalin (a type of preservative), milk (I'm Vegan so don't have any dairy) and a medium sensitivity to peas.

Back in August I had a Vegan Magnum and was poorly that very same night, the following day I looked to see what ingredients were in a Vegan Magnum and lo and behold there was pea protein so I guess that proved the medium sensitivity to peas. About 6 weeks ago I went out for a meal and had spaghetti, I reacted to it within a few hours and didn't feel great for about 1 1/2 to 2 weeks. I can eat sourdough bread as it's fermented.

I personally am happy that I had the tests done as I did have a suspicion with the gluten but didn't know about the peas. I have been feeling a lot better since cutting peas and normal bread and pasta out of my diet but still do get odd days but nothing like I was getting.

I've also found out that I can't eat tofu or drink soya as I reacted to both of these foods almost straight away. I found this out by making my own tofu burgers and having a coffee with soya milk.

[Munchkinfeet]

My nhs dietician said results are unreliable and can't be considered accurate. She said the best way is elimination then reintroduction, keep diary etc, that's what I'm doing just now, I haven't felt better all year x

[Magicmarker28]

Yes, thats exactly what i decided to do. Strip my food to absolute basics, veg, fruit, a small amount of meat and fish.

I'll run with that for 6 months or so, see how that works out

thanks for your response.