Food Allergy/Intolerance Test

[Tony Baloney]

Too many fancy dans about.

[No wides]

Too many fancy dans about.

[Puckoon]

Puck, slightly off topic but I keep up at a pop level on foods and diets digestion etc.

Anyway to me there seems to be a shift in thinking that allergies aren't even a proper illness at all as such, rather they are just our bodies missing the required microbes/antioxidants/enzymes to deal with certain foods or whatever else we may be allergic too? And that it is something that we dont know enough about to even treat effectively using current science. Also the sterile lives and diets we have being a huge part of the problem. What's your opinion on that?

I think there's a big difference in understanding between Allergies Vs Intolerances Vs Sensitivities in regards to diet. Not unlike people who self diagnose themselves as ADHD or COD when they might really just be a twat and have no idea how debilitating true COD or ADHD is.

[omaghjoe]

Puck, slightly off topic but I keep up at a pop level on foods and diets digestion etc.

Anyway to me there seems to be a shift in thinking that allergies aren't even a proper illness at all as such, rather they are just our bodies missing the required microbes/antioxidants/enzymes to deal with certain foods or whatever else we may be allergic too? And that it is something that we dont know enough about to even treat effectively using current science. Also the sterile lives and diets we have being a huge part of the problem. What's your opinion on that?

I think there's a big difference in understanding between Allergies Vs Intolerances Vs Sensitivities in regards to diet. Not unlike people who self diagnose themselves as ADHD or COD when they might really just be a twat and have no idea how debilitating true COD or ADHD is.

Well ADHD is probably a good analogy. In that these diagnosis arent really the same disorder/allergy as they may not have the same actual root cause from person to person.

Rather they are just a grouping of similar symptoms that the medical world puts together, which is fair enough if you dont understand their cause. However to treat them effectively without understanding their true cause is probably more guess work than anything else. To be anyway effective Id imagine treatment needs to be flexible and on a personalised which you seem to indicate that it is.

[Never beat the deeler]

Was at the doc recently for a skin check and was asking his recommendations.

He said the majority of issues are from one or more of the categories on the FODMAP scale.
He reckoned the best way was to try the low FODMAP diet.
Pick a category from the bottom list and give up these items for a week. Check if you notice any difference, then move on to the next category.
You may have an intolerance for one or more of those groups.

Have been working my way through them and have noticed some difference already in 2 of the categories. Won't necessarily give up these foods totally, but will be conscious of when I eat them

Another suggestion he gave was sibotest.
Haven't gone down this route yet. Looks like a testing kit you order online and then send away.

https://sibotest.com/pages/index

[Dire Ear]

Good info. NBTD,  any knowledge of local products for testing ( those are in $) ?

[Never beat the deeler]

Good info. NBTD,  any knowledge of local products for testing ( those are in $) ?

Sorry, I'm in Australia