Naturopath Intolerance/Allergy Testing Experience

crazyjerseygirl

missallenxox wrote: »

holy fck .... sorry i asked ahahhah

Ha! No worries. There are a spirited bunch of proper scientists in here!

crazyjerseygirl

azure7 wrote: »

Here's my personal experience.... I have auto-immune thyroid disease and got absolutely zero help from my GP and endocrinologist on how to reduce my autoimmune response. I sought out specialist in Chinese medicine/holistic treatment/integrative medicine. I had an IGg ELISA food allergen panel run and eliminated those foods that indicated an immune response according to the panel. My antibody levels have decreased DRAMATICALLY over time with no other changes (no medications or lifestyle changes) except removal of those foods.

Based on my results, I recommended that my sister have the food allergen panel run because she was suffering for years with bloating and stomach upset (the docs couldn't figure out what the problem was, so they just diagnosed her with IBS). After eliminating the reactive foods in the panel, she is feeling a thousand times better.

Some reading
https://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/igg-food-intolerance-tests-what-does-the-science-say/

Orphia

Tim Minchin? Science Based Medicine? Who are you people posting this? I love you.

nonoelmo

segacs wrote: »

All of your stories are anecdotal. I have no doubt they're true for you. I'm just saying that widespread scientific studies haven't found them to apply with any statistical significance to the population at large.

It can be frustrating when your doctor doesn't have the answers you're looking for. I sympathize, a lot. And what you've each done may be helping you for a variety of reasons.

But as Tim Minchin says, "By definition, alternative medicine has either not been proved to work, or been proved not to work. Do you know what they call alternative medicine that's been proved to work? Medicine."

Of course my answer is ancedotal as that was what the OP asked for in the first place.

I think that you and I agree pretty closely on most points. I go to an MD for all my healthcare issues. The visit to the naturopathic doctor just happened to put me on the path to get some more validated testing done. It had not occurred to me that my many symptoms (I didn't list all of them) were food related until I tried cutting out wheat etc. I was absolutely sure nothing would change by changing my food but I adored my sweet grandma and she wanted me to try. The improvement led me to follow up with my MD. So although the first test has no validated correlations, it in my opinion in my case changed the last 22 years of my life for the much better. Whether it be by fluke or chance or whatever that it pointed me to get more testing, and my symptoms which had been with me as long as I could remember went away. I'm glad I went even though I just went to The naturopath one time ever. Just me, sample size one, statistically meaningless.

Have a wonderful weekend.

Edit. I have no idea who Tim Minchin is and will google him when I have time. Is he a doctor or medical researcher somewhere?

segacs

nonoelmo wrote: »

Edit. I have no idea who Tim Minchin is and will google him when I have time. Is he a doctor or medical researcher somewhere?

Haha, nope, he's an Australian musical comedy performer. I posted a link to his wonderful animated short, Storm, above.

Have a great weekend too!

Sued0nim

segacs wrote: »

This thread in particular, and these forums in general, are populated with far too many Storms:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhGuXCuDb1U

I absolutely love Tim Minchin

If you haven't seen his Matilda ...run to the theatre ..fab-u-lous!

Orphia

I Tim Minchin too.

I haven't had the pleasure of seeing Matilda, but I saw him live in concert with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra in 2010. Such awesomeness.

Storm is an absolute classic.