Food intolerances test

Yes, it's a real thing. Did you not get the test done because it would help explain some health issues you have?

As for "do you have to follow it", it's up to you. If the intolerances cause problems with your health, at least you're ingesting the food with your eyes wide open. If you want to feel better, try taking them out and see what happens.

Intolerances to foods is a very complicated thing. Its difficult trying to make your way round this thing without a trained person to support you. Loving the food which makes you out of sorts/ill is how intolerance works. A true allergy will carry you off, intolerances will make you wish they would, or at least that was my experience. To become pain free, I had already given up a conventional diet, avoiding herbs/spices, many fruits and veg, so when I was advised, following blood tests directed by my nutritionist to avoid more, it was another culture shock. I had nothing to loose and everything to gain, like getting my life back, work in progress. I have learned so very much.

Please try not to look at this exercise as loosing 80% of your diet. Please consider science is pointing towards our modern diet, full of processed foods, additives and preservatives is not good for anyone. Cooking from scratch will give you more control and pleasure eventually because it need not be disproportionately time consuming. You will probably gain yourself old back.

I would suggest you eliminate the ingredients with the highest intolerance value first. Keep a daily log of what you eat and how you feel and anything else which is relevant to you so you can access if and how things are going. I hope the test you had isolated ingredients not meal types. Its all so very complicated. Keeping up the log, if and when you reintroduce foods is essential because it can take a few days or even a couple of weeks for to show in moods or what ever.

I wish you all the very best as you try to work this all out intolerances are a real pain.

I am allergic to eggs, and intolerant to wheat, whey, cane sugar, almonds, and cranberries. Eating eggs will land me in the hospital or worse. Eating wheat causes my eczema to flare up. Eating cane sugar causes my blood pressure to sky rocket. Eating cranberries gives me a killer migraine and causes my blood pressure to sky rocket. Haven't figured out what whey and almonds do, but I am not messing around trying to figure it out like I did with the other things. I'm convinced.

I can tell you that before I cut all those things out of my diet, I was sick, tired and achy all the time. Since I cut those things out of my diet, I haven't taken a sick day because I was sick for several years. My eczema is completely cleared up. My blood pressure has come down significantly. Most of all, I have more energy and I feel good.

You're mileage may vary, but I think it's worth trying to eliminate those things from your diet for a while to see if your quality of life improves. If you decide to do that and need help adapting recipes, let me know.

I'm not sure which of the tests you got done, but there should be a minimum, medium, and most intolerant section.

I'm assuming you paid all that money for a reason; i would try and follow what the test says to alleviate said reasons. You can try things here and there, but in my experience cutting out the foods which i have serious problems with has helped tremendously.

P.S. to the others, an allergy and an intolerance are very different things. I am lactose intolerant, but i am very very allergic to hazelnuts and almonds.

It depends on the actual test that was run. I have had two sets of 'intolerance' testing, and the results both times were foods that were presently in my body. It was explained to me at Mayo Clinic that this is not reliable because your body makes antibodies to whatever you intake. I believe this was an IgA or IgC testing, I cannot recall. They said that if you were truly allergic, they would perform allergy testing to determine your sensitivity. The best and least expensive way to figure it out is to eliminate the foods from your diet one at a time and see if you feel better. I discovered I am only intolerant to gluten - it increases my anxiety and fatigue about 3 days after I consume it.