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12:47 pm
March 4, 2009
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Dear Muriel,
EnteroLab actually offers more allergy testing, along with gluten sensitivity testing, then I describe in my post. http://www.enterolab.com/Stati…..Order.aspx Your genetic predisposition is another part of their testing that I feel is very important.
To me with allergy testing, it's less important to identify specific foods, and more important to recognize larger groups. Gluten/wheat, dairy, soy, different proteins. For everyone, processed foods, diet sodas, sugar – those things simply promote heart disease, diabetes and cancer – I'm sure you'd agree. With a leaky gut, should you have specific foods allergy testing done like ELISA or ALCAT, the tests can change week to week, and often you'll find yourself sensitive to everything you're eating. I've done them all and know this personally. Of course! It's leaking across the intestinal barrier and creating an immune response.
It sounds like you see a need for dietary modification that you're dancing around. Maybe you would find yourself more comfortable with an anti-Candida diet. http://blog.brendawatson.com/f…..diet-faqs/
Even just eliminating wheat/gluten all by itself may make a HUGE difference. Check out the book "Wheat Belly" by William Davis MD. It's a NY Times Bestseller, very well researched, that will blow your socks off!
Let me know how it goes.
Brenda
6:28 pm
January 20, 2012
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Hi Brenda –
Thank you so much for your personal reply. I will follow up on your suggestions. Do you have any recommendations on blood testing for food allergies? I have eliminated white flour and dairy, don't do much sugar or processed foods, although I am still eating gluten. The lab I use has ALCAT testing and ELISA testing available. I am willing and able to spend a few hundred dollars on testing – thinking that it may be a quicker and more accurate answer to gluten as well as other sensitivities. As you say, elimination diets are very difficult, and maybe I am trying to buy my way out of it and get the answer!
What do you think of these type of tests? What would you recommend?
Thanks again,
Muriel
1:34 pm
March 4, 2009
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Dear Muriel,
CRP is just one indicator of inflammation in the body, as you mentioned, used primarily as a cardiovascular health indicator. It's good yours is low, AND that doesn't mean your gut is working efficiently.
To really see how your gut is doing, you might want to check out these tests http://bit.ly/ys7F1D Most people find they need probiotics to balance their bacteria (I consider them the new daily multivitamin!), perhaps some digestive enzymes. The H.O.P.E. formula is always a good start.
As most issues with food sensitivities include a Leaky Gut, please contact my assistant at jsinclaire@renewlife.com and she will send you the chapter from my new book on Leaky Gut Syndrome.
You could also try a personal experiment. Implement an Elimination/Detox diet for a period of time, see if the weight shifts, and then when you reintroduce foods, you will be able to determine the ones you're reactive to. http://www.brendawatson.com/diet/
Let me know how you do.
Brenda Watson
1:17 pm
January 20, 2012
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I get my own blood work done through online lab. I know that CRP is important to check, as indicator of inflammation for cardiovascular health. My question is can you have a healthy CRP (mine is 0.40) and still have digestive inflammation? I have really cleaned up my diet in recent years, cleared up a thyroid problem, and yet am unable to lose weight. I am low on Vitamin D, working on that, and recently started taking B12 (mine was on the lower end of normal). I wonder if there are any food intolerances going on that I don't know about, even though I don't have any gastrointestinal symptoms. Any suggestions?
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