Food Sensitivities Fast Fix Guide: For Stomach, Skin & Mood Problems

On the menu were most veggies, fruit, organic chicken, turkey, and pork, grass-fed beef, wild seafood, olive oil, nuts, legumes, rice, potatoes, oatmeal, almond milk, green tea, spices, herbs, and more. Many of these foods are known to aid memory and improve focus. My husband agreed to do it with me, and the first day was easy.

I swapped out my normal breakfast of scrambled eggs and coffee for steel-cut oats and green tea. I had a salad for lunch, and dinner was baked salmon, asparagus, and brown rice. Day two was pretty much the same; the food choices were easy, but I felt tired. On days three, four, and five I started to question my decision. And as a result, I was probably unbearable, too. But then came day six. The fog lifted, as did my mood. I felt like I had more energy than before. This was my first detox diet, and Gilmore says taking a break from certain foods is something everyone should do on a regular basis.

If your goal is to drop a couple pounds, detoxes can help with that, too. By day four, my stomach was flat and my jeans fit again. And by day 10, I had lost six pounds. Toxins impact the scale, says Gilmore. A study published in the Journal of Medical Toxicology found that rats exposed to insecticides gained weight without increased caloric intake or decreased exercise. In just four months, these rats experienced a significant increase in body fat when compared to rats not exposed to the same toxic chemicals.

GParker July 28, Hi Janel, I recommend Dr. Perlmutter's books - Grain Brain and Brain Maker. He is a doctor who specializes in Parkinson's, working out of Florida. There are plenty of peer reviewed published studies that show components of gluten zonulin bind to receptors along the gut lining and trigger leaky gut. If the immune system then becomes hypervigilant as a result, this, along with cytokine release triggering inflammation can trigger an autoimmune condition if genetically predisposed.

Additionally, there are cross reactive issue with other foods as well. I recommend Cyrex testing - the Array 5 looks at antibodies to over 20 tissues in the body and the Array 10, which will identify immune responses to foods. Hi Angela, my boyfriend was diagnosed with multiple system atrophy parkinson's plus about 7 years ago. I have done enough research to know that there may be a link between gluten and autoimmune diseases.

I have tried to convince him to go gluten and grain free to see if it helps with any of his symptoms. I was also thinking about getting him tested for food sensitivity to see if he is gluten sensitive. I was wondering if you have any advice on nutritional recommendations on this Parkinson-type population? He is taking all the "normal" meds Thanks for all you do to educate. Janel July 27, Hi Jessica, It may be more that you have a leaky gut issue that needs to be addressed. Unfortunately, functional labs aren't often covered by insurance. True allergy testing would be a skin prick test which is covered by insurance.

My favorite food sensitivity lab is Cyrex - I use their Array 10 and I am finding that it is replicable and reliable. Angela July 23, I have had digestive problems pretty much for most of my life. The doctors tested me for everything from a stomach ulcer to celiac disease.

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None of which came back positive. Then my doctor did a simple blood test and it was discovered that I had allergies to soy I'm a vegetarian so I was eating a lot of it , shrimp, and peanuts. She was only able to test me for the "top 8" I believe they call it, common allergies in the US. I continue to have several symptoms after I eat meals that don't contain these items. I'm worried there are more food allergies I have that are NOT in the most common list. What would you suggest my next steps be in identifying those? My doctor told me about a larger scale allergy test, but she also stated that insurance doesn't cover it even if it's been identified that I have other food allergies.

Is there a conducive test I can take that insurance will cover? Jessica May 14, Yes I completely agree. IgG and IgM antibody testing is done for all of the items that you listed out. What I do not agree with is the accuracy of antibody testing on foods that is done by the vast majority of food intolerance labs.

I see asparagus and kidney beans as positives on most of these labs. I have seen with my own eyes, two labs done off the same blood returning completely different results. I have seen this multiple times, not just once. The only lab that I have started to use for food sensitivity testing with accurate results is Cyrex testing - their Array 10 has proven to be the most accurate that I have seen.

They run the test twice in house and if the results do not match exactly, they do not send the results out. I have also seen clinically that these results have made the world of difference when we incorporate these into the protocol. I have never seen the other labs food intolerance panels work clinically and yet I see patient after patient coming to me with these labs in hand.

Pick your favorite food sensitivity lab, take two vials of blood or do a finger prick and label them as two fake names. Send them in and see what kind of results you get. I think that this may change your mind. I do not want to name any labs here, out of respect for the labs. The funny thing is, the only time an Allergen Specific IgE testing is performed is when testing for foods except wheat in the Celiac Panel and inhalants.

So yeah, Allergen Specific IgG has been tried and determined to be a diagnostic way of testing for allergens. Foods can be and are allergens too. Aretaeus Wellness Center May 7, I don't feel that IgG and IgA response foods need to be pulled forever. Work to heal up your gut and then trial them out and see how you do. I do strongly recommend going gluten free with Hashimotos. I am seeing a functional medicine doctor. He did a laundry-list amount of blood work, several stool tests, and a DNA swab.

The tests came back with IgA results for milk, eggs, soy, gliadin, and transglutaminase. All of my units were elevated. The doc told me that I basically cannot eat these foods ever again. I am currently on an elimination diet, we have just started my program.

With the results I received, I am more confused and upset about this than ever. No cheese or eggs ever again?? Jes April 18, I enjoy reading your blog and your sensible approach to medical issues. I understand what you are saying about these tests and the science behind them, but I have had very good luck with them. I had become very ill and was suddenly having violent autoimmune vascular and neurological reactions to everything I ate.

I ended up in the hospital twice for malnutrition because I, a sensible, logical person, was unsuccessfully trying to balance eating a "less evil" food with avoiding the mysterious symptoms I was having. These symptoms were threatening my life. This took place over a few weeks, and I was going downhill quite fast.

I saw a licensed acupuncturist who ordered a food intolerance test. It told me what to avoid and what I could eat. There were only about 48 things on this planet I could eat, which I couldn't believe So I tested my skepticism and ate a small amount of something on the "severe" list, and was sorry I did. After that I respected the results, worked with them, and improved greatly.

The second test showed I could eat many more foods. I will take a third test soon and hopefully be able to eat more. It is a dainty and almost passive approach, but it has helped me. Additionally, because it is leaky gut, I did slowly develop intolerances to some of the foods I was eating frequently after the first test. Since it was gradual, I did not realize what was happening.

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The second test, taken several months after the first, showed me that it was intolerances rather than other health issues plaguing me. It was a great relief. I had enough problems without wondering what new illness had befallen me. I adjusted my diet and slowly added the new foods I could eat into it. I couldn't eat some of the things from before, but I had respected my body and was rewarded with being able to have more choices overall. My health improved greatly after I made the changes based on the test results. I will be taking a third test in a week and believe I will be able to expand my diet more.

All this time I have been trying to find the root cause of this. I was told I had been tested for Lyme Disease and didn't have it. Chronic Lyme Disease does not generally respond to an initial, basic test, but all the health practitioners after that took it as gospel. I am now back to that and hope to have a diagnosis soon. Then maybe my inflamed gut will heal. It has been very inflamed for very long, and my liver has not fared well throughout this My organs were taxed greatly by eating foods my body reacted to.

Following the food intolerance test results has helped them immensely and helped avoid further damage. And, yes, as you said of other people, my body does react to every food to some degree. I take it with a grain of salt and do the best I can by eating the safest foods. It has worked for me. Melinda March 30, Hi Emily, I would look into a histamine intolerance and see if a lower histamine eating plan and DAO enzymes help alleviate your symptoms. Gut healing is also in order I will update my post here shortly - I have found that Cyrex Array 10 food sensitivity testing is accurate.

I have tested this myself using the same blood submitted under two different names and see this working clinically. You might want to look into this test.

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Hi Angela- I seem to have a very subtle IgE histamine response to most foods yes even paleo whole foods, meats even after cutting out dairy, grains, sugars, fruits, soy, eggs, etc. I never have itching or watery eyes or anaphalaxis but when I eat most things I tend to get a mild phlegm in my throat. I know this is not my imagination because some things like dairy or vegetable oils produce a significant phlegm to the point of coughing, and because taking an antihistamine such as Benadryl blunts the reaction to things I know for sure usually produce a moderate reaction like supplements with citric acid.

I'm not sure what is safe because if I eat one thing the phlegm may last for several hours and thus I can't find a clear slate to start with because the foods overlap even when eating one substance per meal. Even the first food of the morning is not completely clear because sometimes I will have the most sinus drainage in the mornings as I return to an upright position.

I will be seeing a doctor for gut healing but can you give me any advice on what sort of diet you believe would be best for this type of allergy?

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Would you try and find foods that seem to produce no reaction? Or would you cut out all the foods that produce a strong and moderate reaction and leave all the ones that produce a mild reaction while healing the gut? Emily March 10, Hi Summer, I can't go against what your doctor is recommending here. It seems that there was a lot going on for you in terms of the bowel obstruction and chronic pain this was causing and then testing. If I may recommend, I would focus on whole healthy foods, work through the gut healing protocol and then see where you are at.

That seems like a lot of foods to remove at one time, with you feeling so good. I would want a reason to pull these foods. I have another patient who is 19 and had symptoms from her head down, COLD hands and feet. We really need to alter the diet to reduce the load on her immune system to allow some healing to take place. Hello, I need advice for what to do or say to my doc. I have a functional medicine doctor who ran a panel on me for IGG testing and also an extensive stool test. I went to this doctor because I was having right sided pain for several months in that was unexplained and my GP couldn't figure out.

Turned out it was a small bowel obstruction that was removed in December. The IGG test was done right before my surgery in late November, and the stool test after 5 weeks from my surgery in January.. It showed everything was fine except I had no good gut bacteria, which makes sense 5 weeks after a surgery on the bowel including a bowel prep and antibiotics after.

She wants me to continue to treating the leaky gut and wants to keep me off the IGG responded foods for ever or at least a few years. She has me on about dollars a month worth of probiotics, gut mending things, and vitamins which is very expensive in addition to this limiting expensive diet plan. I feel really good. I think my whole problem was that dang obstruction. Should I continue to avoid these foods and treat this leaky gut when I feel completely fine and healthy???

My one and only complaint would be heart burn.. Hi Sarina, This is where it gets interesting - it is that this identified a true corn sensitivity, or did you pulling everything that has corn in it including corn syrup - so all processed foods are out which forced you to switch to whole foods It would be interesting to test this out again at some point. If you feel better, then this is really all that matters!

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If you still need someone to work with, let me know. You may contact scheduling directly through my website: Ok I'm going to be honest here! So I suffer from major food sensitivities, and I'm doing my best to heal my gut. After completing and MRT food sensitivity test, I was sensitive to corn!! I didn't really think twice about that, and just thought that I can eliminate corn and corn on the cob and corn tortillas, etc. Regardless, I would love to talk to you more. I'm looking for someone to help me through this process.

Sarina March 5, Hi Lynn, I would work with your practitioner and consider rotating in Physician's Elemental Diet to give your gut a rest at one meal each day. You need further assessment to see if there is something that needs to be treated here, beyond gut rest and rebalancing. I hope you are feeling better! I have had Crohn's disease for 22 years and treated with lots of different medication plus bowl resection. I don't want to go on medication what can I do. Lynn February 1, Hi Jenna, I think the comment that you have to avoid all of those foods the rest of your life is just plain ridiculous.

The leaky gut is really the target here. I would work on stress reduction too. If the current supplement protocol is the same as the one before, you may need to change this up a bit more, in addition to the colostrum. I really don't feel that Paleo is the answer. I would go off of how you feel, and work from there, supporting gut healing over the coming months and then reassess.

Hi Angela, I have been trying to heal my gut for three months after taking antibiotics for acne this last summer. The antibiotics totally ruined my digestive system. Every doctor told me I had a different condition, and finally I have figured out I have a leaky gut. I did three different tests with a hollistic doctor, one of which was the igg food sensitivity test, which told me I essentially was allergic to every food group, most of which I had been eating and not noticed any specific reaction to.

It said I was allergic to dairy, eggs, soy, almonds, gluten, all grains including quinoa, rice, potato, corn, etc. I couldn't believe it!!

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The doctor said these were all permanent and I'd have to avoid them for the rest of my life. Yet, I had also done a comprehensive stool test which came out almost totally normal, no malabsorption, no sibo, just an imbalance of gut bacteria. I also did the organic acids test which all came out negative. We found this to be very strange given my leaky gut diagnosis, and decided it was not too severe.

For the past two months since then I have avoided gluten and most dairy, supplementing with vsl 3, glutamine, apple cider vinegar, fish oil, zinc, and other vitamins. I redid the leaky gut test, and still came out positive. I just recently started taking colostrum twice a day and am really hoping to be healed soon, and for my supposed food sensitivities to heal.

I have not found any pattern or any direct reactions, so I am now going paleo and cutting out almost everything to see if I notice a difference. I'm only twenty years old and have been healthy my whole life with no other health issues. I hadn't taken an antibiotic for the first time until I was Please give me some feedback, as I am so desperate to feel totally normal again. Jenna January 31, My favorite food sensitivity lab is by Cyrex, their Array They run the test twice on the same blood in house to make sure it matches before they send it out.

I have seen clinically that this works as well. What do you think about stool testing for food sensitivities, such as the tests that are offered by Enterolab? If you do feel that a test like this is viable, would it be better to get a comprehensive test that checks for many sensitivities, or should I focus primarily on the chief offenders, such as gluten and dairy?

Rick January 25, I have Hashimotos and the test said I cant eat eggs or cows milk or asparagus and some stuff I only had like 2 times in my life. I love my eggs and chez what do I eat and Yeast. My favorite leaky gut test is Cyrex Array 2. I would also do a Doctor's Data stool test plus parasitology x three day collection. Hello Angela, What types of tests would you recommend to just check for Overall gut health? Are the tests you listed on your siboguru website good to test for leaky gut or overall gut health, or are they just to test for SIBO?

Thank you so much. Joseph January 4, Hi Anna, My deepest apologies. I do not quickly answer all blog posts on my site. I am knee deep in my clinic working with my current patients. I did recently graduate a few patients and I have opened up to new patient appointments.

If you are still in need of support, I am happy to work with you. I work long distance via Skype video and phone and email follow up.

My programs are clearly detailed on my site http: I have been going on about yrs of feeling ill. This last year has been the worst. I don't remember even leaving the house that much for the entire year Hoshimoto's thyroid 24 yrs - developed after 3rd birth of child ; going to a reumotologist who puts me on meds for fibromayligis pain; cronic fatigue symptoms; my vitamin D keeps dropping; I was in the hospital last April with Hypomagnesmia; my latest is constant nausea and at times vomiting, brain fog mood swings.

If I eat more than a cup of food, and not wait a while I will throw up. From everything I read it appears to point to 'leaky gut. My medical doctors thing I am nuts when I mention 'leaky gut. I was really happy to read your breakdown as to why the sensitivity tests are not accurate How does your service work is it online? Anna January 3, Alena December 3, Yes, this should be investigated as a histamine issue, mast cell issue and immune trigger.

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This could be an internal issue, a product you are using or something in the environment that is triggering you. James November 24, There has been a long understood connection with the gut, brain, inflammation and food triggers to migraines. To me, this study is highlighting leaky gut issue. The rest of your studies look at IBS: As this one lists out: What I do not see in the vast majority of food IgG sensitivity testing is consistent and reliable lab results.

This is what I am highlighting here with my post. So I went and actually searched for studies and found several. You can click on "similar articles" on the right bar to see more. So I'm not sure how reliable it is to identify a food allergy, but to say it has zero basis for guiding dietary elimination seems contrary to evidence. Paul November 22, Hi Angela, When we think of old technologies, I completely agree with you. However the new method Microarray Elisa Test is a very reliable method. I strongly recommend you to review it. You can find information at http: Adam Cohen, MD November 10, Hi Janet, I would pull the main offenders - what you know you have a reaction to and then track your intake and symptoms to see if you can identify any other patterns with the foods that you are eating.

Then I would start to work on gut healing. A parasite cleanse isn't a gut healing protocol, it is a parasite cleanse these are different. There are a lot of different supplements that you can discuss with your doctor. Mediclear is a good 'complete' gut support supplement. You might also look into l-glutamine, NAG, fiber, probiotics, zinc carnosine, fish oil I always customize the protocol to the patient, so I wouldn't take all of these, simply offering a list to discuss with your doctor. Permaclear is another great supplement.