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At home allergy tests are shit and should be banned

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Gardenquestion22 · 12/04/2026 08:54

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/apr/12/at-home-food-intolerance-blood-tests?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

ive long suspected this, been pushed these kind of at home tests after looking for stuff on line about allergies. Can’t believe they are allowed and people make decisions based on them. And the poorly trained‘nutritionists’. …

‘They’re all junk, and should be banned’: the trouble with at-home food intolerance tests

A multimillion-pound industry has sprung up promising it can detect sensitivities to certain ingredients with a simple remote finger prick test. But the results can be misleading – and even dangerous

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/apr/12/at-home-food-intolerance-blood-tests?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

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muddyford · 12/04/2026 12:58

Couldn't agree more. A cousin by marriage was told he had a dairy allergy. Turned out to be liver cancer. He was talked into the test by a keen relation, sending off hair samples.

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