Food sensitivity testing

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My local health food shop carries out food sensitivity tests and I was thinking about getting them done, does anyone have any experience of these.
Both my dd's have coeliacs and I believe I am lactose intolerant and possibly sensitive to gluten. Are they any good?

Ask your GP for a blood test for coeliacs! Our consultants have advised that all family members sould be tested-I have two DSs with it.

if this is electronic testing , I would NOT go .

This method has been banned in other countries ,as its not reliable in any way shape or form for predicting food allergies.

If there was a protest march against vega testing in this country I would be the first in line, along with the peadiactic allergests of britain.

who wholeheartedly are disgusted with the idea of vega testing , and are horrified that some NHS infant clinics let these people in those clinics to practice.
The areas where they are let in , are there because of patient demand for some sort of allergy services, and the area has no funds for this, so in desperation, with little real training in allergy, these GP's let them in.

one of this countries NHS moments of total shame if you ask me.

It is the electronic thing, my mum also said not to go, she had it done years ago and was told that there was so little that she could eat and then sold loads of suppliments from the health food shop where it is held
deffo dodgy.

tis total bollocks I'm afraid. And my son has multiple and complex intolerances so if the flippin thing worked i would be first in the queue.
the best way to look for intolerances is to keep a food diary and exclude then reintroduce suspect foods.
Find a reputable nutritionist IMO

My DS was tested using this at our local health shop and it was the best thing we had ever done.

I purposely did not tell the consultant what we knew (DS intolerant to eggs) and this showed up, then it showed up wheat.

Within 24 hours off of wheat DS was well, this has now been confirmed as a wheat allergy via paediatrician at local hospital.

I could have told you to avoid wheat...........its the next most common food allergy after milk!!!

That is true, second thing we tried with dd's after milk, thinking of trying myself, I was being lazy and hoping that I could have this test and then not have to bother with the hard wotk (for myself not dd's I am willing to put the effort into dd's).

I've had this done it was very useful, I only needed to avoid the things they said I severely reacted to which helped alot. I had mild reactions to several other things but took no notice of these ones. I thought I was coeliac, it's best to have a biopsy as a blood test isn't always reliable (according to the specialist I saw).

williamsmummy - I wish you had told me to avoid wheat, 4 GPs and 2HV told me there was nothing wrong with DS and I had absolutely no idea about allergies and intolerances at that point, would have saved a lot of time!