Results from IgG test - delayed food sensitivity

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Hi,

I wasn't going to post the results of the food allergy tests I've

taken - but in light of the recent posts about allergies/histamines I

thought the results were somewhat interesting.

I've taken 2 different food allergy tests, both of them ELISA tests.

In 1999, I took the Food Allergy test that identifies IgE (immediate)

and IgG (delayed)reactions by Great Smokies Diagnostic Lab. And then

in 2000, I took a different Food allergy test that identified only

the delayed reactions(by Immuno

Laboratories ://www.betterhealthusa.com/public/department6.cfm). My

doctor switched labs because he had seen more consistent results from

the Immuno Labs test methods. Immuno Labs tests your blood against

115 different food antigens and then rates the results based on

increasing levels of antibodies - ranging from +1 to +4. As my doctor

explained, the foods that you show a reaction to will change over

time. Some will remain the same, but others will shift.

I'll just tell you the results from the second test. In general, I

had very few reactions to foods, and the ones I did have were

relatively mild. I only had a reaction to 12 foods out of the 115

and 10 were in the +1 category(mildest reaction) and 2 were in the

+2 category. The +1's were: banana, green beans, lima beans, yellow

wax beans, radish, zucchini, brewer's yeast (as opposed to baker's

yeast), chili pepper, black and white pepper, cow's milk. The +2's

were: kidney beans, sesame.

I find it interesting to see actual quantifiable support for what I

had considered more or less " folk wisdom " - the foods commonly known

to be rosacea triggers for many people - broad-leaf beans and

pods,yeast, etc.

I just went back and looked at the results from the other test I took

in 1999 (different lab) and many of foods I reacted to are also known

rosacea triggers - citrus fruits, paprika, spinach, chocolate,

vanilla.

I wish I could say that armed with this knowledge, I have

successfully avoided these foods and my rosacea has improved - but

unfortunately that hasn't been the case for me. I've tried to avoid

these foods - for example, I never will never just peel and eat a

banana anymore - but I haven't seen any change in my rosacea.

For me, I tend to think of these food allergies as something that

contributes to make my rosacea worse. In the same way as if I drink a

really hot drink, that contributes to my rosacea too. Or if I

exercise and get overheated. Or if get stressed out, that contributes

also. Maybe it really is just an additive process and all the little

daily insults to our body add up to one big insult - rosacea!

Jody

> Jody,

>

> Excellent article on IgE vs. IgG allergic reactions. This is

exactly why I

> went to the Portland Naturopathic College to have the ELISA IgG

Food Allergy

> test. They happen to use the Great Smokies lab. They will be

testing 177

> foods. I'm looking forward to seeing the results.

>

> Jim

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