Guest guest Posted July 24, 2002 Report Share Posted July 24, 2002 Has anyone heard of ALCAT tests for food intolerance? I read (and someone said) that it is a medically accepted test. Whereby blood samples are taken and then the reaction of the white blood cells, after eating a specific food, is noted. Personally food is big trigger. Whether this is food intolerance or not is another issue. I would be interested to have the ALCAT test though, but it is expensive and don't want to fork out for another fad!. --------------------------------- Get a bigger mailbox -- choose a size that fits your needs. http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/mail_storage.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 24, 2002 Report Share Posted July 24, 2002 Has anyone heard of ALCAT tests for food intolerance? I read (and someone said) that it is a medically accepted test. Whereby blood samples are taken and then the reaction of the white blood cells, after eating a specific food, is noted. Personally food is big trigger. Whether this is food intolerance or not is another issue. I would be interested to have the ALCAT test though, but it is expensive and don't want to fork out for another fad!. --------------------------------- Get a bigger mailbox -- choose a size that fits your needs. http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/mail_storage.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 25, 2002 Report Share Posted July 25, 2002 Bridget, if there were a simple blood test that could diagnose food intolerances, why would every legitimate medical reference describe food intolerances as so difficult to diagnose? Why would they need to advertise to the general public? I don't know much about food intolerances but I do know that medical science has not found a clinical correlation between the presense of antibodies to a particular food (which I assume is what the ALCAT test measures) and the signs/symptoms of food intolerance. Our immune system creates antibodies that doesn't manifest in disease all the time, so finding an antibody to something doesn't mean the person has an allergy or intolerance to it. I'd be interested if anyone has different information. As I said, I'm not well versed in food intolerances or its tests. Marjorie Marjorie Lazoff, MD > > Has anyone heard of ALCAT tests for food intolerance? > > I read (and someone said) that it is a medically accepted test. Whereby blood samples are taken and then the reaction of the white blood cells, after eating a specific food, is noted. > > Personally food is big trigger. Whether this is food intolerance or not is another issue. I would be interested to have the ALCAT test though, but it is expensive and don't want to fork out for another fad!. > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Get a bigger mailbox -- choose a size that fits your needs. > > http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/mail_storage.html > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 25, 2002 Report Share Posted July 25, 2002 Bridget, if there were a simple blood test that could diagnose food intolerances, why would every legitimate medical reference describe food intolerances as so difficult to diagnose? Why would they need to advertise to the general public? I don't know much about food intolerances but I do know that medical science has not found a clinical correlation between the presense of antibodies to a particular food (which I assume is what the ALCAT test measures) and the signs/symptoms of food intolerance. Our immune system creates antibodies that doesn't manifest in disease all the time, so finding an antibody to something doesn't mean the person has an allergy or intolerance to it. I'd be interested if anyone has different information. As I said, I'm not well versed in food intolerances or its tests. Marjorie Marjorie Lazoff, MD > > Has anyone heard of ALCAT tests for food intolerance? > > I read (and someone said) that it is a medically accepted test. Whereby blood samples are taken and then the reaction of the white blood cells, after eating a specific food, is noted. > > Personally food is big trigger. Whether this is food intolerance or not is another issue. I would be interested to have the ALCAT test though, but it is expensive and don't want to fork out for another fad!. > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Get a bigger mailbox -- choose a size that fits your needs. > > http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/mail_storage.html > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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