how to get food allergy/sensitivity testing?

pahaha I know. i'm not into the self tests that you blot your blood on and send it in. I figure the blood sits there too long by the time they test it so I doubt it's very accurate. I kind of gave up on the food testing anyway.

if I ever add in eggs or chicken again, i'll just do it slowly and if I still react, then whatever. there's tons of other crap I can eat.

pk, don't you need a doctor to sign it?

Hi Bananagirl,

I had my food allergen test at Hoffman Center in NYC. It was expensive to see him for my first visit but I think it may be worth in the long run.

I had my IgG food allergen test and INHALANT test done.

Apparently, if I smell some sort of chemical, burning smell, my GUT ACTS UP. Aggravating my IBD!

And there's a way to treat this at Hoffman Center. So I will see what for my next appt.

I'm seeing Dr. Hoffman on the 11th of next month to get my result.

I will read off to you what I tested for below:

Almond, Apple, banana, baker's yeast, barley, beef, buckwheat, cow milk, codfish, crab, chicken, cheddar cheese, carrot, clam, corn, coffee, chocolate, cane sugar, casein, egg white, flounder, green pea, gluten, kidney bean, mushroom, oat, orange, peanut, potato(white), rye, rice(white), spinach, shrimp, salmon, soybean, sweet potato, strawberry, tea, tomato, whey, wheat, and Pork.

And for inhalants:
American Elm, box elder, white ash, white oak, kentucky bluegrass, english plantain, short ragweed, cat, rhizopus nigracans, fusarium oxysporium, johnson grass, cockroach(LOL), wheat, corn, common sage, alternaria tenuis, white birch, bermuda grass, farinae mite, lamb's quarters, dust, dog, penicilin notatum, aspergillus fumigatus, milk, egg whole, soy and codfish.

Well it's going to take some time to see some results, when I get to the point where I'm feeling good and would want to recommend him, I will guide you through. Takes about an hour to drive to NYC for me.

bananagirl said...
pk, don't you need a doctor to sign it?

No, the direct labs takes care of all that. You just go through them and then your blood drawn at a local labcorp.

NAET is ridiculous. I run in circles of alternatively minded folks and so many have tried it, swore it was the bees knees and then ended up having no actual recovery or even useful info from it. The power of the mind is strong. But not stronger then the illness of the body.

If someone tried to muscle test me, Id use my muscles to get up and walk out.

May I suggest pulse testing. I was able to apply it to determine my sensitivities to several foods. Here are a couple of references I have to it. I bought a Finger Pulse Oximeter to simplify pulse counting.

Determining Food Allergy/Sensitivity: The Pulse Test and Other Do-it-Yourself Strategies

The Pulse Test by Arthur F. Coca, M. D.

Thank you Tap, I'm going to look into this. I love that you do it yourself. Thanks so much for sharing. :)

I would try eliminating -