Last Updated on Tuesday, 21 February 2012 13:56

Clinical Testing for Food Intolerance

Types of Testing Used To Detect Food Intolerance

When you ask your doctor about food intolerance there are a number of tests or procedures that might be applied:

• Blood tests, hydrogen breath tests, biopsies, colonoscopies and other procedures

Some give minute detail, others give 'inconclusive' results. If you have had clinical tests for food intolerance, followed all the instructions - but still suffer with symptoms - you are not alone. Unfortunately this happens frequently . . . but we must not blame doctors. It is the clinical tests themselves which are unreliable.

It is our mission to help people identify their intolerances using a tried and proven system - the Journal Method. You will get to the cause of your symptoms quickly and accurately.

Types of Clinical Tests Used By Your Doctor

Your medical doctor (GP) may use:

• • Several kinds of blood tests
  • Hydrogen breath testing
  • Allergy testing (e.g. by skin pinprick method)
  • Gastroscopy (tube guided into stomach while under anaesthetic)
  • Intestinal biopsy (small tissue sample taken under anaesthetic)
  • Stool (faecal) analysis
  • Skin sample analysis (e.g. with flaking skin infections)
  • Genital swab (e.g. for fungal conditions)

A naturopath or alternative medicine practitioner may use:

• • Iridology (diagnosis by looking into the iris of the eyes) also called homeopathy
  • Examination of eyes, skin, tongue and pulses
  • Vega testing (small electrical currents sent through person and food)
  • Reflexology - pressing on soles of feet
  • Other methods

Clinical Tests May Not Be Reliable

While different people get different results, most of these tests only give an indication of food intolerance. Almost all consultations come to the same point: the patient is advised to do some kind of elimination diet to confirm the test results.

• The only method that positively identifies food intolerance is the Journal Method (Elimination Diet)

• And it is simple, low-cost, safe, non-invasive, drug-free and of course painless!

If you still have symptoms despite all the tests, then you still have symptoms . . . and nobody should try and tell you otherwise!
As for me, I know my body. And if I am still getting the headache, nausea, hives or whatever, then I am not dreaming . . . it's real! The bottom line is only you know your symptoms and sometimes only you can figure it out.

I think I might have food intolerance: What should I do?

Beginning with our free e-course, we can help you establish If you are suffering from gluten or wheat intolerance or if your symptoms indicate an intolerance to dairy, fructose or yeast. You may even be suffering from more than one food intolerance.

Doing nothing can be a risk. Undiagnosed food intolerance can cause serious long-term health problems like osteoporosis, anaemia and many others.

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