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[MvdH]

Maybe all nuts are my issue. I've been soaking & dehydrating macadamia & filberts & pecans, as they suggested at Enterolab. Maybe it's coconut as that's the milk I drink & use for a treat.
I'm running out of options for foods because I had reactions to rice & oats.....

Am I correct in assuming that I need to gradually eliminate all 11 foods that I reacted to on the lab test?

Sometimes I don't know if I'm doing the right things.

About the coconut-milk, my Nature-dr (who treats me with the NEAT) told me to avoid all type of coconut-products. I was pretty confused about this, cause I red everywhere that coconut-oil was really good for digestive-problems.

But..I also do have fat-absorbtion problems, what seems to come from the liver and gall-bladder and he told me not to eat these coconut-products anymore because they would have n fat-compositon (something with the different type's of Omega) which is really heavy for the liver and gall-bladder.

Have been searching on the net, but couldnt find any theorie which supports this..so I don't know if its true or not..
He also told me to watch out with other nuts..for the same reason. Only walnuts were different in his opinion...Too bad I don't have any sources..next time I'll ask him the theorie behind this.

[ldubois7]

Thank you, MvdH.

If you do come across those articles, please post. I'd like to read them.

[tex]

One more question....do I want the IgG or IgE MRT testing done?

What are the benefits/drawbacks?

Thank you!

Frankly, I didn't realize that had anything to do with MRT. IgE antibodies are immediately generated as a result of an allergic reaction. IgE antibodies build up rapidly, and decline rapidly as exposure to the responsible allergen is withdrawn. IgE antibodies are associated with life-threatening analyphylactic reactions, for example. IgG antibodies are a result of long-term allergic reactions (IOW, chronic reactions). IgG antibodies are slow to build up, and slow to decline.

By contrast, mediator release testing has nothing to do with the measurement of antibodies. Here is a quote about how MRT works, from page 149 of my book:

The test does not measure any specific antibodies, nor does it quantify changes in the numbers of any other specific inflammation modulators. Instead, the results are based on an indirect method that is claimed to determine a relative level of sensitivity to various foods and chemicals by measuring an increase in the ratio of liquids to solids in a blood sample that has been exposed to a given allergen.

I'm guessing that you might be looking at the wrong lab. This is the correct one for the testing used by many members here:

http://www.nowleap.com/

Tex

[ldubois7]

Tex,

This is where I was:

http://www.truehealthlabs.com/categorie ... Allergies/

The page has Immediate IgE Food Allergy Testing & at the bottom of the page Food Allergy Test IgG, but also has the LEAP, and that's what I'd use, correct?
It is all very confusing.

Saw my doctor today, and I could tell by his body movements, that he was uncomfortable when I was talking about my food sensitivities. He doesn't get it, as you said because he has no training in that area. I still gave him your site in case he has other MC patients in search of relief!

I'm going to calm down, and wait a while before I have anymore testing done, and let my body heal more.

Thanks for all your help!

[tex]

Linda,

I'm not familiar with that site. That appears to be a site that resells tests for various other labs that actually do the tests. That would make them some sort of lab test broker, I suppose.

Yes, the LEAP program incorporates the MRT.

Tex