[elimdiet] Just do allergy testing?

[mattbell]

 I'm tempted to shortcut the elimination diet and try a food allergy test kit instead... it will help remove some of the guesswork and is only slightly more expensive than a single visit to the elimination diet doctor.  The elimination diet is not working so well in that there are multiple things *allowed* under the diet that are giving me trouble.  So I'm currently shifting around what I eat on the elimination diet to see if I can determine what's causing the issues.  

I've already determined that hemp protein powder and large amounts of coconut milk, while both allowed, are not compatible with me.  I'm thinking that part of why the diet gave me trouble is that when blocked from my favorite sources of food, I found certain new foods that were very dense and filling and scratched the same nutritional itch, and my body was not used to consuming those foods.  

Comments

[aquestrian.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I think an allergy testing kit may do the trick. It's expensive, but if you don't have a more generic allergy (like wheat, dairy, etc.), it's harder to find on the elimination diet. And if you're reacting to things you're "not supposed to react to", it's possible that you're just a rare sort of person.

[eccentrific.livejournal.com]

Allergy testing kits are not very reliable for finding food sensitivities. If you are having a classic histamine reaction (hives, anaphylactic shock, etc) it will usually show up with the kit. If you are reacting badly in some other way, it usually won't.

(in other words, go for it, but I'd keep trying the diet meanwhile in case it fails)

[zellandyne.livejournal.com]

Ditto.

It won't hurt to try the allergy kit, but it's not necessarily going to solve the problem.