[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.  

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[zellandyne.livejournal.com]

Ditto.

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