Alternative Food Allergy Tests Can Endanger Your Health

Posted on August 22, 2008 in Latest News

Alternative tests for diagnosing food allergy and food intolerances can be unreliable. A research was conducted by ‘Which?’, a product-testing organization to test the accuracy of alternative tests.

Alternative tests claim to diagnose food allergies and intolerances. However, this research has shown that consulting your doctor and getting tests done is the only best way to detect your food allergies and intolerances.

The Research by ‘Which?’
Four undercover researchers of ‘Which?’ were diagnosed for food intolerances and allergies by alternative tests. Among the four researchers, one had peanut allergy and one had lactose intolerance.

The researchers went through alternative tests such as IGG blood test, VEGA testing, hair analysis and applied kinesiology.

The Result:
The alternative tests provided incorrect results. The diagnoses of the four researchers produced the following results:

Why alternative tests are not advisable?
Alternative tests cost you a lot of money and they are not reliable. By following these results, you may also avoid some of the foods you are not allergic or intolerant to. Avoiding necessary foods may lead to nutritional problems.

Alternative tests can endanger your health through wrong diagnosis. Hence keeping a food diary to record your symptoms and consulting your doctor is advisable. In this way, you can have a correct diagnosis of your food allergies and intolerances, and stay away from those foods.

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