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Food Sensitivity Testing- What You Need to Know

2/25/2014

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Amanda link
5/7/2014 03:37:45 pm

I never knew there was so much to it! Interesting to know.

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Mary Ann link
5/7/2014 10:54:57 pm

Really helpful information, thanks for sharing!

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Tiffany Cruz link
5/7/2014 11:00:03 pm

This is all great info. Sometimes I think I have some food sensitivity, especially as I get older.

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Paula Bishop link
5/7/2014 11:23:18 pm

Great information! My dad has food allergies. It's really important to know about this subject!!!

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kungphoo link
5/7/2014 11:31:41 pm

I always thought they could only skin test or graph your skin to determine what you are allergic to. Thanks for these alternatives as i have 2 allergic people in this house.

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Leira Pagaspas link
5/8/2014 11:19:36 am

I know that there are a lot of tests for food sensitivity.. Unfortunately, not a lot of people know about it.

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Vicki F link
5/7/2014 11:38:23 pm

Thankfully I am not allergic to any foods, but this is great information to share. Thanks!

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http://francramon.com link
5/8/2014 02:19:31 am

It's nice that they have a lot of different methods here and I prefer the simpler remedies.

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lisa jones
5/8/2014 02:21:42 am

These Srive Me Crazy Too They Said My Son Is Allergic To Milk NEVER HAS BEEN AND STILL ISN'T So I Don't Get It!!

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natosha miller link
5/8/2014 03:05:08 am

Great information, I am sensitive to many things but I really can't tell till I try it, than leave it out of my system for few days to see if its tried again that I get the same effects. This is a very helpful post, thanks for sharing.

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Paula Parker link
5/8/2014 03:25:19 am

Great information, on this important subject. I am allergic to white bread. Thank you for a great read!

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Michelle F. link
5/8/2014 03:38:27 am

I never knew there were so many different tests.

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Sam link
5/8/2014 05:30:44 am

We have two allergy kids and we do the skin test and the blood antibody test- we have had good luck thus far

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Rebecca Swenor
5/8/2014 12:27:07 pm

My sister had the food allergy testing done and found out she is allergic to a lot of foods. One is soy.

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Dawn link
5/8/2014 12:42:42 pm

I am asthmatic and I remember my doctor being really frustrated with the testing, too, because he said it didn't always pick up asthma in everyone.

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Saad Ansari
5/8/2014 04:20:14 pm

Wow! Such a helpful write up. But being only 20, I never came across of such thing. But home remedies are best cure. Learned something new today. :D

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Franc Ramon link
5/8/2014 05:49:22 pm

I think this would really help in coming up with a nutrition plan.

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jane
5/8/2014 08:12:42 pm

wow that is such an amazing read for today! i am just lucky enough that no one have allergies in my family

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lexie lane link
5/9/2014 01:48:22 am

Oh wow! There's so much to finding out your allergies! This is a little overwhelming.

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lloyd link
5/9/2014 01:58:02 am

That was a really informative post. Thanks for sharing

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Payal Bansal link
5/9/2014 11:24:25 pm

Such an indepth information about food sensitivity and tests involved.Thanks for the share!

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Aisha Kristine Chong link
5/10/2014 08:14:43 am

Gosh, there is so much need to know - thanks for sharing.

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Alexa link
11/20/2014 06:06:24 pm

Great article on food sensitivity testing.Every one should be aware about it....

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Dr. DiNezza link
12/5/2014 06:03:39 am

I'm glad you go a lot out of it, Alexa! :)

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Stephanie
9/2/2015 10:09:13 pm

Great Article. Now that it has been a little while since this has been published, I have to ask what your thoughts are on the Pinner Test, they claim "Pinnertest is an advanced and most accurate food intolerance test using a Microarray IgG method lab to test for 200 food items". For people with food sensitivities, which can change, is a $490 test a better 'cost-effective' baseline vs the Cyrex $1,100 test? Interested to hear your thoughts!

Stephanie, ARNP, FNP-C

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Dr. DiNezza link
9/25/2015 10:31:44 am

Hi, Stephanie

I have not heard of the Pinner test. From looking at their website, it looks like just your run of the mill IgG testing, which I am not a big fan of. I'm also not sure what they mean by a "passive" intolerance- the use of such terminology doesn't give me much hope that they know what they are talking about. I will look into it in more detail later, but for now I would say that my opinion is the same for any other IgG test on the market- they have their limitations and likely give a lot of false positives and negatives. More here:

http://www.drnicoledinezza.com/doctor-dinezzas-blog/igg-food-sensitivity-testing-limitations-and-things-to-know

For what it's worth, I generally recommend starting with Cyrex array 4 and going from there. If you really want to know about gluten (if you can't tell by symptoms alone) then I'd add that test, too, but if you know from symptoms that gluten doesn't agree with you I'd assume you save the $325. Cyrex's new panel is one that I haven't personally ordered yet- generally people respond well enough to eliminating the things in array 4 that I don't see a need for further testing.

Hope this helps!

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Callie
4/19/2016 11:07:04 am

Hi Stephanie- Did you ever get more information about the Pinnertest? I have a son that has had an IgG and an IgG4 test with different results. I'm confused and would love a test that would help identify the permanent food allergies/sensitivities. Do you think this test will give us more information?

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Stephanie Grutz
4/19/2016 04:50:11 pm

Hey Callie,

I never found a good enough answer with the IgG testing... So I'm not hopeful that the Pinnertest is superior to the other IgG tests. And as they mentioned above, it is really hard to pinpoint false positives. Elimination diet is what I have chose to do.

Ricky Morris link
2/16/2016 11:48:32 pm

Great share!! Thanks for the information provided!

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Joanne
4/17/2016 11:29:36 am

Hello Dr. DiNezza,
My daughter, 32, was diagnosed 2 years ago with RA. We have tried many alternative treatments to no avail. Unfortunately. Before going on enbrel, which was a tortuous decision, we thought maybe a food allergy, sensitivity might be contributing to her condition. Do you think one or all of the cyrex tests would be helpful to her? The thought of taking one of these drugs is frightening but the pain is sometimes unbearable and we don't know what else to do. Thank you!

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Dr. Nicole DiNezza, DC, NTP link
8/29/2017 09:35:23 am

Hi, Joanne

I'm sorry for my delay in replying to your comment.

Yes, I think testing via Cyrex would be valuable. There is often more to RA to consider, too: leaky gut, dysbiosis, SIBO, immune dysregulation, and even viral infection. I hope you were able to find her a functional medicine doctor and get her the help she needs.

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