Absolutely! If food allergies are suspected I would do one of two things:
1. Food elimination/rotation diet. Slowly eliminate the allergenic foods (corn, soy, eggs, dairy, among others)and then re-introduce them back into the diet one at a time and watch for reactions/symptoms to indicate if that food is an allergen. This is the gold-standard for food allergy testing, but obviously is not quick or easy.
2. IgG and IgE blood testing for food allergies (available through doctors and labs like USBioTek) I would avoid the skin allergy tests that most docs perform--it really is hard to be acurate with a skin test when foods are absorbed internally.
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Absolutely! If food allergies are suspected I would do one of two things:
1. Food elimination/rotation diet. Slowly eliminate the allergenic foods (corn, soy, eggs, dairy, among others)and then re-introduce them back into the diet one at a time and watch for reactions/symptoms to indicate if that food is an allergen. This is the gold-standard for food allergy testing, but obviously is not quick or easy.
2. IgG and IgE blood testing for food allergies (available through doctors and labs like USBioTek) I would avoid the skin allergy tests that most docs perform--it really is hard to be acurate with a skin test when foods are absorbed internally.
Dr.Susan
July 18, 2008 - 9:51amThis Comment
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