Some Good News and Bad News
I finally made an appointment to hear the results from my food sensitivity testing. I’ll admit: ignorance was bliss. I honestly didn’t want to know. If I knew that something was causing an immune response in my body, then I would have to do something about it.
The good news is that my test was pretty clear. Nothing was in the 4 or higher range. The things that got the highest were milk, whey, and brewers’ yeast.
On the other hand, Matt’s results were terrible. He is sensitive to most of the staples of an American diet, including many different forms of gluten and dairy.
I know lots of people are skeptical about the validity of this kind of testing, but we are four for four when it comes to results matching up to issues. Matt has lots of stomach sensitivity, so his diagnosis makes sense. Tate’s sensitivities match up to his eczema issues, and Henry’s gluten issue matches up to his self-regulation issues. It’s been an interesting journey for us!
I’m honestly not sure what the future holds for our how we are going to meet our dietary needs. For a while I tried eating meat through our Sunbasket meals, but I just couldn’t stomach it. Then I started pulling together really fast meals for the boys (pre-prepared meat, frozen peas, and applesauce) while Matt and I went back to the vegetarian Sunbasket meals (our favorite). But now that doesn’t work for Matt.
We’ll see what we do!
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2 Comments
Julie
Sara, what type of test did you use? I'm interested in this for my family.
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Julie
Sara E. Cotner
Hi, Julie!
We got tested at a clinic within an alternate health pharmacy (People's Pharmacy). There are now online/at home test kits available. I e-mailed my person to find out if those are accurate; I'll let you know if I hear from her!