Food Sensitivity Test?

[Daytripper]

Hi everyone. I hope you're all enjoying the holidays!

So I've been wondering. My crohns always feels like it's getting worse, not so much that my symptoms are getting worse, but just that it's getting to the point where nearly ALL food seems to bother me. I'm good with fish and bananas and gluten free bread but I can't live off that. Anyway, I wondered if anybody out there had had a food sensitivity test, and what did you think of it? I could really do with some advice as I want to have one myself, and I'd just like to know if they are any good, and if they helped anybody? I'd cut out anything to help myself, I've even thought about a liquid diet, like maybe two ensures a day and then a normal meal. I'm due to have a food intolerance test for gluten and I stay away from milk, but I think a food sensitivity test would be really interesting.

Anyway, any help and advice would be fab, thanks :ghug:

 

[my little penguin]

http://www.kidswithfoodallergies.or..._alternative_food_allergy_tests_and_therapies

http://www.apfed.org/drupal/drupal/allergies_and_EoE


Two articles on different food sensitivity tests

Honestly if your flaring -I know for Ds everything bothered him
After his flare was over nothing much would bother him.
Fodmaps has you remove most things then add things back one at a time

 

[Muppetgirl]

I have a situation where I cannot get much down and what I get down is of poor nutritional quality. I have turned to nutritional drinks. I have also been referred to a dietician/nutritionist so that I can get the best nutrition from my limited intake options, as well any more tests or prescriptions I need. I wonder if a similar referral would be useful to you?

 

[UnXmas]

I had two, along time ago. One by a nutritionist, one from this: http://www.yorktest.com/products/?g...NNWNQ8opMwNStFCnun64APMNPI7nQ974BdxoC3_jw_wcB Both complete nonsense - be very careful! There are a lot of scams around foods sensitivities and intolerances. See a conventional doctor if you think you have true allergies (though I think you'd know about those), coeliac disease, or lactose intolerance. You may find certain foods or other qualities in your diet (fat, fibre, etc.) worsen your symptoms, but there's no objective test for them, you have to monitor your symptoms and see if dietary adjustments result in consistent improvements. If you want to consult with a professional, see a dietician rather than a nutritionist. In the UK at least, I'm not sure about elsewhere, a dietician is better qualified (and can be seen on the NHS), a nutritionist is more likely to offer meaningless sensitivity tests. Avoid any test that's not available on the NHS.

Sometimes, it really is the case that any food makes you feel worse. That includes liquids: Ensure needs digesting too. That's why, after I had surgery, and I had to be on complete "bowel rest", I could have nothing orally - not even water at first! I had TPN (nutrition straight into my bloodstream through a central line). Obviously that was done in hospital due to extreme circumstances, but it made me think how anything you eat or drink has to be dealt with by your digestive system, and when your digestive system's inflamed, even the mildest things can upset it. That doesn't mean you should give up every food: you need nutrition, you just have to try to minimise your symptoms. Personally, I would recommend a low-fibre diet, avoid anything very rich, fatty or spicy. Think bland and plain, at least for short periods when your symptoms are very bad, and eat small amounts at a time ("little and often"). (And sometimes you'll just have symptoms that have nothing to do with eating at all.)