F**k my body.

CrazyRabbit · 14-05-2011 05:52PM #1

Got the results back from a 'food intolerance' test this morning. Turns out I have strong sensitivity to some ingredients in many of the foods I love to eat/drink. Nooooooooooooooooooooooo! :mad:

Bye bye bread, onions, oranges, caffeine, chocolate, cola, ice cream, most pepper/spices and anything with Gluten in it. I think I'm gonna starve...:(

P.S. I might also be a vampire as I'm extremely sensitive to garlic, but thankfully I don't eat often. Perhaps that's why my skin sparkles sometimes???

SadieSue · 14-05-2011 05:54PM

I can understand the gluten part, a lot of people are sensitive to it but Oranges! Awe that sucks.
I have a friend who got really sensitive to onions and garlic and red food colouring after taking a course of antibiotics.

Phoenix Park · 14-05-2011 05:55PM

Saw the thread title and thought it was first come first served. Disappointing.

Kevin Duffy · 14-05-2011 05:56PM

If I'd to eliminate all those things, I'd throw my hat at it. Life's too short.

Coriolanus · 14-05-2011 05:56PM

Before I post further I need to know who or what administered this "food intolerance" test?
We haven't had a thread to bash the voodoo nutritionists in a while so I'm hoping it's that, rather than an actual test administered and interpreted by a medical doctor or dietician.

sunflower27 · 14-05-2011 05:57PM

Do you feel sick after eating? Just curious as to why you are only realising now that you have 'intolerance' to these things after all these years.

Captain_Generic · 14-05-2011 06:01PM

Nevore wrote: »

Before I post further I need to know who or what administered this "food intolerance" test?
We haven't had a thread to bash the voodoo nutritionists in a while so I'm hoping it's that, rather than an actual test administered and interpreted by a medical doctor or dietician.

The combined efforts of a chiropractor to bend you over, and a homepathic practitioner to blast diluted shíte up your arse

MagicSean · 14-05-2011 06:03PM

I did one before and it said I was allergic to dust and corn. I thought "happy days". Turns out corn is used in nearly everything nice. And dust is everywhere.

I now live in a bubble

CrazyRabbit · 14-05-2011 06:04PM

Nevore wrote: »

Before I post further I need to know who or what administered this "food intolerance" test?
We haven't had a thread to bash the voodoo nutritionists in a while so I'm hoping it's that, rather than an actual test administered and interpreted by a medical doctor or dietician.

It was done via a hair sample taken last week & sent to a lab in the UK which does the testing. All above board and professional. I checked them out before paying €58 for the test. It's not 100% reliable though as there is no test that is.

sunflower27 wrote: »

Do you feel sick after eating? Just curious as to why you are only realising now that you have 'intolerance' to these things after all these years.

Tiredness, bloating, nausea & generally feeling unwell. I had thought that the cause was something else and I've been trying to treat it (unsuccessfully) for years using various methods. Damn doctors & their misdiagnosis.

zuroph · 14-05-2011 06:05PM

OP, sounds like bollix, Id seek a better opinion.

Captain_Generic · 14-05-2011 06:06PM

CrazyRabbit wrote: »

It was done via a hair sample taken last week & sent to a lab in the UK which does the testing.

Don't be alarmed if you see another you walking down the street

cenvuza7fg9kx5 · 14-05-2011 06:10PM

Can you give us a link to the place. I've been meaning to have one for a long time because of a little bit of the above on my leg.

sunflower27 · 14-05-2011 06:10PM

zuroph wrote: »

OP, sounds like bollix, Id seek a better opinion.

I agree.

What sort of 'lab'?

mikom · 14-05-2011 06:10PM

CrazyRabbit wrote: »

It was done via a hair sample taken last week & sent to a lab in the UK which does the testing.

If it was a pube it might just be your privates that are intolerant to onions, oranges, caffeine, chocolate, cola, ice cream, most pepper/spices and anything with Gluten in it.
There's hope yet.

wandatowell · 14-05-2011 06:11PM

thats rather ****ty,

peckerhead · 14-05-2011 06:12PM

I had an uncle had that.

Captain_Generic · 14-05-2011 06:12PM

mikom wrote: »

If it was a pube it might just be your privates that are intolerant to onions, oranges, caffeine, chocolate, cola, ice cream, most pepper/spices and anything with Gluten in it.
There's hope yet.

Not if you're into that kind of stuff

Coriolanus · 14-05-2011 06:15PM

CrazyRabbit wrote: »

It was done via a hair sample taken last week & sent to a lab in the UK which does the testing. All above board and professional. I checked them out before paying €58 for the test. It's not 100% reliable though as there is no test that is.

At a guess, the blurb mentioned something along the lines of "multielemental hair analysis" that allows them to determine content of several mineral types from a single sample of your hair, probably the hair from the back of your neck?

If not, all good, and sorry about the 20 questions. I just can't abide quackery.

Jaxxy · 14-05-2011 06:15PM

CrazyRabbit wrote: »

Tiredness, bloating, nausea & generally feeling unwell. I had thought that the cause was something else and I've been trying to treat it (unsuccessfully) for years using various methods. Damn doctors & their misdiagnosis.

Sounds a bit like Coeliac alright, no more beer for yoouuuuuu!

zuroph · 14-05-2011 06:17PM

CrazyRabbit wrote: »

Got the results back from a 'food intolerance' test this morning. Turns out I have strong sensitivity to some ingredients in many of the foods I love to eat/drink. Nooooooooooooooooooooooo! :mad:

Bye bye bread, onions, oranges, caffeine, chocolate, cola, ice cream, most pepper/spices and anything with Gluten in it. I think I'm gonna starve...:(

P.S. I might also be a vampire as I'm extremely sensitive to garlic, but thankfully I don't eat often. Perhaps that's why my skin sparkles sometimes???

Its sounds like the exact same list i've heard loads of people be given when they do these "tests". and the fact that they say "oh its not 100% accurate" sets off alarm bells too. seems like a scam where they just give a catch all and hope for the best.

There is a school of thought that a lot of "allergies" are a psychological reaction. Convincing yourself that this stuff is making you sick, wil, in time, make you sick from eating this stuff, as you will associate the memory.

14-05-2011 06:18PM

Unless a doctor referred you to this, it's bull.

AFAIK genuine tests are hard to come by and they cost ~€200. Especially tests that result in many intolerances, either you're particularly sensitive (which you'd have found out as a child or in a doctor's office) or you've wasted €58 euro. Even ones done by reputable health food shops are known to be extremely unreliable. Seems they just have a list of intolerances that they give people, with a tweak here or there.

CrazyRabbit · 14-05-2011 06:18PM

Jayden Stocky Sauce wrote: »

Can you give us a link to the place. I've been meaning to have one for a long time because of a little bit of the above on my leg.

You can have it done via most health centres, or through a GP. Many of the 'Alternative Medicine' places do it also. I used the health clinic in the Blanchardstown Shopping Centre in Dublin 15.

Saila · 14-05-2011 06:19PM

its ok you can still eat nuts?
so you'll still be able to get nutrition from bear **** if you get lost in canada

FloatingVoter · 14-05-2011 06:20PM

May I ask the OP how many cigs / units of alcohol they consume before we get to the food intake ?

Also do go and see a GP. They went to school for a reason. I've seen them force a real consultant into an admission of misdiagnosis.

zuroph · 14-05-2011 06:21PM

CrazyRabbit wrote: »

You can have it done via most health centres, or through a GP. Many of the 'Alternative Medicine' places do it also. I used the health clinic in the Blanchardstown Shopping Centre in Dublin 15.

nah, uv been had. you might notice some changes if you cut all that stuff out of your diet, but its certainly not all necessary. I'd say a more subtle change to your diet would cure your symptoms. I felt all of the symptoms you described regularily, adjusted how and when I eat, and feel much much better. Without having to sacrifice anything from my diet, in fact, i added new foods.

14-05-2011 06:22PM

OP it sounds like complete and utter bollox. When someone is allergic to something they produce antibodies to the allergen. The only way to test for these antibodies is with a blood sample, I just don't see how hair could possibly yield the amount of information they're claiming it does.

Captain_Generic · 14-05-2011 06:22PM

CrazyRabbit wrote: »

Bye bye bread, onions, oranges, caffeine, chocolate, cola, ice cream, most pepper/spices and anything with Gluten in it. I think I'm gonna starve...:(

zuroph wrote: »

Its sounds like the exact same list i've heard loads of people be given when they do these "tests".

Its an elaborate attempt by 7up to corner the market

Coriolanus · 14-05-2011 06:22PM

true-or-false wrote: »

AFAIK genuine tests are hard to come by and they cost ~€200.

A genuine test usually involves getting blood drawn to be sent for testing or more rarely a series of scratch tests being performed on your actual skin (while it's still attached

) and they don't cost E200. My GPs nurse drew my blood, they sent it to get tested and it came back a week later. All in, including the consultation at the end was E80

Oranage2 · 14-05-2011 06:23PM

CrazyRabbit wrote: »

Tiredness, bloating, nausea & generally feeling unwell. I had thought that the cause was something else and I've been trying to treat it (unsuccessfully) for years using various methods. Damn doctors & their misdiagnosis.

Have you tried a healthier diet and exercise? seems a more credibal solution than sending some hair away to some bedroom labratory and telling you to only eat rice crackers!

ArtyM · 14-05-2011 06:24PM

So if you were to send another sample for testing under a different name the results should be exactly the same.
Do it op, its only money. Whereas if you go on that diet, you will lose your friends, your enthusiasm, and your will to live.

Captain_Generic · 14-05-2011 06:25PM

ArtyM wrote: »

Whereas if you go on that diet, you will lose your friends

Most of my friendships do rely on my continued ability to eat onions

F**k my body.

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