Has anyone done food sensitivity testing?

My spouse and I have had those food sensitivity tests done. We went to a Functional Medicine doctor that is about 30 minutes drive from us. I googled Functional medicine doctor to find one with good and detailed reviews. He is actually a Naturopath. Not all
Are Naturopaths and that’s just fine.

I was surprised what I had sensitivities to
And it also turned out that almost all of the foods listed also made my acid reflux much worse. (I was born with a hiatal hernia that causes my reflux).

Cottage cheese and whey protein, cows milk, cheddar cheese were the worst on my list. I always had mucus and coughed so badly. I had been to ENT’s, PCP, Allergy doctors and they kept misdiagnosing and prescribing medication that didn’t work.

I stopped eating the foods on the list that the tests that the Naturepath got back that showed my food sensitivities. The coughing went away and so did the mucus in the back of my throat. No more sinus infections every autumn, ever since!

They give you a book with detailed information on what to not eat or what to avoid eating (includes some chemicals, for some people who have high sensitivity to them, though I don’t eat them anyway, even if not on my list of bad for me foods). It is something like 150-175 (forgot the number) of most common foods and some teas like Rooibos tea or black tea and coffee, etc., that they test for. I never had such extensive tests by the allergy doctor for foods. My allergy doctors blood tests never showed any food allergies. The more detailed test that I had done by the functional medicine doctor was far superior, in my opinion and based on my own experience.

It is very personalized and not perfect but probably the most accurate or advanced available test for this.

We both received cards with our own personal sensitivities typed on them. The ones with red color were the ones we had the most reactions to and were told to not eat them at all. Then there is the yellow colored ones, medium reaction. I haven’t been back to that Naturopath who ordered the tests because I broke bones and was not mobile for some time and eventually forgot to go! I am
Planning to go back. My husband saw a huge improvement in his Hashimoto’s when he quit eating the red foods and was careful on the yellow ones. We had an elimination diet at first, to see our reactions to foods in the families NOT marked red or yellow, on our cards. Slowly one reintroduces the yellow foods and maybe the red ones much later on.
Red foods can sometimes be so bad for the particular individual that they may have to wait four or so years to try reintroduce them again. I believe it’s to do with the immune system’s reaction to them? I don’t recall exactly.

I am not sure whether a PCP knows how to order them, may depend on how much they are into alternative medicine and methods and whether the group that they practice in will even allow it. If they are not part of a group (more rare nowadays, unfortunately) they may be more open to ordering them?

Wishing you the very best. I would do the tests if I was you and if you can afford them. I believe ours were about $450.00 a person, last year. Plus the Naturopath’s fees. If you can’t afford it, look up food elimination diet and how to do it.

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I'm also surprised that your surgeons wouldn't mention the function of the gallbladder before removing it - it stores bile and releases it when fats enter your small intestine. Bile emulsifies the fat and makes it easier to digest. Most carnivores and omnivores have one (although rats don't which is weird).

My gallbladder and I parted ways in the 1990s, and I haven't had problems, but about half the people who have a cholecystectomy do. I found this article had a good overview :
https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/cholecystectomy/expert-answers/gallbladder-removal/faq-20058481