Response From Enterolab

[JenKuz]

So I sent a few questions to Enterolabs, and they sent me the following reply:

Dear Jennifer,

Thank you for your correspondence. The normal range for our tests was

determined during the research process when Dr. Fine originally used the

normal range for blood tests as his starting point. When he discovered

that many individuals scoring between 10 and 20 and who did not adopt a

gluten-free diet continued to be symptomatic, he had those individuals

in that range eliminate gluten from their diets. All of these

indivduals, albeit in varying degrees, experienced a decrease in

symptoms on the diet. This is how the normal range became "less than

10." Many other labs over the past two years have actually decreased

their normal ranges as well for the blood tests. The Ab substrate used

in our tests is the same as that used in serum tests. Since gliadin

proteins are not present in the body normally with either ingesting or

absorbing them through food or other products, there are no human

proteins which would cause a cross-reactivitiy to the production of

anti-gliadin IgA antibodies either in serum or stool.

Please let me know if I can be of further assistance.

Sincerely,

Phyllis Zermeno, RN, BSN

Clinical Manager

I feel really good about the tests after hearing this. My GI doc was vaguely familiar with Enterolabs when I asked him about it, and he seemed skeptical, so I'm glad I have some solid information to give him on the tests themselves when I take in the results.

[happygirl]

Thanks for posting this, Jen. I had spoken to her on the phone and she gave me similar answers. Nice to see it in writing. She was extremely helpful.

[AndreaB]

Thanks for posting that Jennifer.

I figured he did some testing to come up with the numbers. I'm looking forward to him publishing his work.

[JenKuz]

I figured he did some testing to come up with the numbers. I'm looking forward to him publishing his work.

Me, too!