Is This Test Ok To Test For Celiac

[melisadki]

IgG Food Intolerance Test by York Nutritonal Labs. It test for 96 food intolerances.

I wasnt sure. The test is around 380 bucks though..

Is there a cheaper way to find out if you have celiac or Gluten Intolerance.

Thanks

Mel

[KaitiUSA]

The food intolerance test will test to see if your body has a reaction to gluten but that can't determine celiac.

Celiac has a separate and specific blood panel that is done just for that.

[melisadki]

Hi Kaiti

Do you know if the gluten sensitivy test on the enterolab.com would be enough it just test for the protein. i am really broke right now and this one is 99 dollars compared to 349.00 for the full panel

Stool test for immunologic sensitivity to a sub-protein (gliadin) contained in dietary wheat gluten...99.00

Thanks for your help

Mel

[Rachel--24]

Hi Mel,

I saw your post to me on the other forum but was unable to respond cuz I'm on a different computer this week and for some reason its not letting me log onto CureZone. I apologize.

I had the IgG food sensitivity test done at Great Smokies...it was $350 and it came back negative for all foods. I had no IgG response to any of the foods...and there was over 100 foods tested. This test will not determine Celiac or Gluten Intolerance. If you happened to test positive for IgG antibodies with wheat, rye, barley or oats then you may want to test further for gluten intolerance or just try a gluten free diet.

Bloodtests by your doctor can diagnose Celiac. Its the Celiac Panel that Kaiti already mentioned. If you are already on a diet excluding or limiting gluten these tests are not reliable.

I used Enterolab but I got all of the tests done including the gene test. If you just get the one gluten sensitivity test for IgA antibodies it will tell you if your body responds negatively to gluten or not. Enterolab does not "officially" dx Celiac....usually Celiac is diagnosed with a positive biopsy. Positive IgA antibodies wont tell you if you're Celiac or if damage is occuring to your tissues. You would still not know for sure whether each time you ingest gluten it is causing damage to your intestines. If you don't know the whole picture you may not be as serious with the diet as someone who "knew" for sure that they have celiac disease or gluten intolerance which is damaging tissues/intestines. You could always take that one test and if the results are positive go on a strict gluten-free diet and see if symptoms improve. If there is improvement you could assume that gluten is harming you and stay strictly gluten-free.

Also....miscarriages can be a symptom of Celiac or Gluten Intolerance.