Sara-UK

From what I've read, it's only recently that much research into the role of IgG antibodies against food has been carried out. This doesn't mean that they aren't important. From what I understood (which could be totally wrong!), IgA antibodies are normally made to food in the gut, to stop the rest of your immune system responding to it - like masking it....

I think this is basically how the Elisa test works - (for food, or any other thing, such as HIV, that you may make antibodies against) They coat the inside of a little well in a plastic plate with the thing you are testing against (e.g. cheese, HIV virus), then they put your blood (whole, or seperated out into different parts, I'm not sure) in the well...

I will be more careful..had been so good, not even cheated at all (apart from on holiday once, but that as just to test it out...honest) my cravings for things seem to have gone to be honest..everynow and then would love a big fat sandwich, or something covered in cheese..but then i can have lots of rice and meat! is getting a bit monotonous though..i dont...

Hello! I've been gluten, dairy and egg free now for a couple of months (I think) - tested some chocolate blamange on holiday, and know that dairy def gives me D now! So now I believe that. Was thinking about trying some bread, just to see if anything happened to me - but last night, for yesterday lunch, and night before, I'd done a stir fry with plum...

Hi I also had about 15 come up with the York Test that I should avoid, and another 10 or so I should rotate. So far I'm cutting out the highest (wheat/gluten, egg and milk) - def feel a bit less bloated, and not had a migraine since I started (was getting them everyweek til I came off the pill and stopped with these foods..very inscientific, but think it...

The york test (which I had, in the UK), tests for intolerances (IgG antibodies), rather than classical allergies (IgE antibodies - though I think they do do an IgE test too? But I should think if you have a 'proper' allergy you'd already know?). My results came back with loads of things I should avoid - doing wheat, gluten, dairy and eggs so far. Hell. Been...

Hi I only just saw this thread down at the bottom of the list! I'm new (though have beenr eading and posting a bit higher up the board), so I'll just recap Have had D, migraines, bloating, gas, acne etc for ages and bought the York IgG Elisa test a year or so ago, but only just got around to taking it. Apparantly I have higher than normal amounts of...

Hi I've been meaning to start a food diary since I got my IgG results back a few weeks ago, and never got round to it. I was just wondering what symptoms you put down, how often you assess yourself through the day etc, how you know if something is just normal, or may be due to food? I still feel a total fraud for even trying this (Had the IgG antibody...

{sorry, don't mean to be a pain, but just so you know, the villi are little protrusions on the inside of the intestine into the lumen where the food passes through, these just increase the surface area through which absorption of digested food particles can be absorbed into the blood stream. I think with celiacs etc when these get attacked by an autoimmune...

Hi I had my IgG test done in the UK - I've got 14 with high reaction (and said to avoid, but can't do all of them at once straight away!), and 13 with a low reaction that I should rotate! More than average apparantly. Anyway, wheat and gluten/gliadin came up high with me, but barley and rye were in the 'no reaction' column - which was a bit odd. Wasn't...

Hi GFP - thanks for that, and your other post in the other topic. I did read a few of his papers, including some Lancet ones last night - I'm afraid I'm not up on all the neurology terms, so wasn't sure what symptoms he was actually referring to, but it does seem to have proven link to neorological things. It's all so weird! I guess only because not many...

Managed to get access to most of the ones I wanted - I'll look at his ref list. You've scared me now! I can sound vaguely intelligent when I know what I'm talking about, but otherwise I generally come across totally blonde and too chatty! Maybe I'll wait and see what the lady at the testing place says first! Sara

hiya, I've not heard of that bread, but I'll look out for it next time I'm in the shop. Ordered a breadmaker with some gluten free setting or something the other day, so I'll give that a blast when I get it. Think I had some cravings the other day..really really wanted cake or bread, and was doing my head in that I couldn't have any, or any that I found...

Have just printed tonnes of papers out of his - thanks! Mainly on neurology (not my field at all! but I'll muddle through) - somewhere on one website it said he runs a weekly clinic..I'll read his stuff then try and think of something intelligent to say mail him about! Thanks Sara

Oooh thanks for all the info! I'll get in touch with them, or just read his papers andpretend I'm interested in it from a scientific point of view! I can't put the cheese with the polenta, if I'm supposedly dairy intolerant too! never realised how much cheese I ate til I can't have it anymore..the worst thing, after bread! I did but some fake meltable...