“When it comes to testing, you can always count on a lively debate about how to best identify food sensitivity and intolerance. In this interview we review recent clinical and mechanistic research on the ALCAT test, including studies conducted by Yale School of Medicine and other institutions. In addition, general advice will be given about how food testing can help integrative practitioners create personalized diets…
Continue reading →We found some great articles that were published in 2005 about the Alcat test: Food Intolerance, Low Carb Diets and ALCAT Testing | Managing Food Intolerance: The Pros and Cons of the ALCAT test
Continue reading →Non-Celiac Gluten Sensitivity in patients with severe abdominal pain and bloating: The accuracy of ALCAT 5 Michele Di Stefano, Eugenia Vittoria Pesatori, Giulia Francesca Manfredi, Mara De Amici, Giacomo Grandi, Alessandro Gabriele, Davide Iozzi, Giuseppe Di Fede Published in Clinical Nutrition ESPEN (European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism) View Publication Summary Background and aims Non-Celiac Gluten Sensitivity (NCGS) is a recently proposed clinical condition causing both intestinal…
Continue reading →Although only an estimated 1% of the US population has celiac disease, millions more, 11% of US households, eat gluten free. Celiac is an autoimmune disease whereby the immune cells attack the lining of the small intestine, resulting in malabsorption and greater risk of diabetes and other autoimmune disorders. Strict avoidance of gluten is mandatory for people with celiac disease. But, millions of people believe…
Continue reading →Judith M. Lukaszuk, , Masih Shokrani, , Priyanka Ghosh Roy, , Jodi Hoppensteadt, Josephine Umoren Published Online: 5 Oct 2018 https://doi.org/10.1089/act.2018.29183.jml Abstract Background: Inflammation in the body may be exacerbated by food intolerances, which often go undiagnosed due to delayed symptoms and improper testing. The antigen leukocyte cellular activation test (Alcat), a food intolerance test, determines leucocytic response to specific foods. Objective: This study aimed to determine…
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Continue reading →A leukocyte activation test identifies food items which induce release of DNA by innate immune peripheral blood leucocytes Irma Garcia-Martinez, Theresa R. Weiss, Muhammad N. Yousaf, Ather Ali† and Wajahat Z. Mehal† †Contributed equally Published in BioMedCentral, Nutrition and Metabolism View Publication Abstract Background Leukocyte activation (LA) testing identifies food items that induce a patient specific cellular response in the immune system,…
Continue reading →Is your immune system working against you? Changes to your diet could provide relief. Dr. Michael D. Lockshin (Prof. of Medicine and Obstetrics-Gynecology, Weill Cornell Medicine) speaking to Yahoo! Lifestyle confirms that lifestyle factors, such as diet, can impact your immune system in different ways. That can include people who suffer from autoimmune diseases like: Rheumatoid arthritis Type 1 Diabetes Lupus Celiac Disease Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis…
Continue reading →Overview Food is obviously the foundation of nutrition and its quality and quantity will determine how healthy or how sick an individual will be. But what happens when one has an adverse reaction to the very thing they require to live? Basically, an adverse reaction to food appears to be either toxic (e.g. food poisoning) or non-toxic. A non-toxic adverse reaction takes one of three…
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