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. The food tolerance and genetic testing is very interesting and something I'll explore.
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Recently had a blood test looking for allergies. A different approach than skin pricking which I had done years ago. Oddly the "allergy" scores picked up one allergen in both tests, but original showed horses and feathers and several other mild reactions which recent test did not. (I have had both horses and chickens for years before either testing ).
No mention of foods. Though I would like a list of what was included in the test for allergens.
Food intolerances is intriguing. Dr Gundry mentions lectins...... OFTEN! Made me take a hard look at recipes for tomatoes and beans. Beans are complicated and the safety of consumption is complicated: we eat green beans safely but to eat a raw kidney bean is mildly toxic, like to hospital with cramps. Which led me to watching Patty Jinich closely : Mexican cooking uses well cooked tomatoes, beans and peppers. And when exploring bean varieties to grow as a staple crop, many old varieties are used as "shell" beans, the stage between pod eating stage and dried bean stage and apparently a staple food historically in the south of the US.
How food items are prepared seems to matter. Certainly more to investigate there .
Otherwise, food intolerances can be connected to a leaky gut, microbiome diversity and pesticide/ herbacide load of the food item. I push my kids to take probiotics, and even my dogs get a regular dose added to their food.
Dairy. With a little sleuthing, it was easy to find dairy is a problem for the majority of adults. This search was triggered when an old village healer in 1920's Lithuania frowned upon dairy for adults. Made me think. And try to research via Mr Google. With 50% of my genes from Scandinavia, dairy seems to be safe to eat as it has been a staple food for a very long time in the far north.
I stumbled upon a book on library shelf called " eating for your boodtype". Sceptical, I passed on that title many times until I could not ignore it any longer. Again skeptical reading the thing. Not convinced but aware in the years after, I'm more convinced blood type can tell what foods to eat and which to avoid. It's where I learned how rare the AB is, and why. Both sided of my family are from strong AB areas. ( Recently learned thanks to recent interest in Ukraine, that while vikings from Norway traveled west to raid, the Seeded traveled down thru Poland, thru Ukraine and into Italy area.) So.....dairy seems to be safe for me. Though I'm keen on finding raw organic sources. Which is a challenge!
Makes for a complicated project to tackle. And very individual.
Given the above I'm interested in more exploration....