Wife bought me one of those Everlywell food allergy tests

[BelemNole]

Well, she bought it two years ago for xmas. I bought her one about a year ago when she wanted to use mine. We finally used them about 2 weeks ago.
Results are in - I'm 'sensitive' to.........everything.
High: Milk, eggs, wheat
Moderate: Grain, bran, cashew, gluten, mozzarella, rye, yogurt
Mild: brewer's yeast, chicken, turkey, cheese

Looks like I need to turn vegan. Or just go full pork-atarian.

 

[GOHOX69]

Well, she bought it two years ago for xmas. I bought her one about a year ago when she wanted to use mine. We finally used them about 2 weeks ago.
Results are in - I'm 'sensitive' to.........everything.
High: Milk, eggs, wheat
Moderate: Grain, bran, cashew, gluten, mozzarella, rye, yogurt
Mild: brewer's yeast, chicken, turkey, cheese

Looks like I need to turn vegan. Or just go full pork-atarian.

You might want to see a real allergist. The MD variety. Those tests are notoriously crap.

 

[mnole03]

Their CEO reminds me of someone.

 

[BelemNole]

You might want to see a real allergist. The MD variety. Those tests are notoriously crap.

Yeah, from what I've read it essentially gives you back a list of foods that you've recently eaten.

 

[Nole Lou]

Years ago, my son was like 7 he had a bad reaction to eating a cashew. He'd had a similar reaction to a pistachio, and so we took him to the doctor to test him to confirm that he was allergic to cashews and pistachios.

Turns out the test said he was quite allergic to cashews and pistachios.

And almonds.
And peanuts.
And pecans.
And walnuts.
And macadamia nuts.
And sunflower seeds.
And. And. And...

We were like..."wait a minute...he eats these things all the time. He ate a half a tin of habanero almonds this morning. He half lives on trail mix. Are we supposed to keep him off all nuts because of this test, when we have seven years of evidence to the contrary?"

The doctor was like...Well, the truth is these tests are not that accurate. If he seems fine when he eats these other things, go ahead. Just stay away from cashews and pistachios.

Which is pretty much exactly what we knew going into the test. It always makes me wonder how many kids with long lists of food allergies out there are restricting tons of stuff that they're not actually allergic to, based on the test.

 

[fredjr82]

Or just go full pork-atarian.

Whatever reason you need for phallus shaped objects around your mouth and face.

 

[BelemNole]

Whatever reason you need for phallus shaped objects around your mouth and face.

People need a reason? What's your moms?