Dr Brooke Show #275 Do You Need Food Sensitivity Testing? Pt. 1

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">I get asked this question daily, both in my practice and in my online community. It’s a great question because it seems like the perfect answer to alleviate digestive symptoms, skin troubles, low energy, blood sugar and hormone problems right? Just take a test and tell me what to eat! I get it and they can be really helpful BUT there are a ton of problems with these tests. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">You need to know what type of reaction you’re actually testing (allergy vs. sensitivity), the labs need to be using the proper methodology (hint: most of them are not), they can’t test for every type of food reaction (i.e.bloating can be caused by a gut infection, low HCL or a food sensitivity and only one of those will show up on a test) AND you need to understand where food sensitivities fit in your overall treatment plan. Food Issues do cause a host of inflammatory issues but they are often a symptom and not a root cause so just “getting your food sensitivities” checked and get off that food forever isn’t usually the best approach.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span><span style= "font-weight: 400;">I will tell you all about why in this 3 part series!</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">To work with Dr Brooke click</span> <a href= "mailto:drbrooke@betterbydrbrooke.com"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">here</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">and if you loved this episode please leave a review!  </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Be sure you connect with me in my FREE PRIVATE Facebook group:</span> <a href= "https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fgroups%2F166539040581782%2F&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cfc20ec976613498c94d308d69ce58ccb%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636868907049886691&sdata=nGrh7jquRdU3u6z9L2ad32IUNSDR8kOL5E3WoxIETrE%3D&reserved=0"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Hormones & Happiness with Dr Brooke</span></a> <span sty