frygurl, I have already done a lot of research on this study and highly respect Dr Whorewell a lot, but this won't do you any good. IBS is for one not caused by food, food allergies or food intolerences, they are triggers to the underlying disorder just like someother things are, like hormones and stressors, but not the cause or pathophysiology of IBS.
But second from actual allergy specialists, this one if from Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy, but the USA postion paper is the same on this.
Unorthodox Techniques for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Allergy, Asthma and Immune Disorders
"Food specific IgG, IgG4
Use: Diagnosis of food sensitivity / allergy.
Method: Antibodies to food are measured using standard laboratory techniques.
Evidence: Level II
Comment: IgG antibodies to food are commonly detectable in healthy adult patients and children, independent of the presence of absence of food-related symptoms. There is no credible evidence that measuring IgG antibodies is useful for diagnosing food allergy or intolerance, nor that IgG antibodies cause symptoms. In fact, IgG antibodies reflect exposure to allergen but not the presence of disease. The exception is that gliadin IgG antibodies are sometimes useful in monitoring adherence to a gluten-free diet patients with histologically confirmed coeliac disease. Otherwise, inappropriate use of food allergy testing (or misinterpretation of results) in patients with inhalant allergy, for example, may lead to inappropriate and unnecessary dietary restrictions, with particular nutritional implications in children. Despite studies showing the uselessness of this technique, it continues to be promoted in the community, even for diagnosing disorders for which no evidence of immune system involvement exists."
http://www.allergy.org.au/pospapers/unorthodox.htm
I take you you have D IBS?
You might also be interested in reading this short writing from Dr Drossman writing to me on foods and IBS. He is the chairman of the Rome conmmitte to diagnose Functional gi disorders and one of the major recognized leaders in IBS.
http://www.ibshealth.com/ibsfoods2.htm
I can try to show and explain something to you much more important however if your interested.
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