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Have you seen Cyrex food sensitivity panel antibodies such as gluten or dairy drop after successful treatment of all heavy metals and/or SIBO? Have patients subjectively been able to tolerate more foods after healing their bodies that they previously could not?

Chris Kresser: The answer is yes to both of those questions. We’ve seen objective markers change after successful treatment of...

Would it be possible that cross-reactive foods with gliadin could also cause elevated TPO antibodies? Also have you seen TPO antibodies decrease with removal of iodine supplementation?

Chris Kresser: The answers to those questions are yes and yes. I’ve seen both of those things happen and it’s...

I did a Cyrex Array 4 test on a father-daughter, both have celiac disease. Dad has antibodies to gluten-containing grains and milk chocolate. Can you safely say that he’s not a hundred percent compliant with the gluten-free diet, which is the reason for antibodies to the gluten-containing grains?

Dr. Amy Nett: A hundred percent? Absolutely not. No. There’s very little you can say with a hundred percent certainty....

Since he’s making antibodies to milk chocolate, is it okay to continue having other dairy like milk and cheese or best to avoid all dairy?

Dr. Amy Nett: Well, yeah, like we’ve said, milk chocolate, this marker really doesn’t make sense to me because it’s...

With regards to the daughter, she is making antibodies to most of the dairy proteins. Do you advise removing all dairy forever or would it be okay to consider reintroducing?

Dr. Amy Nett: Well, I think if you can find—I would do, as with other patients, do the gut testing....