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  4. Kelly Brogan says she no longer does any food intolerance tests because she says most unresolved health issues do show some level of intestinal permeability, and once this has been restored, those issues will be resolved. What do you think?

Kelly Brogan says she no longer does any food intolerance tests because she says most unresolved health issues do show some level of intestinal permeability, and once this has been restored, those issues will be resolved. What do you think?

Okay. Next question from Tokey, I hope I’m pronouncing that correctly, related to food intolerance testing, and she’s saying, “Kelly Brogan says she no longer does any food intolerance tests because she says most unresolved health issues do show some level of intestinal permeability, and once this has been restored, those issues will be resolved. What do you think?”

Chris: We mostly do the Cyrex Array 3 and 4, as I mentioned. I think those are still very useful tests, and I don’t necessarily think that gluten intolerance, especially celiac disease, will just resolve once the underlying health issues have been resolved. I’ve certainly seen cases of nonceliac gluten and wheat sensitivity resolving when intestinal permeability and those sorts of things have been addressed, but there are also many cases where that doesn’t change, and that’s really important information for a patient to have. With Cyrex Array 4, I think it is a little more related to the gut and intestinal permeability. I think a lot of the intolerances that come up on that test can be resolved over time, although some may not be. Cyrex Array 10, I don’t find myself using it very often. I think I mentioned that in the actual unit, and I think that is a really good case of where you see someone who is intolerant to strawberries, lettuce, and other random foods. It doesn’t make sense to me to just tell that patient to avoid those foods for the rest of their life. I don’t even think the Cyrex people would suggest that either, and that is especially true when you see someone who’s got a polyreactive pattern, which means they’re reacting to tons of different things on the test. I mean, it’s just simply not practical to ask them to remove all those foods. There won’t be anything left to eat. I think in those cases it’s of limited value, but the reason I covered it is because in some cases we have found some things on that test that someone was eating a lot of that, at least temporarily, they were able to remove from their diet to relieve some symptoms, and then after we address their underlying issues, they could add that back in. I think it still may have a role in some cases, but I don’t find myself using it very often.

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