re: Half of people who think they have a food allergy do not – study

My wife recently had some bad issues that took awhile to figure out. Finally got scoped from the top and bottom and was diagnosed with microscopic colitis. The diagnosis is fairly similar to Celiac's. Right now she's eating Gluten free and dairy free with no alcohol and all of her symptoms have cleared up.

She also went and got the allergy test where they put like 40 pins in your back. Interesting results but the doctor said it's never really totally conclusive. Some things that came back as bad may not really be a big deal. There are different levels to the reaction.

Her diagnosis is tricky. Some people can get back to normal but most never do. And different foods trigger people differently. One may be able to eat dairy and another will poop all night after a slice of cheese. You basically have to cut everything out and slowly add different things in to see what is good and bad.

Eating at home is not a big deal as there are tons of substitutes for most everything. There's gluten free pasta and desserts. Dairy free butter and cheese. The hardest part is eating out. It's generally not really worth it to go to a nice restaurant and order plain fish. There are options when you have to go, but not as tasty as you would like.