Tell Me Why food intolerance tests are a scam
Sandra Mikhail discusses trending misleading diagnostics and the importance of gut health
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Joining Maria Botros on the Tell Me Why podcast this week is Sandra Mikhail, Dietitian and Founder of A-Z Nutrition, who spoke about misleading diagnostic tools currently trending and the importance of gut health.
- Often people confuse food intolerances with food allergies
- Blood tests cannot diagnose food intolerances, says Sandra
- Sandra: Enzymatic intolerances, food chemical intolerances or pharmacological sensitivities, and Fodmaps are the 3 types of food intolerances
- Food allergies can involve life-threatening immune responses to specific food proteins