Many dietitians believe that tests for IgG food intolerances do not help in weight loss and the whole case with IgG antibody tests is just a scam. Unfortunately, dietitians are ignorant, as scientific studies show otherwise. A study published in 2012 in the journal Obesity and Weight Loss Therapy showed that when overweight people eliminated foods containing IgG antibodies from their diet, they lost weight.

Let’s see the summary of the study:

Background: Given the relationship between chronic disease and poor nutritional habits, using strategies to address the crisis of poor health in the U.S. is necessary. We explored if overweight people wanting to lose weight could benefit from having the Immuno Bloodprint, a proprietary IgG-mediated food sensitivity test to determine which foods to eliminate from the diet. IgG-mediated antibodies are thought to be causal in some food hypersensitivity and thus related to overweight status.

Objective: This study assessed the effect of an IgG-mediated food sensitivity test in combination with a food elimination diet on body composition and secondary outcomes in people who wanted to lose weight and/or were overweight.

Methods: A total of 120 subjects aged 18 and over took part in the study. Subjects had to eliminate all reactive foods from their diet for 90 days. Body composition, blood pressure and pulse, and quality of life were assessed at baseline and 30-, 60-, and 90-day follow-up.

Results: Subjects who eliminated IgG-mediated reactive foods from their diet had reductions in weight, body mass index, waist and hip circumferences, resting diastolic blood pressure and had improvements in all indicators of quality of life according to the SF-36 from baseline to 90-day follow-up.

Conclusions and Context: Subjects were able to improve their body composition and quality of life in response to eliminating IgG reactive foods from the diet. This test may represent a strategy to counteract the severe U.S. obesity epidemic.

REFERENCE

Lewis JE, Woolger JM, Melillo A, Alonso Y, Rafatjah S, et al. (2012) Eliminating Immunologically-Reactive Foods from the Diet and its Effect on Body Composition and Quality of Life in Overweight Persons. J Obes Weig los Ther 2:112. doi:10.4172/2165-7904.1000112 https://www.omicsonline.org/open-access/eliminating-immunologically-reactive-foods-from-the-diet-and-its-effect-on-body-composition-and-quality-of-life-in-overweight-persons-2165-7904.1000112.php?aid=3994

Marios Dimopoulos

Doctor of Naturopathy-Nutritionist-Author

PhD candidate in Integrative Medicine

Member of American Naturopathic Medical Association

Fellow of the American Council of Applied Clinical Nutrition

Member of the American Association of Drugless Practitioners

Member of the American Association of Nutritional Consultants

Member of the Canadian Association of Natural Nutritional Practitioners

Member of the Association for Natural Medicine in Europe

Member of the Society of Complementary Alternative and Holistic Practitioners

Member of the Pancyprian Association of Nutritionists

Member of the Professional Association of Complementary Medicine and Humanities