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What’s your feeling regarding blood testing versus skin prick testing for IgE allergies? From what I’ve read, there can be false positives in both.

Chris Kresser: Yes, that’s true. Actual IgE allergy testing is problematic just like the food intolerance testing is, and that’s why a lot of allergists who have been doing this for years still insists that elimination provocation is the gold standard. Many that I know will use either skin prick or blood tests as the initial kind of screening tool, but then they will also follow that up with elimination provocation to confirm the results. That might be the best option that we have at this point.

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