Foodies BS Thread.

Thanks for messing up my salad lunch

 

^^^ Pete food looks amazing! Congrats on the new gf and sorry about your allergies.

 

Good to see you around Pete! Food looks great!

 

I am putting my decision into your hands today... what should I get for lunch??? We didn't cook anything to bring today. So what should I get????

 

What happens when you eat your allergic foods? I am allergic to beef, dairy, and eggs but am still able to eat them, I just get a stuffd nose..

 

I am back to avoiding the replacements, period. I don't even care for how I feel with gluten free flours. Not yet anyway. I am going to try to stick to completely clean and fresh eating. I just need to get the woman onto the same kick as me...

I like the way he is cooking though. It looks like what I like to cook.

 

Hope you are using real oats with no glutens...

 

'Merica!!!!

 

Holy cow. I can't imagine being lactose intolerant, allergic to beef, unable to eat wheat or gluten...to do them all at once would have me contemplating some fairly dark things.

Hats off to you, sir, and those that soldier along with you. You're a stronger man than I.

 

Sorry I didn't see this earlier in the day! My $0.02, for future reference...

If you're in urban areas or suburbia, get out on the 'net for food trucks and do a wee bit of research. With a couple of fun weekend field-trip tests, you should be able to come up with at least a couple 'emergency' food trucks semi nearby around lunchtime.

If that isn't your thing, my other option is to hit up organic farmers' markets and ask the vendors what local hole-in-the-wall kitchens buy from them. They're usually plenty happy to give references. As a plus you're supporting local businesses to boot!

 

Morels as an app this evening. I love spring.

 

Mmmmmm looks delicious! Probably my favorite fungi

 

Well, I work in St Pete right by the HF bridge, and I do not know of any food trucks that come to this area... But I ended up at Chick-fil-A yesterday... but I have to buy lunch today to so any ideas??

 

This is what I had for lunch... JERKHUT!!!! lol



Jerk chicken and rice and beans! Extra red sauce

 

I want to have this done SO BAD! What's the name of the test and what flavor of specialist did you need to go to? I gotta have one of these run just to see if I'm human or not

Wonder if'n I can trick my insurance into covering it. Hell, I may pay it in cash out of pocket if I can get it for a couple hundred....*mutters, looks up Doctors' office phone number....

 

Interdasting.

I just called them. The test is specific to that lab. However, if you live out of state, they will send you tubes to get filled at any blood drawing facility.

For those interested in checking, you can call your insurance company and find out if it is covered. Tell your insurer you want to get either CPT code 86003 for the IGE reaction foods, or 86001 for the IGG reaction foods tests.

Also of note, if you order the test, you need to add either an x95 or x190 to the end of the CPT code to specify which amount of foods to test. If you test for the 95 most common foods, it's cheaper. You can test for 190 as well, which is a more in-depth and varied list, but it'll cost more. Thus, you would order CPT 86003x190, for instance, or CPT 86001x95.

Lastly, if your insurance doesn't cover the test, and many do but not all: the
all important cash price for walk-ins.

The 95 food test is $154.85
The 190 food test is $277.40

I don't know what the difference between the IGG and IGE designation is, I forgot to ask at the time because I is tarded. But when I call back tomorrow to ask a couple follow questions after I talk to my insurance co, I'll find out. PKJR, do you happen to know offhand which one you got here?

Sorry for the threadjack guys, but I find this tremendously interesting.

Carry on!

 

I would love to have the AF do this for me, but I have a feeling they would still do the stupid checkerboard test on my back and turn me into a pin cushion

 

My insurance carrier checked and said they would cover at least 70% of the cost once a year, so I'm getting at least the lower one...$50 for this peace of mind is a steal. Honestly, I think I'd prolly get it even if it was out of pocket, though that $150 is close to my limit

EDITED to add

Here's a long, in-depth sciencey page on the breakdown of IgE and IgG tests that I found. A bit nerdy, but interesting.

It looks like Pkjr had an IgE baseline test, and that's what I'd go for as well. The IgG test isn't necessarily a measurement of reaction, but of exposure to, and thus a bit murkier in reading and possible usefulness.

Linky: http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/igg-food-intolerance-tests-what-does-the-science-say/