Do you know many people who have been scammed by “food sensitivity tests” that use hair?

Posted by RichardsonM24@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 12 comments

This last month or so a few people have mentioned it to me and despite there being no scientific basis at all behind it, they’ll defend it for a good while.

Usually there are 1 or 2 things that showed up on their mammoth list that they already know they’re sensitive to and they use that to confirm that it’s legit.

One website even claimed to use a “quantum physics machine” to do the analysis my barber paid £45 quid for. He has a peanut allergy that didn’t show up.

Today one of my mates posted one in the group chat and it said he’s allergic to John Dory specifically, which got us all laughing

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secretlondon@reddit

Really I’d hope they wouldn’t be allowed to advertise things which have no evidence

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Sadly I’ve considered it. I started having problems with my gut/health last summer and lost a fair bit of weight. Had some NHS tests done, endoscopy, MRI etc. got a referral to gastroenterologist in January but no appointments till September so it was considered but I’m thankfully sceptical.

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jesuseatsbees@reddit

Reminds me of the time I enquired about allergy testing after seeing it advertised at my local health food shop. It didn’t use hair but apparently you held onto metal rods that vibrated and that somehow diagnosed you with allergies. Couldn’t help but picture that old Addams Family machine at the arcade.

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seahorsebabies3@reddit

I keep seeing all the ‘hormone imbalance’ things. It is 100% preying on women because they have been ignored/dismissed by healthcare and are now turning to internet searches for support/answers to their problems.

Please believe me the answers are not in some random powder tea purchased from Facebook etc

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genn176@reddit

As someone who’s been into fitness for about 10 years now, If I see another ‘health and fitness’ influencer trying to push ‘gut health’ or ‘cortisol face’ one more time I’m going to scream.

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verzweifeltundmuede@reddit

Gut health is super important though. It's easy to dismiss if you don't have gut problems. However, fitness influencers probably don't know what they are talking about. I absolutely love Dr Michael Mosleys work on gut health diets. All science based and realistically achieveable without supplements.

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