Hi David.
They have different panels that cost different amounts. My daughter had what was called comprenhensive wellness 5. This consist of testing 100 foods, 20 food additives/colorings, 20 molds, and 10 environmental chemicals. The cost on the sheet from alcat was $525.00 but going through the naturopath we got a 20% discount so it cost us $446.25. We set up a payment plan through ALCAT which was 1/3 day of blood test and 1/3 in a month and in 2 months.
If you go to the ALCAT website they have where you can ck. out the test and the cost. I think it is www.alcat.com but let me know if you can't find it, its in my favorites.
For my daughter the foods she tested the most severe to are the ones she eats all the time like chicken, apples, etc. and glutin, dairy, eggs..too much to mention.
Let me know if you have any other questions although we havnt started it to the full extent..there were too many things to take away and being a teen it is kind of hard.
good luck to you, I hope you find the help. jean
On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 10:31 PM, david wenner <dawdave@...> wrote:
Would you mind telling me the cost of the ALCAT test and if insurance paid for it? I have several food allergies. I know about my junk food allergies, but I think I have several wholesome food allergies and it's hard to pin them down.Thanks,
From: gigles_1955 <fgigles55@...>
Subject: [foodallergyrx] Re: alcat results
To: foodallergyrx@yahoogroups.com
Date: Wednesday, June 17, 2009, 11:59 AM
Thank you, I will have her avoid these until I get the full results. I found out today they are mailing them to me. What are night shade vegetables?
My daughter has had allergies all her life(she is 18), the worse being her skin so although I don't think she will grow out of it I am hoping it will help manage it better. jean
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> Try to cook with Gluten Free ingredients and definitely away from concentrated sugar. The Dr. will tell you that either you grow out of this allergies mess as you become an adult, or never develop the immune system to fight the potential allergens.
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> Subject: [foodallergyrx] alcat results
> To: foodallergyrx@yahoogroups.com
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> Hi. I am a newbi here. My daughter had a follow up appt. with her dr. who did the blood work for the ALCAT test. He had not received the results at that time so he printed them up from the internet. It was in black and white and showed what she was intolerent to. Is this all we get or will ALCAT send more information with hopefully some info. on what it all means? Her dr. is on vacation for two weeks so I can't contact him. Can I contact ALCAT to get my daughters results? I guess what I am asking is what should we have received from her Dr. or ALCAT as far as results. This test wa expensive and now I feel like we are left in the dark.
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