Food sensitivities aren't particularly accepted in medical science yet. I read two books in March about them: one definitely was by a unscientific doctor who stretched from observations to a (rather over broad) theory and then applied the theory without testing it. He espoused not eating anything with acids at all, including vitamin C, and i suspect he's the source of the scurvy cases that are cited by The Establishment Types when pointing to the poor track record.
The second book was much more balanced in how far it extrapolated from the positive effects observed by folks who try to address atopic symptoms by identifying particular food sensitivities.
It's time consuming to diagnose the sensitivities correctly, and doesn't easily extrapolate to clinical trials.
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The second book was much more balanced in how far it extrapolated from the positive effects observed by folks who try to address atopic symptoms by identifying particular food sensitivities.
It's time consuming to diagnose the sensitivities correctly, and doesn't easily extrapolate to clinical trials.
So, if anything, her naiveté was ... i dunno. She still seems like she's mainly been trained in guarding specialists. I'd heard from others in the same clinic that the staff does not accept food sensitivities as a possible cause of atopic symptoms and it was impossible to get support, so it was more of a due diligence step.