Test no validados de intolerancia a alimentos: documento de posicionamiento del Grupo Andaluz de Trastornos Funcionales Digestivos (GATFD) pertenecientes a la Sociedad Andaluza de Patología Digestiva (SAPD) y el Colegio Profesional de Dietistas-Nutricionistas de Andalucía
- S. Jiménez-Contreras
- J. García de Paso Mora
- Ángeles Pérez Aisa
- M Rodríguez Lazo
- L Ramírez Martínez
- IC Ruiz Prieto
- IC Ruiz Prieto
- A. Rivera Torres
- A Iglesias Conde
- AB del Toro Ramírez
- AM Villarrubia Pozo
- L Gallardo Amaro
- P. López Jiménez
- R Gala Serrano
- Luis Juan Morán Fagúndez
ISSN: 1988-317X
Year of publication: 2018
Volume: 41
Issue: 6
Pages: 273-279
Type: Article
More publications in: Revista andaluza de patología digestiva
Abstract
In recent decades, the incidence of food allergies and intolerances has increased, as well as patients' perception that some foods are responsible for the symptoms they present mainly at digestive level, but also at cutaneous, respiratory, etc. level. This is the origin of a great variety of supposedly diagnostic tests for food intolerances, marketed and available without the need for a prescription by a professional, which can lead people to adopt very restrictive, incorrect and unhealthy diets. For this reason, the Andalusian Group of Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders (GATFD, Grupo Andaluz de Trastornos Funcionales Digestivos) of the Andalusian Society of Digestive Diseases (SAPD, Sociedad Andaluza de Patología Digestiva) and the Professional Association of Dieticians-Nutritionists of Andalusia (CODINAN, Colegio Profesional de Dietistas-Nutricionistas de Andalucía ) have written a paper showing their position in relation to the lack of suitability of some of these tests and have also pointed out currently available tests with scientific backing for the diagnosis of food allergies and intolerances.