Effects of elimination diet to body composition and biochemical parameters of overweight and obese persons who diagnosed with food intolerance determine

Food Intolerance, is a reaction against food, but not immunological manner, and may be confused with real food allergies. Food intolerance may be developed to each food in our daily nutrition in the course of time. Frequency of food intolerance is more prevailing than food allergies. Studies executed scale probability up of gamma G immunoglobulin (IgG), which occurs against food antigens; to obesity development. Elimination diet has an important role in food intolerance treatments.In this study, effects of special weight-loss diet together with an elimination diet to body composition and biochemical parameters of overweight and obese persons who diagnosed with food intolerance were investigated. The workgroup consists total 20 patients, who are followed-up and treated in Yorktest Turkey Laboratory between February 2010 and March 2011, diagnosed with food intolerance, and whose BMI was > 26kg/m2.. Anthropometric measures of these patients were executed with Tanita BC-418 MA Body Composition Analyzer. Bloodletting for these patients is executed with Lancet from their fingertips, and blood drawn from these patients is assessed via enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELİSA) method, and food reactions of patients are determined for each food. Biochemical parameters of these patients are routine tests, which are necessary for food intolerance tests and analyzed in Yorktest Turkey Laboratory as two times: before and after elimination diet plus special weight-loss diet. In the initial period of the study, and also at the end of elimination diet plus special weight-loss diet, ?Adult semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire?, which is developed for ?Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology Study? (PURE) was used as two times, in order to determine food consumption frequency of these patients.It has been determined that, the most common sensivity is obtained against the yeast, egg yolk and white, cranberry, cow milk, chicken meat, lentil and parsley. Anthropometric measurements and biochemical parameters before and after elimination diet plus special weight-loss diet applied to participants, were significantly improved in statistical manner.As a conclusion, due to positive changes in body composition and bio-chemical parameters obtained through application of special weight-loss diets together with elimination diet applied to fat and obese persons, we think that this diet might be used for medical nutrition treatment of obesity as a treatment option.Key Words: Food intolerance, obesity, IgG, elimination diet, yeast