The Doctor Gluten Project

“It is ridiculous!” Dr Rodney Ford says.  “This gluten blood test (the IgG-gliadin antibody test) is no longer available from the community laboratory, Medlab Diagnostic.  This year they have decided to discontinue this test.  In their opinion is that it is worthless.”

But Dr Ford strenuously disagrees with their decision.  His latest data shows that huge numbers of people remain undiagnosed with serious symptoms because of the misinterpretation of this gluten test result.  He hopes that NZ doctors will heed the overseas research on gluten-sensitivity and begin to take this diagnosis seriously.  But the medical labs are obstructing the diagnosis.

Doctor Rodney Ford says, “Most of my medical colleagues believe that gluten can only cause coeliac disease.  They are unwilling to consider that gluten causes a wide spectrum of illness that has been written up in the international medical literature.  They are turning a blind eye to the problem.  Their dismissive attitude is causing a lot of bad feeling with their patients. The current research estimates are that one in every ten people experience symptoms from gluten.  I believe that if you don’t test for it, then you won’t make the diagnosis!”