Migraine

I have a dear friend who takes her son to a Naturopath and she keeps encouraging me to give it a try. The procedure is called EAV and is supposed to help identify food sensitivities/intolerance in the body. When I google the procedure there is lots of info that it is a quack but my friend swears it has helped her son and that she knows of other people who have been helped also.

Is anyone familiar with this? I am hesitant but also getting desperate and if this could help identify food triggers is it worth a shot? It costs about $65 and there is a five month waiting list so I could always make and appt and then cancel.I just have such a hard time believing that any machine can tell what I am sensitive to by me holding a rod in my hand while acupuncture is done in the other.

lisa

Here is a description of the procedure from the website...

How is the EAV assessment done?

There are two cables coming out of the EAV device, one positive and one negative. The positive lead is attached to a stylus with an electrode tip. The doctor holds the stylus and presses the tip against one of the client's acupuncture points. The client holds a hand electrode in their free hand. During the measurement the client and the EAV device form a closed circuit, allowing energy and information to flow from the EAV device to the probe, through the client to the hand electrode, and back to the EAV device. The EAV reading is a measurement of how much energy makes it through the circuit.

I only know what you just told me, but it sure seems unlikely to me. It might be worth the $65, just to see, but I'm with you. I don't see how an electrical test will identify food sensitivities.

You need to consider the placebo effect when people say they've had success with something.

I'll be interested to see what everyone else says.

Gretchen

I haven't heard of it the way you describe it, but the acupuncturist I saw last year sometimes uses an electric current in the needles, similar to how a chiropractor would use electrodes to stimulate muscles in the back. She never used it on me, though.

I honestly don't see how something like this could work to identify food triggers; then again, there's a lot that western medicine doesn't understand about things like acupuncture. So who knows.

I have had electro-stiumulation with accupuncture, but not for diagnositc purposes. I used accupuncture regularly when I had coverage, and was going through two surgeries last year for pain / stress management and was quite impressed. $65 a visit would be the norm in my area (norther ca)... if that helps you~

Much luck with that. I was more impressed with the accupuncture than just about anything else I've tried~

Warm hugs ~ kim