Lesson Aim
Learn how to effectively identify, assess and address food sensitivities by Dr Cheryl Burdette from Precision Point Diagnostics.
About the speaker, Cheryl Burdette, N.D.
Cheryl Burdette, N.D. is the Director of Education and the Naturopathic Residency program at Progressive Medical. She directs an accredited Naturopathic residency program on Integrative Medicine and Nutritional Biochemistry. She is the founder and Educational Director of a functional laboratory, Dunwoody Labs, for which she designs clinical profiles and trains clinicians with utilisation. She is the Research and Outreach director for Xymogen, an Inc.500 supplement company, and serves on their BOA. She also serves on an independent IRB, giving feedback concerning various studies in integrated medicine.
Cheryl wrote and designed the curriculum for Advanced Medicine’s Academy online certification program in Integrative Medicine. She has taught at the University of Bridgeport and is part of the faculty at the University of Miami, the first allopathic school to require Integrative Medicine training for MDs. She is also adjunct faculty at George Washington University, offering an MS in Integrative Medicine. She has synthesised her extensive background in teaching into an online classroom, Dr. Burdette’s Compendium, which provides extensive recordings and protocols in Integrative Medicine.
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Learn more about Precision Point Diagnostic's P88 Dietary Antigen Test - the functional test that comprehensively assesses food sensitivities
The P88 Dietary Antigen Test measures IgE, IgG4, IgG and complement (C3d) reactions to 88 commonly eaten foods.
This test analyses the levels of IgE antibodies (the most known food allergy response) for 88 different food antigens. It also measures IgG4, a subclass of IgG, which is indicative of immune tolerance as IgG4 can block IgE antibodies from binding to receptor sites and releasing histamine.
The P88 also measures IgG antibodies which mediate delayed allergic response with immune complexes. Within an immune complex, the complement component 3 (C3) is converted into C3d, an activator of the complement cascade. Complement activation is well-defined in the research as one of the strongest causes of inflammatory food reactions. P88 Dietary Antigen test is unique in that it detects multiple classes of IgG (types I, II, III and IV) and complement which results in a higher sensitivity.
The P88 sample can be taken via finger prick or serum.