A simple test to check for inflammatory food reactions
The Coca Food Sensitivity Test
In 1942, In a book titled Familial Nonreaginic Food Allergy , Coca reported the results of a simple test used as a possible option to determine if a suspected food being ingested by an individual was inflammatory. He used abnormal pulse rate increases after the food made contact with the tongue. While skin test and blood tests are much more in depth and more widely accepted by the medical institution, and should be used in cases where a major allergy is suspected, the coca pulse test can be a simple at home way to see if a food is causing inflammation in your body.
Here is how to do the test:
· Get a small piece of the test food that you want to check and sit at a table.
· Rest for a few minutes to allow your pulse rate to drop, then check your pulse at your wrist for a full minute (time it with the second hand of a clock or watch or use the minutes on a digital clock) and count how many beats you feel.
· Once you have your resting pulse rate, put the piece of food on your tongue (only one type of food at a time) and keep it there for at least 30 seconds before you check your pulse rate again for a full minute with the food staying on your tongue the entire time.
· DON’T swallow the food until you check your pulse response!
· If your pulse increases 4 or more beats per minute (3 if you have type O blood), the food is causing a stress response because it is an irritant to you. Don’t swallow that food!
· You can repeat this test with another food once your pulse has returned to its resting rate.
· This method cannot determine if you have a food allergy or just food sensitivity. But, that doesn’t matter. Every food that increases your pulse rate is potentially contributing to your health conditions. Avoid each of the foods that cause a reaction for one month and then test it again. If it still raises your pulse, avoid it for another month and test it again. If it raises your pulse three months in a row, eat it at your own risk (knowing that you will more than likely have a negative response to it)
· Once a food that gives you a reaction no longer increases your pulse, you can add it back into your diet on a limited basis. However, be sure to test it again after a month. If it increases your pulse rate again, you’ve added too much of it back into your diet. Avoid it for another month and retest again. Each time you retest, add less back into your diet. Repeat the testing/avoiding process until it no longer increases your pulse. Be sure to retest it on a regular basis once you think you have discovered the minimum amount you can eat.
To learn more about the Coca food sensitivity test, this article details an attempt at reproducing Coca’s research to determine the validity of it’s testing.
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