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Dear Friends,

There were just a few people (8) who had some
familiarity with kinesiology and gluten testing.
Thanks so much to each of you who responded!

Basically, in this sense, kinesiology is the practice
of testing for muscle weakness in the presence of a
potential toxin.  It is used by some chiropractors and
other holistic health practitioners.

To test for gluten sensitivity, a subject would hold
his arm up at a 90 degree angle to his body while
holding bread or some other gluten-containing
substance in his other hand, and the practitioner
would apply gentle force to attempt to push the
subject?s extended arm down.  The amount of resistance
(or lack of resistance) that the subject can assert
indicates whether or not gluten is toxic to that
individual.  (One respondent said that kinesiology
testing could be done with the subject just thinking
of the offending substance.)

Each of the respondents had had positive experiences
with kinesiology.  Two had actually been diagnosed
with it after being misdiagnosed by traditional
medicine; one has a daughter being treated by a
kinesiologist (while remaining gluten-free); the
others had some experience with kinesiology testing
revealing in themselves or in others sensitivities to
gluten or other substances of which they were
previously unaware.

In spite of the positive experiences they had had,
everyone acknowledged that it this is a very
subjective method of testing, and its seeming accuracy
is mysterious.  Several said that they would seek
objective verification of a more traditional nature
before trusting the results.

I remember hearing of this theory in a workshop many
years ago.  They were using a book entitled (I think)
Touch for Health, which has now gone through several
reprintings.  If memory serves, they had identified a
muscle group in the shoulders that would be weak in
any person suffering from diabetes, and a practitioner
could position a subject in a way to test the strength
of that muscle group alone.  I had wondered if such a
muscle group weakness had been identified in Celiacs,
but no one among the respondents mentioned that.


Again, thanks to each of you, and to everyone on the
list for all of the insight and information you share
that makes such a difference in all of our lives!!!

Deborah in OKC


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