Fig. 3

Positive foods result in greater release of DNA than negative foods. a Higher mean DNA concentration in supernatants of PBL cultured with positive as compared to negative food items. Peripheral blood was obtained, immune cells isolated and cultured with known positive or negative food items. Supernatant was collected and DNA concentration was assayed using PicoGreen staining. (*** P < 0.005, and * P < 0.05). b For individual blood samples positive foods resulted in a higher supernatant DNA concentration than negative foods 70% of the time (P < 0.05). c Exposure of cells to positive and negative foods resulted in a DNA release response that was similar to the negative food alone. (* P < 0.05). Nineteen patients were included in two different times and two positive and two negative foods were studied for each patient each time, resulting in the following sample sizes: “No Food Group” n = 78, “Positive food Group” n = 78, “Negative Food Group” n = 78. Data are represented as mean with SEM