Food Sensitivity Testing

We’ve all been at the table with that person asking whether everything from the salt shaker to the dessert spoon have been in contact with gluten. We’ve rolled our eyes passing this off as a bougie ploy to skip the carbs, and while this might be the case for some, for 30% of Americans, gluten sensitivity is a very real thing! Some experience more severe symptoms than others, but believe it or not, almost all of us have some degree of food sensitivity. Your symptoms just might manifest a little more subtly or possibly in a way you think is just “part of life” … for instance:

Does pizza wreck your stomach? Does eating pasta make your joints ache? Does your kiddo have an eternally dry patch on the back of their arms? Do some lunch choices leave you feeling foggy when you get back to your desk? These issues, and more, could very well stem from a food sensitvity.

Sensitivity vs. Allergy

Often times, compromised guts can lead to more food sensitivities whereas allergies are typically more associated with over-reactive immune systems. That said, there is an immune response with the food sensitivity. Food sensitivity is an IgG reaction versus an IgE (allergy) reaction, and this does affect the immunoglobulins, which are part of the immune system. In sum, IgG reaction (food sensitivity reaction) is likely due to compromised gut issues, but it does still trigger an immune response, and that is actually how we test the sensitivites: via said immunoglobulins.

Food allergies can come on with even a microspcopic fleck of a reactionary food source, while food sensitivities might not take affect until a much larger portion has been eaten. Further, the reaction to food allergies is always acute, rarely chronic and the reaction to food sensitivites is always chronic, rarely acute.

So while a food allergy tends to be deemed more life-threatening due to its attack on the airway system, one could argue the chronic nature of a food sensivity is equally threatening to your quality of life. If you’ve been living with chronic bowel issues, brain-fog you cannot pinpoint, sluggishness, joint pain or discomfort and bloating everytime you eat, you could very well suffer from a food sensitivity.

I Think I Have A Food Sensitivity

If you suspect you have a food sensitivity, there’s no better time than now to get to the bottom of it. Food Sensitivity test results can aid in structuring elimination diets that may relieve symptoms of many chronic neurological, gastrointestinal, and movement disorders. The 93 foods tested in the IgG Food Allergy Test with Candida include representatives of major food groups common in the western diet.  Elimination of IgG-positive foods can improve symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome, autism, ADHD, cystic fibrosis, rheumatoid arthritis, and epilepsy, according to numerous clinical studies.

Benefits of Food Sensitivity Testing include helping to determine whether food reactions are contributing to physical or mental symptoms. The removal of highly reactive foods from the diet is a non-invasive, food-based therapy often mitigating a patient’s symptoms. Research and clinical studies suggest food allergies identified by IgG testing can be a major contributing factor in many chronic health conditions. Finally, food rotation and elimination diets can reduce stress on the immune system, lower gut inflammation, resolve food cravings, and reduce the potential for eating disorders.