Food Sensitivity Test Kit

The symptoms of a true food allergy are different from those caused by a sensitivity or an intolerance. Allergies can be severe and life-threatening, involving the immune system.

A food allergy can cause severe symptoms or even a response known as anaphylaxis in some people. Allergic reactions can occur even from the smallest amount of the offending food item, triggering a range of immediate responses. Food allergy reactions can take seconds to minutes to show signs and symptoms. 

Food allergies can develop at any time. However, they are more common in young children and usually can be lifelong. Scientists do not yet fully understand why or how someone develops allergies. The most common foods which may cause allergies: 

• Peanuts
• Wheat 
• Soy 
• Eggs
• Dairy 
  
• Shellfish or fish 
• Tree nuts 

Allergies are usually identified via a blood sample, skin prick, or scratch test. A blood sample is required to identify the immune system's response to the suspected trigger. The allergy test will determine the reaction of your immunoglobulins (IgG, IgE, IgM, IgA) located inside the blood when that particular trigger item is mixed. Doctors may also use blood tests to help identify immunodeficiencies (i.e., when the immune system isn't working as it should).

Food sensitivities or intolerances are generally milder and do not involve the immune system. Food intolerances usually involve the cells, digestive system, or a deficiency in a particular enzyme, which means that particular food isn't being broken down and digested properly by the body.

Intolerances or sensitivities can have a delayed response time and usually involve the digestive system or the cellular reaction to a particular trigger. Reactions can take between hours or days to show signs. The delayed onset of responses from a food intolerance may mean that food intolerances may be harder to identify due to the many different single items a person may have been exposed to or consumed within that period. 

Nutritional Health encompasses the amounts of nutrients found in the body's cells, such as vitamins, minerals, and fatty acids. During growth, vitamins stored in the blood, lymph plasma, and different fluids in the body are saved within the hair. The nutrient content in the hair can reflect the nutrient composition of the body. Where there is a deficiency inside the hair profile, it usually means there is a deficiency inside the body.

Minerals are crucial during many processes and in all phases of metabolism. Thousands of biochemical reactions control metabolism, digestion, and tissue regeneration. How effective these processes can be, depends on the specific nutrients. When there is a deficiency of essential nutrients to feed the body's functions, the ability to regenerate, metabolize, or decompose harmful substances may be compromised. While the parameters in the blood can indicate, what is in the blood at any given time, the hair analysis is a record of how the body stores and loses elements. The choice of hair as a testing material is based on blood biochemical parameters changing daily. In contrast, hair values may give a more stable picture of the overall nutritional status of the body.

Hair analysis is invaluable for determining the right diet and supplement program for each individual. Nutrient analysis of hair tissue reflects not only the effects of diet and supplementation on the body but also the effects on the metabolism, coming from stress, physical activity, endocrine, and gastrointestinal functions. The nutritional health test is included in the 750+ Food, Drinks, Vitamins Test Kit 750+ items.

Threats to digestive health include stress, frequent antibiotic use, poor diet, and other behaviors.

The microbiome consists of gut bacteria, yeast, parasites, viruses, and pathogens. The microbiome is largely found in the gut and can largely influence digestive health. However, it is also present throughout our entire bodies. The body comprises 30 trillion cells and over 39 trillion bacteria, meaning we are more bacteria than human cells! The microbiome is also known as the good and bad bacteria, which we use probiotics, and foods to support.

Using a hair test kit as the analysis can reflect the residue of the microbiome. An imbalanced microbiome may not efficiently perform functions vital to regulating the hair cycle, such as supplying nutrients, synthesizing specific vitamins, and controlling aspects of the immune system.

Understanding which good bacteria is low and which yeast is overgrown can help support digestive health, immunity, and the path to optimal health. The digestive health test is included in the 750+ Food, Drinks, Vitamins Test Kit 750+ items.