Food Intolerance Test – €150

Food Intolerance List our service detects:

• Cereals: Corn, Durum Wheat, Gluten, Oats, Rice, Rye, Wheat.
• Nuts & Beans: Almond, Brazil Nut, Cashew, Cocoa Bean, Peanut, Legume Mix (pea, lentil, haricot), Soya Bean, Walnut.
• Meats: Beef, Chicken, Lamb, Pork.
• Fish: Freshwater Fish Mix (salmon, trout), Shellfish Mix (shrimp, prawn, crab, lobster, mussel), Tuna, White Fish Mix (haddock, cod, plaice)
• Vegetables: Broccoli, Cabbage, Carrot, Celery, Cucumber, Leek, Peppers (red, green, yellow), Potato.
• Fruits: Apple, Blackcurrant, Grapefruit, Melon Mix (cantaloupe, watermelon), Olive, Orange & Lemon, Strawberry, Tomato
• Other: Egg (whole), Cow’s Milk, Garlic, Ginger, Mushroom, Tea, Yeast.

Our food intolerance service: is a blood test for food antibodies (IgG) which may be linked to inflammatory conditions in the body, manifesting in a range of health issues. A small blood sample is taken from a finger-prick and tested immediately with the result coming out after 1 hour and includes a 30-minute consultation.
We use the best approach in investigating a Food Intolerance is to use a well known and established test which can detect all the relevant antibodies and display the results in a simple easy to read hand booklet and a well-detailed pdf file. While it is possible to test for a vast number of foods, food intolerance is typically triggered by the foods you commonly consume; focusing on this group will shorten the process and speed your way to recovery.

What is Food Intolerance: It has long been known that the consumption of certain foods can have different effects on the physical and mental health of individuals.
Food intolerance is the body’s inability to properly digest certain types of foods, and symptoms are largely limited to the digestive tract. This can result in uncomfortable symptoms such as diarrhoea, vomiting, abdominal bloating, cramping, and general gastrointestinal pain, but is typically not life-threatening. Food intolerance can be so mild that it even goes unnoticed, and it is believed that as much as 45% of people have some kind of food intolerance. Unfortunately, because these sensitivities are often undetected or tolerated, they can cause long-term damage that manifests later in life.

Food allergies, unlike food intolerance, are a strong reaction to specific types of food, and can result in a number of symptoms, ranging from mild to life-threatening. An allergic reaction can occur with even the slightest exposure to the food, such as eating a microscopic amount, touching the food, eating other food that was cooked in the same pan, etc. If you are having a strong reaction to food, this is likely an allergic reaction and you should seek medical attention immediately.

One of the problems with diagnosing food intolerance is that symptoms are often delayed. Symptoms can begin hours or even days after eating, making it hard to know what food caused a reaction. One way to figure out your food intolerance is by implementing an elimination diet, in which you start by removing some foods from your diet until your symptoms subside. Then, you slowly start to introduce these foods again, until one of them causes a reaction. Diagnostic tests which can guide you in this process are an excellent first step as they can make the whole procedure much easier by highlighting what to eliminate first. In cases of Food Intolerance, your body reacts to the food by releasing certain antibodies. If your test shows an elevated level of antibodies to a specific food, it is suggested to remove that food from your diet for at least 3 months in order to completely eliminate it from your system. When the symptoms subside, the eliminated foods can be reintroduced one by one to monitor any reactions.

Toxins in Vitamins, Supplements and Health Foods

In an article published in Natural News, the lead ‘investigative’ author, Mike Adams identifies what he believes are the 10 worst toxins that regularly appear in many Supplements, Vitamins, Herbs and Health Foods. His list includes:

1) Maltodextrin (from GM corn)
“Chances are very high that the maltodextrin in the products you buy are derived from Monsanto’s GM corn. Corn maltodextrin should be avoided unless it’s certified USDA organic.”

2) Vitamin C / ascorbic acid (from GM corn)
“Nearly all the “vitamin C” sold in vitamins across America right now is derived from GMO corn and made with a genetically modified form of vitamin C. It’s typically called “ascorbic acid,” and nearly 100% of the ascorbic acid used in the natural products industry is derived from GMOs.”

3) Hexane-extracted soy and rice proteins
“Nearly 100% of the “natural” soy proteins sold in the USA are extracted in China using a hexane extraction method. Hexane is a highly explosive, toxic, chemical.”

4) High levels of Aluminum in detox products
“Natural News helped expose high aluminium levels (over 1200ppm) in a popular detox liquid … but this is just one of many so-called “detox” products containing alarming levels of aluminum and other metals. Ingesting these in order to “detox” your body may be harmful to your health.”
He notes that it’s a case of, “ Buyer beware when it comes to metals in detox products that claim seemingly magical results.”

5) Lead and arsenic in herbs from China
“China is the most polluted nation on the planet, yet many fruits, vegetables and herbs are grown in China and exported to North America for use in natural products. High levels of lead and arsenic are routinely found in various food, supplement and herbal products from China. “

6) Inorganic minerals in cheap vitamins
“The majority of people don’t know that most of the cheap vitamins sold today are made with iron filings. “Scrap metal,” almost. The calcium found in cheap vitamins is often just ground-up seashells, and magnesium is often sold as cheap magnesium oxide which may be completely useless to your body’s cells. If you’re buying mineral supplements, you may be wasting your money unless the minerals are in the right form: Magnesium orotate or malate, for example.”

7) Carrageenan?
“The Cornucopia Institute, a highly-effective food activism group, recently published a warning about carrageenan in foods. Cornucopia says carrageenan is linked to “gastrointestinal inflammation, including higher rates of colon cancer, in laboratory animals. Given its effect on gastrointestinal inflammation, Cornucopia urges anyone suffering from gastrointestinal symptoms (irritable bowel syndrome/IBS, spastic colon, inflammatory bowel disease, chronic diarrhea, etc.) to consider completely eliminating carrageenan from the diet to determine if carrageenan was a factor in causing the symptoms.”

8) Acrylamides
“Acrylamides are cancer-causing chemicals produced during the cooking of carbohydrates. Fried snack chips, for example, contain acrylamides. They don’t have to be listed on labels because they are technically not “ingredients.” They are chemicals produced during cooking or frying. Consuming acrylamides increases kidney cancer risk by 59%.

9) Hidden MSG / yeast extract
“Hidden MSG is a huge issue across the natural products industry. Pick up almost any veggie burger, and you’ll find it’s made with yeast extract, a hidden form of MSG (monosodium glutamate).”
10) Fluoride in green tea
“Green tea is famous for being contaminated with high levels of fluoride. This is frustrating, because green tea is phenomenally good for your health. The tea plant that produces green tea just happens to uptake a huge amount of fluoride from the soils. So when there’s fluoride present in those soils, the green tea will have a surprisingly high concentration.