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Ask your health care professional about FoodPrint, a laboratory test designed to identify IgG-mediated food sensitivities
What is food sensitivity?
Food sensitivity can result from your body reacting badly to certain foods. Often the foods we include regularly in our diet or the foods we crave may be the ones causing us a problem.
Research has shown that food sensitivities can be linked to IgG antibodies produced when these ‘problem’ foods are eaten.
Normally these antibodies do not have any ill-effects, but if the immune or digestive system are not working optimally, their presence may provoke a wide range of symptoms
Ask yourself if you have any of the following chronic unpleasant symptoms:
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Bloating
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Constipation
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Diarrhoea
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Flatulence
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Headaches
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Irritable bowel syndrome
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Lethargy
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Migraine
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Nausea
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Stomach
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cramps / abdominal pain
How do I know if I have a food sensitivity?
What can I do about it?
Talk to your health care professional about doing a FoodPrint® laboratory test.
Many people experience an improvement in symptoms and health after changing their diet based on their FoodPrint results.
Like any diagnostic test, FoodPrint will only produce meaningful results if you are experiencing IgGmediated food sensitivity symptoms.
Some symptoms of food sensitivity may be due to other health issues and it is important to see your doctor to rule these out
Why should I do a test?
Help reduce symptoms quickly. The efficacy of a diet based upon the measurement of IgG antibodies specific for food components has been demonstrated in a number of conditions, both in independent studies and clinical practice.
Excellent results have been obtained particularly in patients with migraine, IBS and obesity.
FoodPrint helps to identify potential "problem" foods by detecting food-specific IgG antibodies in your blood. Using these results as a guide, you and your health care professional can adjust and plan appropriate dietary and lifestyle interventions
Differences between food allergy and intolerance
What is FoodPrint?
FoodPrint is a comprehensive and highly sensitive laboratory test for food-specific IgG antibodies, which can be associated with food sensitivity.
A finger prick sample is all that is required to be sent to the lab, with results returned quickly, empowering you to take control of your health.
There are a number of different FoodPrint panels available, thus enabling individuals to choose one that contains the foods most commonly consumed within their diet.
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40+
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120+
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200+
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Vegetarian 160+
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Vegan 150+
Foods panels
What should I do after the test?
As part of the FoodPrint service, complementary nutritional support, based upon your results, is provided to guide you with making appropriate dietary adjustments.
If you are currently consulting with a health care professional such as a registered nutritionist, they will work with you to create a diet which eliminates your “problem” foods, offers healthy alternatives and guides you on how to successfully re-introduce foods after an elimination period.
Typically, a customised diet will be followed for around 3 months to allow the symptoms to subside and give the body time to recover.
Understanding Food Sensitivity
Terminology The terms ‘food allergy’, ‘food intolerance’ and ‘food sensitivity/hypersensitivity’ are often used interchangeably and this can be quite confusing. In simple terms, they all mean that an individual has reacted to a food that has been consumed and this then manifests as symptoms.
The reactions they trigger can also vary greatly. This includes the symptoms experienced and how quickly the symptoms manifest after the food has been consumed, as well as the severity of the symptoms and how long they last, and if they are life threatening.
Some of these reactions are immune-mediated and involve the immune system, including the production of IgE and IgG antibodies.
Other reactions do not involve the immune system and are non-immune mediated
To help us understand these varying reactions, it can be helpful to have some basic knowledge of the immune system and how it works.
The immune system is made up of various organs, cells and proteins and its role is to protect the body from harmful substances, germs, pathogens, fungi, and cell alterations that can result in illness.
Essentially, the main functions of the immune system are:
✓ To fight pathogens, e.g., viruses, bacteria, or parasites and remove them from the body.
✓ To identify and neutralise harmful substances from the environment.
✓ To fight disease-causing alterations in the body, e.g., cancer cells The immune system can be activated by substances that it doesn’t recognise as being a part of the body.
Common examples include proteins found on the surfaces of microbes, such as bacteria, fungi, and viruses and these are referred to as antigens.
Receptors on the immune cells attach to these antigens and this then triggers an immune reaction, which includes the production of antibodies. Antibodies can then help to neutralise the microbes so they can’t multiply and cause illness.
What is the immune system?
Frequent Questions
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