Comprehensive Food Sensitivity Test
Food sensitivity (versus food allergy)
Arises when the body has a difficult time digesting a certain food. You may experience symptoms, such as bloating, fatigue, change in bowel movement, abdominal pains, headaches and acid reflux. These symptoms can appear immediately or after a while (weeks or months) with continuous intake of that food.
Testing is separate than food allergy testing. And tests for IgG antibodies, that have a half-life of 30-90 days. Theseš blood tests are mainly available to Naturopathic Doctors.
Food Allergy
Shows up immediately as itchy watery eyes, swollen face/lips, wheezing, rashes and anaphylaxis. These foods are tested as skin prick, patch or blood test. They test for IgE antibodies, that have a half life of 1-3 days.
I have No Food Allergies, but have many food sensitivities.
Running these tests helped identify what foods worsened my IBS (even low fodmap foods and some gluten free grains showed up).
šA food sensitivity test identifies Uniquely with your digestive and immune system the foods that your body canāt digest, that can then cause bloating, headaches, fatigue, etc. .
Individualistic medicine- your cause of bloating (oranges) is different than my cause of bloating (apples).