Food intolerance testing is a simple pinprick blood test to test 120 foods and 15 additives.
What is food intolerance?
Food intolerance is an unpleasant reaction to a food that you have eaten. It causes many symptoms such as bloating, abdominal pain, nausea and tiredness. It is important to note that a food intolerance and a food allergy are different, a food allergy is a reaction to the body’s immune system and may cause symptoms such as itching or swelling and can be life threatening where food intolerance does not involve the immune system and isn’t life threatening.
Why we do the test?
Sometimes if we have an intolerance to a certain food it can be dose related, meaning that you may be able to eat a small amount of that food without feeling the negative symptoms. The food intolerance test will tell you what foods to cut out and from there make a new healthy diet.
Why is testing becoming more common?
As there are over 120 foods and additives tested some of the more common areas of concern are food additives, gluten and dairy/lactose intolerance’s.
People are becoming more concerned regarding gluten found in wheat, barley and rye products, which can cause bloating and abdominal pain. This is not the same as coeliac disease, as this is an autoimmune disease damaging the lining of the intestines.
Food additive intolerance has been a growing problem as people are eating more processed foods in recent years, which is why it’s important to eat natural foods that have not been processed.
Similarly dairy is a worry for many individuals, an intolerance to cow’s milk can’t be soundly tested for however an intolerance for lactose (causing many unpleasant symptoms) which is the sugar found in cow’s milk can be tested for.
If you’re feeling bloated, have trouble losing weight, feeling lethargic or having gastric problems it could be down to a dietary cause. Which is why it is important to get a food intolerance test to see what foods may be causing these problems?
Here at Bodybyrne we have a quick, easy and compehensive food intollerance test which take only a few minutes. We test through the full range of food groups and food additives and have your results ready within 1 week.
Intolerance testing @ Bodybyrne Fitness: Cost €200. For more information or to book in your food intolerance test please contact us on 01 677 9182.