Description

The Wellness Food Sensitivity and Gut Health Panel combines multiple important tests to help identify food sensitivities, yeast imbalances, and gut health issues. This panel is designed to assess how specific foods, yeast, and gut bacteria may be impacting your health, including conditions like digestive discomfort, bloating, fatigue, skin rashes, or even more chronic issues like inflammation and autoimmune responses. By testing for IgG food sensitivities, Candida albicans, and H. pylori IgG (common gut infections), this panel provides a holistic approach to identifying and addressing potential triggers and imbalances within your digestive system.

Key Components of the Wellness Food Sensitivity and Gut Health Panel:

184 IgG Food Sensitivity Panel

This test screens for sensitivities to 184 different foods, including common allergens, dairy, gluten, nuts, and more. IgG antibodies are produced when your immune system reacts to foods that your body is sensitive to. These sensitivities are often linked to symptoms like bloating, headaches, skin issues, and digestive discomfort.

  • Food Sensitivities Tested Include:
  • Fruits: Apple, Apricot, Banana, Blackberry, Blueberry, Cantaloupe, Cherry, Cranberry, Grape, Kiwi Fruit, Lemon, Lime, Mango, Orange, Papaya, Pear, Pineapple, Plum, Raspberry, Strawberry, Watermelon, etc.
  • Vegetables & Grains: Almond, Asparagus, Beet, Bell Pepper, Carrot, Cauliflower, Cucumber, Garlic, Kale, Lettuce, Onion, Potato, Pumpkin, Sweet Potato, Tomato, Zucchini, etc.
  • Proteins: Beef, Chicken, Duck, Lamb, Pork, Salmon, Shrimp, Tuna, Turkey, Venison, etc.
  • Dairy & Eggs: Cow Milk, Goat Milk, Sheep Milk, Yogurt, Mozzarella Cheese, Cheddar Cheese, Egg White, Egg Yolk, Casein, Whey, etc.
  • Nuts & Seeds: Almond, Cashew, Hazelnut, Macadamia Nut, Pecan, Pine Nut, Pistachio Nut, Walnut, etc.
  • Legumes & Beans: Black Bean, Chickpea, Kidney Bean, Lentils, Lima Bean, Navy Bean, Pea, Pinto Bean, Soybean, etc.
  • Miscellaneous: Brewer’s Yeast, Baker’s Yeast, Gluten, Oats, Rice, Rye, Sesame, etc.

Candida Profile

This part of the panel focuses on identifying Candida albicans, a type of yeast that normally lives in your gut but can become overgrown, leading to gut imbalances. Overgrowth of Candida albicans can contribute to a variety of symptoms, including digestive issues, fatigue, brain fog, and skin conditions like rashes or eczema.

  • Candida Biomarkers Included:
  • Candida albicans IgA
  • Candida albicans IgG
  • Candida albicans IgM
  • Candida Immune Complex

H. pylori IgG Test

Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is a type of bacteria that can infect your stomach lining and is a common cause of ulcers. This test measures the presence of IgG antibodies specific to H. pylori, indicating past or current infection. Chronic H. pylori infection can lead to digestive issues, including bloating, heartburn, nausea, and in more severe cases, peptic ulcers or gastritis.

  • Why it's Important: Detecting an H. pylori infection is crucial for addressing digestive health. Treatment can help reduce inflammation, promote gut healing, and prevent more serious complications related to infection.

How the Test Works:

  • Fasting: Fasting is not required for this panel.
  • Turnaround Time: Allow 7 business days for results, not including transportation time.

How Can the Results Help You?

By identifying food sensitivities, Candida overgrowth, and H. pylori infections, this panel provides actionable insights into how these factors may be affecting your health. It can help guide dietary changes, supplementation, or other lifestyle modifications to address your gut health, reduce inflammation, and improve your overall wellness. If you are experiencing symptoms like chronic bloating, fatigue, digestive distress, or skin conditions, the results from this panel may uncover underlying causes and give you the tools to make effective changes.

Food Sensitivities as a Biomarker

Food sensitivities are an immune response to specific foods, reflected by elevated IgG antibodies. This biomarker is helpful in identifying foods that could be causing chronic inflammation, digestive discomfort, and other systemic responses. Testing for food sensitivities helps pinpoint the specific foods that may be affecting your health, so you can adjust your diet to reduce unwanted reactions.

Candida and H. pylori as Biomarkers

  • Candida albicans IgA, IgG, IgM levels are biomarkers of fungal overgrowth. Elevated levels of these antibodies can signal that the yeast is overgrowing and disrupting gut balance.
  • H. pylori IgG is a biomarker for infection, indicating the presence of H. pylori bacteria, which can cause ulcers and other digestive disorders if left untreated.

Conclusion:

The Wellness Food Sensitivity and Gut Health Panel provides a comprehensive look at how your digestive system is functioning, identifying sensitivities to foods, yeast imbalances, and bacterial infections that may be impacting your health. Understanding these biomarkers empowers you to make informed decisions about your diet, lifestyle, and overall wellness, helping you optimize gut health and reduce symptoms caused by sensitivities or infections.