Food Sensitivity Testing
Food sensitivity testing is the most common way to identify food allergies (more properly known as ‘sensitivities’). They can often be the hidden cause of health problems including conditions like weight gain, asthma, eczema, headaches, migraines, digestive problems and plenty of others. Food sensitivities typically cause more subtle signs and symptoms. It can be difficult to detect a food sensitivity, because oftentimes the food allergy symptoms won’t manifest until well after an offending food has been ingested. This may range anywhere from 24 to 72 hours later! Because of this, food sensitivities are often not suspected as the cause of health problems, and go unnoticed for a long time.
Food sensitivities cause delayed onset reactions; they are very different from immediate-type food allergies. Immediate food allergies are easy to detect; they typically cause wheezing, hives, vomiting, swelling and require emergency treatment. Here are just a few possible food allergy symptoms and conditions that can be associated with delayed-onset food sensitivities:
We use food allergy testing rather than an elimination-challenge diet when diagnosing food allergies because it can be so tough trying to completely eliminate a single food. Many foods today contain trace amounts of other foods in them, making it tough to isolate the offending food. A lot of the time a person will have more than one food sensitivity, making an elimination-challenge near impossible to do with any accuracy. And, a food must be completely removed for at least 8 weeks before a final judgment can be made making an elimination-challenge diet extremely time consuming. Uncovering hidden food allergies and food sensitivities using food sensitivity testing is an efficient way to find possible hidden causes of illness. We offer testing for food allergies, food sensitivity and food intolerance at both our Fort Collins and Highlands Ranch offices.
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