The Food Detective makes the work of detecting and managing food intolerances easier:
It needs just a few drops of blood from a finger-prick and you can have results in under an hour - You can rank antibody results by intensity, and work out a practical plan to improve food choices and control symptoms.
- The quickest and most affordable diagnostic test of its type in Ireland.
The technology used in the Food Detective is Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA), the same laboratory method used for most hospital lab-tests for antibodies. ELISA is used daily throughout Ireland to test for serious conditions such as HIV, Hepatitis and most infectious diseases.
40 minutes workYou start by disinfecting and pricking a finger (with the provided lancet device) and collecting a few drops of blood. In just 40 minutes - without needing a laboratory or other equipment - the Food Detective detects antibody levels against 59 common foods.
If there are strongly positive results to any of the food groups in the test (or several moderate results), the simple act of substituting the foods can help transform health and well-being.
Tip: Keep a proper written record (even a photo taken with a phone) of the results! Memory plays incredible tricks - you wouldn't believe how easy it is to persuade yourself (in just a few weeks) that foods you like had weaker results than foods you don't. Stick a copy of the results on the fridge. Bring it when shopping..
Is there a scientific basis for this test?
Absolutely! While the term "food intolerances" covers many possible symptoms and conditions, at Nutricentric we focus on those reactions for which there is clinical trial support:
- Proving a food intolerance requires an Elimination-Rechallenge protocol. This is the goal of testing. The results are used to design a workable Elimination Diet. The method often allows the Elimination Diet to have a narrower focus than would be possible through a "blind" Elimination protocol.
- The success of this method has been clinically studied (mainly in hospitals) in gastroenterology (for Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Crohn's Disease) and neurology (migraines). These studies found the method significantly superior to the comparative intervention (or placebo).
The vast majority of Food Detective tests have been used by health and nutrition professionals (including gastroenterology, general practice, nursing, acupuncture, pharmacy, nutrition and nutritional therapy). My own trials showed that the method often reduces the need for symptomatic treatments such as painkillers, anti-spasmodics and anti-diarrhoeals. IBS is the most common indication cited by people who are tested.
Affluent Western Societies show a greater prevalence of immune system disorders whereby the immune system attacks either the body's own proteins or environmental or food proteins that it should otherwise "ignore". The IgG antibodies detected by Food Detective are just one part of this issu
In advising dietary change, practitioners are urged to ensure that patients not only answer their specific Elimination-Rechallenge questions but also use the opportunity to improve their diet in terms of variety and quality. The test generally detects the same relatively narrow range of food proteins that are uncovered by traditional Elimination-Rechallenge trials. For the most part, staple foodstuffs such as meat, vegetables and fruit are not identified as problematic by the test.
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