LRA FOOD SENSITIVITY TESTING
Does your "healthy" diet actually make you feel your best?
Food sensitivities are an immune response that triggers inflammation in your body, often due to gut health imbalances. These sensitivities are temporary but making it challenging to enjoy a variety of foods and improve health due to chronic low-grade inflammation. Unlike IgG food sensitivity tests, the LRA test measures how all your immune cells react to specific foods, identifying both immediate and delayed inflammatory responses.
By pinpointing your food triggers, we can create a customized diet plan to reduce inflammation and support optimal gut health, helping you feel your best.
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For Stronger Health
Is Your Diet Causing more Inflammation?
Indigestion & Stomach pain
Chronic Fatigue & Weakness
Acne &
Skin Issues
Depression & Anxiety
Within our gastrointestinal tract resides a vast and intricate world known as the microbiome — a community of trillions of bacteria, viruses, fungi, and other microorganisms, all working together in delicate harmony. This dynamic community, is more than just a collection of tiny organisms; it is a bustling, cooperative ecosystem that nurtures our health.
These microbes are our silent allies, helping us digest food, absorb nutrients, regulate our immune system, and even uplift our mood. When they thrive in balance, they are the unsung heroes of our well-being.
However, like any delicate ecosystem, this balance can be easily disturbed. Our gut microbiome can be thrown off course by factors as simple as improper food chewing, the overuse of antibiotics and NSAIDs, or the chemicals found in artificial additives. Even disturbances to our natural rhythm, like erratic sleep patterns, lack of sunlight, or too much blue light, can create havoc in this otherwise harmonious community. When the balance tips, it can weaken the microbiome, leaving us vulnerable to a range of health issues.
In these moments of imbalance, our friendly bacteria can lose their ability to protect us and become more susceptible to harmful pathogens, yeast overgrowth, and reduced production of digestive enzymes. The consequences extend further, leading to nutrient deficiencies, chronic inflammation, hormone imbalance and adverse reactions to foods that once seemed harmless.
Advanced stool testing allows you to gain a comprehensive understanding of your gut’s health, identify microbial imbalances, and pinpoint the root causes of chronic health problems. With this valuable insight, you can make informed decisions about your diet, lifestyle, and treatments to optimize your gut health and overall well-being.
Why GI Testing is Valuable
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Identifies Microbial Imbalances
Assesses the levels of beneficial bacteria, harmful pathogens, and fungi, providing insights to guide the selection of targeted prebiotics and probiotics for restoring gut balance.
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Detects Infections and Pathogens
Tests for harmful bacteria, viruses, parasites, and yeast overgrowth, allowing for targeted treatment of infections that could be disrupting gut health.
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Evaluates Digestive Function
Measures digestive enzyme activity, bile production, and nutrient absorption to identify malabsorption and optimize digestive health.
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Assesses Inflammation and Leaky Gut
Stool testing detects gut inflammation markers and assesses intestinal permeability (leaky gut), identifying conditions such as IBD or hidden inflammation that can contribute to systemic health issues.
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Tailors Treatment Plans
By providing a comprehensive view of your gut health, stool tests enable customized treatments, including probiotics, dietary changes, and antimicrobial therapies to restore balance.
LRA FOOD SENSITIVITY TESTING
For Stronger Health
Does your healthy diet actually make you feel your best?
Food sensitivities are an immune response that triggers inflammation in your body, often due to gut health imbalances. These sensitivities make it challenging to improve your health long-term due to chronic low-grade inflammation. Unlike common IgG food sensitivity tests, the LRA test measures how all your immune cells react to specific foods, identifying both immediate and delayed inflammatory responses.
By pinpointing your food triggers, we can create a customized diet plan to reduce inflammation and support optimal gut health, helping you feel your best.
Is Your Diet Causing more Inflammation?
Chronic Fatigue
& Weakness
Joint Pain &
Body Aches
Depression &
Anxiety
Digestive issues &
Gut imbalances
“One person's medicine may be another person's poison.” Donald Karshner.
The best diet for your health is one that nurtures your body's unique imbalances without triggering inflammation and discomfort.
Food sensitivities trigger an immune response that increases pro-inflammatory cytokines leading to chronic low-grade inflammation. It's often developed due to GI microbiome imbalances and increased intestinal permeability (commonly known as leaky gut). This is when the intestinal lining becomes damaged and more permeable, allowing undigested food particles, toxins, and pathogens to "leak" through the gut wall into the bloodstream. Triggering an immune response, as the body recognizes these particles can be damaging in your bloodstream. Over time, the immune system becomes sensitized by producing antibodies to these food particles, causing an inflammatory reaction whenever those foods are consumed — whether it’s as healthy as broccoli, sweet potatoes, or even spices. As a result, your body may struggle to process these foods without triggering discomfort, digestive issues, joint pain, skin flare-ups or other symptoms.
By temporarily removing the offending foods,
Why Food Sensitivity Testing is Valuable
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Detects Inflammatory Immune Response to 166 Foods
LRA food sensitivity testing identifies immune reactions to 166 different foods, including vegetables, meats, grains, fruits, and spices. This comprehensive approach helps pinpoint the exact foods triggering inflammation in your body, allowing for a customized anti-inflammatory diet that supports healing and optimizes health.
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Improves Gut and Immune Health
Avoiding foods that trigger sensitivities can significantly improve gut health. By eliminating inflammation-causing foods, you allow your gut lining to heal, reduce leaky gut symptoms, and restore proper digestion and nutrient absorption. This supports a healthier microbiome and better overall immune function.
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Path to Eating All Foods with Ease
Identifying food sensitivities offers a clear path to reintroduce foods with less fear of flare-ups. As your body heals, you may be able to reintroduce previously problematic foods without triggering an immune response, expanding your diet and improving both physical and emotional well-being.
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Tailored Nutritional and Lifestyle Plans
Food sensitivity testing provides critical insight into your unique metabolic needs, enabling you to create a personalized nutrition plan. With clear data on which foods to avoid, you can adjust your macronutrient intake, optimize your diet, and integrate lifestyle changes to support long-term health and wellness.
