Description
When food particles enter the bloodstream, your immune system can sometimes identify these food proteins as ‘foreign’ and produces IgE and or IgG antibodies to ‘attack’ the particular food in question. This response is your immune system’s natural defense mechanism to ward off harmful invaders in the body which can create inflammation.
This inflammation can then trigger troublesome symptoms, which may persist if they are neglected.
The difference between Food Intolerance & Allergies towards Food & Environmental factors.
Food Intolerance Responses (IgG)
- Reactions up to 72 hours after eating
- Multiple foods can be involved
- Any organ system can be affected
- Very common
- Difficult to self-diagnose
- Symptoms can clear after avoidance (3-6 months)
Food & Environmental Allergy Responses (IgE)
- Immediate reactions (2 hours or less)
- Rarely more than 1 to 2 foods
- Primarily skin, airways and digestive system
- Trace amounts of foods can cause reactions
- Caused by raised IgE antibody
- Lifelong
Foods Tested in the Allergy Test (IgE)
- Almond
- Apple
- Carrot
- Cod
- Crab
- Egg white
- Hazelnut
- Meat mix (pork, beef, chicken, lamb)
- Milk
- Orange
- Peach
- Peanut
- Potato
- Rice
- Salmon
- Shrimp
- Soy
- Strawberry
- Tomato
- Wheat
Environmentals Tested in the Allergy Test (IgE)
- Ash, European
- Bahia grass
- Bermuda grass
- Birch
- Cat dander
- Cladosporium herbarum
- Cockroach
- Common ragweed
- Cypress
- Dog dander
- English plantain
- Hazelnut pollen
- Horse dander
- House dust mites (D. pteronyssinus and D. farinae)
- Mugwort
- Olive
- Rye
- Timothy grass
