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An IgG food sensitivity test measures your body’s immune response to specific foods by detecting Immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibodies in your blood. Elevated IgG levels may indicate a delayed sensitivity to certain foods that could contribute to symptoms such as bloating, fatigue, or headaches. A finger prick blood sample is all that is required by our lab to run your test. A FoodPrint test can be instrumental in pinpointing any problematic foods that you may have and perhaps don’t even realise. After your blood sample is analysed, which will highlight any problem foods, an elimination diet will be suggested. Adjusting your diet, based on your results, can lead to an improvement in symptoms and overall health and wellbeing.

Our CE marked laboratory tests, which are manufactured in the UK to ISO standards, are validated and performed using advanced immunoassay technology . This advanced technology even allows us to test each sample twice, which ensures greater accuracy and stability over other tests – we believe we’re the only lab that does this. Other tests that are available from other companies may not be a CE marked lab test and not manufactured to ISO standards.

Many people experience an improvement in symptoms and health after changing their diet based on their test results. Like any diagnostic test, our food sensitivity tests will only produce meaningful results if you are experiencing symptoms and can help identify the problem foods by detecting food-specific IgG antibodies in your blood. Using these results as a guide, you and your healthcare professional can then adjust and plan your new diet. After you have taken a food sensitivity test, your healthcare professional will work with you to create a diet which eliminates your problems foods, offer healthy alternatives, and guidance on how to reintroduce foods. Typically, a customised diet will be followed for around 3 months to allow the symptoms to subside. It is acknowledged that a ‘one size fits all’ approach to diet and health no longer works, as our genes, biochemistry and gut microbiome are all unique to every one of us. A more personalised approach to nutrition and health, based on lifestyle, genetics and microbiome profile is required to meet the challenges of managing chronic illness in the future.

You’ll receive a simple finger-prick blood collection kit. Just follow the instructions to collect a few drops of blood and return it to our laboratory using the prepaid envelope.

Once your sample arrives at our laboratory, results are typically available within 5 working days (depending on which test you pick). You’ll receive a secure email notification when your report is ready to view online.