Why food matters?

A dominant symptoms of our time is the loss of immune tolerance, and it starts in the gut. Do you ever feel that your body reacts to so many foods, or perhaps has started reacting to foods that you would previously tolerate? 

The modern life and diet is a known culprit in damaging the intestinal barrier: diets high in trans fats and processed foods, heavy metals, excessive stress, dysbiosis, pharmaceutical drugs, pesticides and herbicides (including glyphosate) damage this junction causing undigested proteins and bacteria to enter circulation and cause excessive immune responses, including allergies and autoimmunity. 

Knowing what foods cause an allergic, inflammatory reaction in your body is the beginning of your healing journey. But it’s not enough to cut out these foods.  There are dozens of diets nowadays adopted by health conscious individuals: from vegan, vegetarian, keto, gluten-free, grain-free, to DASH, low fat, low carb high fat,  paleo, low-lectin and so on. These diets can help temporarily, but they do not look at the underlying reasons to why there is the loss of immune tolerance. With A.R.T we go beyond testing what foods you are allergic to and also find out the causes of this, such as heavy metal toxicity, parasites, autoimmunity, or unresolved psycho-emotional issues.

In laboratory medicine, there are numerous tests to look for food allergies and intolerances: IgE, IgA, IgG, cytokine reactions, Type IV allergies etc.

A.R.T is the most sensitive test which captures all of the ones above when performed accurately.

With our food testing, you can find out:

  • These are foods that block your system - you are allergic to them and must be removed from your diet.

  • These are foods that cause a stress state in your body (but not an allergic reaction). Your body is intolerant to these and you must remove these foods for a few months, before reintroducing. In the meantime, we can work to create a gut-healing protocol that will make your body more resilient. With A.R.T we can also find out why you are intolerant to these and work on solving the underlying causes.

  • These foods cause neither a stress state, nor a healing state. We consider them ‘neutral’.

  • These are foods that cause a Yang state, or a healing state, in your body. We recommend that you include these in your diet as much as possible.

A study published in Alternative Therapies found that food testing with A.R.T was an useful allergy assessment tool when compared with a blood test IgE panel.

With A.R.T, we can also inform you of not just what foods cause an allergic reaction, but also which foods are healing and neutral.