Food Sensitivity

What is food sensitivity?

A food sensitivity or food intolerance is when you have difficulty digesting certain foods and experience an unpleasant physical reaction. As individuals, our reactions to foods and drinks vary a great deal. An ingredient which may cause problems for one person could be completely acceptable for another. The most common food sensitivity symptoms are bloating and stomach pains, which usually come on a few hours after consuming the food.

Discovering and understanding your own personal food and drink sensitivities and intolerances, and the effects they have on your health and well-being is important to ensure you make the best possible choices to balance your diet.

Our Premium Food Sensitivity Test is ideal for IBS sufferers and includes a results guidebook and a food and drinks diary, all designed to support you by providing tailored dietary advice.

Why is it important to take the test?

When food particles enter the bloodstream, your immune system can sometimes identify these food proteins as ‘foreign’ and produces 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.

Suffering from IBS, headaches, bloating, tiredness? These are often signs of a food sensitivity or a food intolerance affecting your daily life. Proviva's Food Sensitivity Test analyzes IgG reactions to over 200 food and drink ingredients.

**Patients must be aged 18 years or over to take this test. This test is not recommended for Patients who are pregnant or breastfeeding.**

**This food sensitivity test works best as a 6 week snapshot of reactivity. If you've already cut out a food for more than 6 weeks there is a chance it will not be picked up by the test**

Performing Lab: YorkTest

Items Tested

Drinks

Acai Berry
Burdock Root
Chamomille
Coffee
Dandelion Root
Elderberry
Elderflower
Ginseng (Korean)
Ginseng (Siberian)
Grape (Cabernet Sauvignon)
Grape (Chardonnay)
Grape (Chenin Blanc)
Grape (Concord)
Grape (Malbec)
Grape (Merlot)
Grape (Pinot Grigio)
Grape (Pinot Noir)
Grape (Red Zinfandel Mix)
Grape (Riesling)
Grape (Sauvignon Blanc)
Grape (Syrah/Shiraz)
Grape (White Zinfandel )
Green Tea
Guarana
Hibiscus
Nettle Leaves
Rooibos (Red Bush Tea)
Rosehip
Tea

Meat/Poultry

Beef
Chicken
Deer
Duck
Goat
Lamb
Pheasant
Pork
Turkey

Fish/Shellfish

Abalone
Anchovy
Cod

Crab
Cuttlefish
Eel
Haddock
Herring
Lobster
Mackerel
Mussel
Oyster
Plaice
Prawn
Salmon
Sardines
Scallop
Shark
Shrimp
Sole
Trout
Tuna
Vendance

Grains

Barley
Corn (Maize)
Dinkel Flour (Spelt)
Gliadin (Gluten)
Hops
Malt
Millet
Oat
Quinoa
Rice
Rye
Wheat

Nuts/Seeds

Nuts/Seeds
Almond
Brazil Nut
Cashew Nut
Chia seed
Coconut
Flax (Linseed)
Hazelnut
Peanut
Rapeseed

Sesame Seed
Sunflower Seed
Walnut

Herbs/Spices

Anise Seed
Basil
Bayleaf
Buckwheat
Cardamom
Cassia
Chilli Pepper
Cinnamon
Clove
Coriander
Cumin
Curry Leaves
Curry Powder
Dill
Garlic
Ginger
Juniper Berry
Mint
Mustard Seed
Nutmeg
Paprika
Parsley
Peppercorn
Saffron
Sage
Thyme
Vanilla

Vegetables

Asparagus
Aubergine (Eggplant)
Avocado
Bean Sprouts
Beetroot
Bok choi (Pak Choi)
Broccoli
Brussel Sprouts
Cabbage
Carrot
Cauliflower
Celery

Cucumber
Haricot Bean
Kale
Kidney Bean
Lentils
Lettuce
Lotus Root
Mushroom
Okra
Onion
Parsnip
Pea
Peppers (Capsicum)
Potato
Pumpkin
Rocket (Arugula)
Soyabean
Spinach
Stringbean
Swede
Sweet Potato
Tapioca
Tumeric
Turnip
Water Chestnut

Fruit

Apple
Apricot
Banana
Bilberry
Blackberry
Blackcurrant
Blueberry
Boysenberry
Cantaloupe
Cherry
Cloudberry
Cranberry
Goji Berry
Grapefruit
Honeydew
Kiwi
Lemon
Lime
Lingonberry

Lychee
Mango
Mulberry
Olive
Orange
Papaya
Peach
Pear
Pineapple
Plantain
Plum
Pomegranate
Prune
Raspberry
Rhubarb
Strawberry
Tomato
Watermelon

Other

Agar Agar
Agave
Aloe Vera
Bamboo
Carob
Chickpea
Cocoa Bean
Cola Nut
Cow's Milk
Egg White
Egg Yolk
Goat's Milk
Heavy Toast Oak
Hemp
Jasmine
Lemongrass
Seaweed
Sheep's Milk
Spirulina
Sugar Cane
Tamarind
Wheatgrass
Yeast