Healthy eating is personal and invididual. What is healthy for you might not be healthy for the next person. Blueberries, full of antioxidants, are healthy right? Well, for someone suffering from food sensitivities, they might not be good for that person and can cause an inflammatory response - but may not for the next person. Just like some people are allergic to ragweed and others aren't. Food sensitivities can be involved in IBS, migraines, fibromyalgia, GERD, interstitial cystitis, inflammatory bowel conditions, rheumatoid arthritis, eczema, chronic sinusitis, and a list of other conditions.
The question becomes: What food and/or chemicals are you sensitive to?
Food sensitivities are caused by a different mechanism than food allergies or food intolerance, and sometimes it takes hours or even days for symptoms to appear. You may be sensitive to both foods and chemicals, and sometimes the response is dose-dependent; the more you eat, the worse it is. Sounds complicated, right? Without testing, it's nearly impossible to truly uncover all food sensitivities.
Enter MRT, the Mediator Release Test. MRT tests 150 different foods and chemicals, measuring the quantity of mediators, or inflammatory messengers, that are released when your blood comes into contact with the tested antigens. It does not test just one antibody, like IgG testing, and is not the same as allergy testing; rather, it quantifies markers of inflammation caused by a hyper-response of your immune system. Mediators like cytokines, prostaglandins, and histamines are all taken into account, and the more mediators released, the higher the immune response to that food or chemical. Thus, not only do you know what you're sensitive to, but you know the severity of the sensitivity.
LEAP (Lifestyle Eating and Performance) is the dietary program that accompanies your specific MRT results. Without LEAP and the support of a Certified LEAP Therapist (CLT), the MRT results are only part of the solution. To learn more click here.
MRT tells you what your food sensitivities are and how severe. LEAP is your customized diet program/plan to help alleviate your symptoms.
To get started, contact Jennifer Birge, a Certified Leap Therapist.