A sensitivity test is a diagnostic method used to identify how your body reacts to specific substances, such as nutrients, minerals, or environmental factors. It can help pinpoint potential triggers for symptoms like skin irritation, digestive issues, fatigue, or inflammation. Typically, sensitivity testing involves non-invasive procedures like a hair or blood sample to analyze your body’s response and detect imbalances or deficiencies in key nutrients.
Benefits of Sensitivity Testing:
Identify Nutrient Deficiencies: Helps uncover imbalances in vitamins and minerals essential for energy, immune support, and skin health.
Uncover Hidden Triggers: Pinpoints sensitivities to foods or environmental substances that could be causing issues like bloating, skin problems, or headaches.
Improve Digestive Health: Detects issues related to nutrient absorption, supporting healthier digestion and alleviating discomfort.
Boost Energy and Clarity: Addressing deficiencies and sensitivities can lead to improved energy levels, mental clarity, and overall vitality.
Personalised Wellness Plans: Provides insights for creating tailored nutrition, skincare, or lifestyle plans based on your body’s specific needs.
Our Sensitivity Test covers a comprehensive range of over 1,200 items, designed to offer insights into how your body reacts to different substances and factors that may be impacting your health. Here’s what we can test for:
Food Sensitivities: This includes reactions to common and less obvious food items such as grains, dairy, fruits, vegetables, and proteins. It helps pinpoint foods that may cause digestive issues, bloating, or other adverse symptoms.
Non-Food Sensitivities: We test for reactions to environmental factors, chemicals, and other non-food items that could be contributing to health issues, including pollutants and household chemicals.
Metal Sensitivities: This test can reveal if you have adverse reactions to certain metals like nickel, aluminum, or mercury, which can impact skin, digestion, and overall health.
Mineral Analysis: Discover imbalances or deficiencies in key minerals such as calcium, magnesium, and zinc, which are essential for bone health, energy production, and immune function.
Vitamin A-K: This covers an analysis of your vitamin levels, ensuring you have adequate amounts of critical vitamins for maintaining healthy skin, vision, immune health, and overall well-being.
Additives: We check for sensitivities to common food additives, preservatives, and artificial flavorings that may trigger digestive discomfort or allergic reactions.
Gut Health & Digestion: Our test examines factors affecting your gut biome and digestion, helping to uncover issues like food intolerance or poor nutrient absorption.
Gut Biome: Analyses the balance of beneficial bacteria in your gut, essential for digestion, immunity, and overall wellness.
Hormone Testing: Tests for hormone imbalances that can lead to issues like weight gain, fatigue, or mood swings, providing valuable insights into your endocrine health.
Anti-Aging Factors: We assess markers related to aging processes in your body, helping you understand how your body is aging and how to slow it down through lifestyle and dietary adjustments.
Stress & Inflammation: Identifies markers of chronic stress and inflammation, which can affect every part of your body, contributing to chronic diseases and conditions.
Sleep: This test assesses factors that might be influencing your sleep quality, providing insights into how you can improve rest and recovery.
Skin Health: Reveals sensitivities that could be causing skin issues such as eczema, acne, or rashes, and helps you pinpoint the culprits behind persistent skin problems.
Sensitivity Testing
The Appointment
Your initial appointment with us will take between 15 to 20 minutes, during which we will conduct an initial consultation to understand your reasons for booking the test, any specific symptoms or concerns you have, and to gain an overall view of your wellness needs. This consultation is key to ensuring that the test addresses your individual concerns.
The Sample Collection
Once we’ve completed your consultation, we will take a painless sample of 2-3 hair strands, which will then be prepared to be sent off to our trusted partner lab, accredited by Global Health. These hair samples are perfect for testing because they provide a long-term view of your body’s exposure to nutrients, minerals, and toxins, offering far more detailed insights than blood or urine tests.
The Analysis
Once your hair sample is at the lab, an in-depth analysis is performed on over 1,200 items, including food sensitivities, metal reactivity, vitamin and mineral levels, and much more. This analysis ensures that we identify any imbalances, sensitivities, or potential allergens that could be affecting your overall health and well-being.
The Results
Your results will typically be ready within 3 to 5 days. Once we have received your results, we will contact you to arrange a discussion over the phone. During this conversation, we will walk you through the detailed findings and explain any areas of concern. You will also receive your complete report by post, allowing you to keep a record of your results and refer to them as needed for future wellness planning.
Each sensitivity test is priced at £79.99 per category.
If you are seeking to to do more than one test category please inform your consultant to assist you further.