Food Sensitivity Testing

TruMed Clinic has Edmonton’s most comprehensive food sensitivity testing.

Our Clinic director, Dr. Eric Muradov, has extensive experience with Food Allergies. 

We can test reactivity to 50, 100 and 200 foods. 

We can test children and adults for food sensitivities. 

Food Sensitivity Testing is a private service - not covered by Alberta Health.

The most comprehensive food sensitivity testing in Edmonton

Digestive concerns, such as bloating, gas and IBS are common reasons for food sensitivity testing. 

We also often see skin concerns such as Acne, Eczema and Psoriasis respond well to testing.

Migraines, Sinusitis, Asthma and headaches can also respond to sensitivity testing.  

Just a small sample of blood is needed to test intolerance to hundreds of foods. 

Interested in Food Sensitivity Testing?

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Food Sensitivity FAQ

How much does food sensitivity testing cost?

Food sensitivity testing ranges from $365 for 50 foods, $465 for 100 foods and $665 for 200 foods. However, our test costs include a brief consultation with one of our Naturopathic doctors before testing and a brief follow up 1 month later to review your results. 

What do your tests measure exactly?

We measure your blood for antibodies produced in response to foods your consume. We measure total IgG antibodies (IgG1 through IgG4) or a combined IgE/IgG4 methodology.  It's normal to produce some antibodies in response to eating but when they are made in excess (and combine with the antigen and form a complex) they can deposit in various tissues and cause pathology.  

What type of sample do you need?

We need a blood sample and we offer two types of sample collection. For more rapid reactions we usually need to draw two vials of blood and we do this in-house. For slower acting sensitivities we can often use a fingerprick collection which usually needs only 10-15 drops of blood. 

How quickly do you get the test results?

For food sensitivity testing we need to send the samples to usually with Washington state or Calgary. For the US bound tests we typically need at least 3 and sometimes up to 4 weeks. For domestic food sensitivity testing, we usually need 2-3 weeks.  

What is the difference between a food allergy and food sensitivity?

Strictly speaking, a food allergy is an immune based reaction to foods. Of which, there are rapid, life threatening allergies that should be diagnosed by an allergist as well as slower acting allergies which are also termed sensitivities (Type III hypersensitivities): This is what we measure. 

By definition, sensitivities are non-immune mediated reactions to foods like lactose intolerance. However, the term is also used to denote non-life-threatening food allergies.

How accurate is the testing?

We've run thousands of tests and have seen tremendous benefit in many patients. Occasionally, the results don't entirely correlate with clinical end points but can often rule in or rule out the role of food sensitivity in many cases. 

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Supporting Studies:

As we've already said: we've run thousands of tests and have seen tremendous benefit in many patients but you don't have to take our word for it:

Crohn's and Ulcerative Colitis (2019)

137 Inflammatory bowel disease patients compared to 50 healthy controls. IgG food sensitivity antibodies were detected in 57.5% of Ulcerative Colitis patients, in 90.72% of Crohn's disease patients. Rice, corn, tomato and soybean intolerance were most common (Wang 2019). 

We've seen many Inflammatory Bowel Disease patients benefit from food sensitivity testing.

Depression (2019)

184 adolescent patients who were experiencing their first episode of depressive disorder were tested for numerous factors including 14 different types of food antigen-specific IgG food sensitivity antibodies. Over 80% of patients exhibited prolonged food intolerance with elevated levels of serum histamine (Tao 2019). 

Often energy and mood improve once sensitive foods are found and removed.

Skin, Breathing & Digestion (2019)

312 patients who were experiencing either Skin, Respiratory, Digestive and Nervous System issues were tested for 14 foods using the IgG food sensitivity methodology. The highest sensitivity rates were found in crab, followed by shrimp, eggs and milk (Lin 2019).

Skin, Breathing and Digestion commonly improve after testing.

Autoimmune Diseases (2018)

100 patients with autoimmune diseases were compared with 25 control patients. IgG food sensitivity levels for were significantly higher in the patient group then in the control group. Caseine, cow's milk, wheat, gliadin, egg white and rice were most reactive. The authors concluded: food intolerance test is very important tool in patients with autoimmune disease, and should be performed in each patient to tailor an individual diet program (Coucke 2018)

We test all of our autoimmune patients for food sensitivity.

Interested in Testing?

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