In 2004, TIME Magazine released an article “Health: TheFires Within”. This submission talks about inflammation and how it is meant to
protect the body from infectious diseases. The author also mentions potential
links to: inflammation gone awry and the possibility of diseases like
Alzheimer’s, heart attack, colon cancer and a host of other diseases.
Now, 10 years later, it is believed to be that testing for
food intolerance can assist in uncovering the cause for inflammation. Our
body’s primary immune response, Inflammation, is our natural defense system
from infectious bacteria. As soon as the body detects bad bacteria knocking at
the door, the area affected becomes inflamed preventing the bacteria from
spreading elsewhere. However, Inflammation doesn’t only occur at injury sites.
Believe it or not, your gut can become inflamed due to a food intolerance,
which affects nearly 80% of the U.S.
population. This gut inflammation plays a major role in side effects such as
digestive disorders, migraines, obesity, aching joints etc. that majority of
Americans deal with on a daily basis.
By identifying which foods you are intolerant of, or in more
rare cases allergic to, we can greater understand the reason why the symptoms
you are suffering from occur. There are many ways to be tested for food
intolerances, although there is one that stands above the rest. The ALCAT Test,
provided by Cell Science Systems, makes use of the use of the ROBOCat II
instrument, an automated liquid handling system designed to measure white blood
cells, the ALCAT Test measures reactions of white blood cells using the
electronic principle of particle counting and sizing.
