Food Sensitivity Testing

Food sensitivities are among the most common and most overlooked contributors to chronic health symptoms. Unlike food allergies — which produce immediate, obvious,and sometimes life-threatening reactions — food sensitivities cause delayed-onset, dose-dependent responses that can appear hours or even days after eating, making them nearly impossible to identify without structured testing. Bloating, brain fog, skin breakouts, fatigue, joint pain, mood fluctuations, and hormonal disruption can all be driven by foods you eat every day without realizing they're a problem. At Dr. Lana Wellness, we use IgG antibody food sensitivity panels alongside comprehensive stool testing to identify your specific triggers, then work with you to create a personalized elimination protocol, gut healing plan, and nutritional strategy that gives you clarity, symptom relief, and long-term dietary freedom.

What Is Food Sensitivity Testing?

• Food Allergy vs. Food Sensitivity vs. Food Intolerance

  • Allergies are immediate IgE reactions. Sensitivities are delayed IgG reactions appearing hours later. Intolerances are enzyme deficiencies with no immune component at all.

• What Does an IgG Food Panel Test?

  • It measures IgG antibodies to a wide range of foods, indicating immune exposure and sensitization — useful as a guide for an elimination diet while working on a healing GI protocol rather than a stand-alone diagnosis.

Symptoms That May Signal Food Sensitivities:

• Digestive Symptoms: Bloating, gas, cramping, irregular bowel habits, and reflux that appear inconsistently and seem unrelated to any specific meal.

• Skin Symptoms: Acne, eczema flares, hives, unexplained rashes, and itching that persist despite topical protocols.

• Neurological + Mood Symptoms: Brain fog, headaches, fatigue, irritability, anxiety, and difficulty concentrating — often appearing a day after the triggering food.

• Hormonal + Immune Symptoms: Joint pain, recurring infections, worsening PMS, and unexplained inflammatory markers can all reflect ongoing food-driven immune activation.

What Happens After Testing?

Your Personalized Elimination Protocol: A structured removal of your highest-reactivity foods for three to six weeks, designed around your test results and what is realistic for your life.

Gut Healing Phase: Sensitivities usually develop because of a compromised gut lining, so repairing that barrier is what allows foods to be reintroduced successfully.

Reintroduction & Long-Term Dietary Planning: Foods are systematically reintroduced one at a time to confirm which genuinely cause symptoms — the goal is dietary freedom, not permanent restriction.