Do you suspect that you are sensitive or allergic to gluten, dairy, sugar or another food? Do you feel bloated, get gas or have stomach pains after eating certain foods? Do you suffer from a stubborn health problem that won't go away no matter what you try? Or perhaps the medications and treatments you're taking aren't actually getting at the root cause of your illness - but you want something that will? Wouldn't it be amazing if you didn’t have to struggle with allergies ever again?

Common symptoms of food sensitivities are:

The Good News is: Food allergies can be eliminated now!

Emery Wellness Center offers LEAP Testing to help you quickly overcome even the most troublesome food sensitivity related problems.

LEAP stands for Lifestyle, Eating, And Performance. The LEAP diet is called an ImmunoCalm Nutrition Program and with it, a specially trained Registered Dietitian can help you to reduce or eliminate symptoms due to food or chemical sensitivities, have a healthier lifestyle, well-balanced nutrition, and optimum performance. LEAP has helped thousands of individuals with food and chemical sensitivities quickly and substantially improve. Some individuals have found they can successfully eliminate chronic health problems when they follow their LEAP diet. If your symptoms are related to your diet, then you need a dietary approach to address these symptoms. Food & Chemical Sensitivities Food and chemical sensitivities can result in an immune system reaction with the release of mediators which cause pain and inflammation in the body. The immune system has a first line of defense in which it identifies "self" and "non-self." This is very beneficial for protecting us from unwanted bacteria and viruses. However, if the immune system decides that a food or chemical is dangerous and should be destroyed, the result is the release of mediators which cause inflammation and pain. This is how food and chemical sensitivities develop.

Many chronic conditions may be made worse by food and chemical sensitivities. Examples include, but are not limited to, Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), Migraines, Fibromyalgia, Crohn's disease, Ulcerative Colitis, Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD), Arthritis, and Autism Spectrum disorders. The following symptoms are often associated with food and chemical sensitivities -

Individuals with food and chemical sensitivities benefit from avoiding the foods and chemicals that trigger pain and inflammation. Keeping a food intake diary and logging symptoms is of little benefit in detecting food sensitivity because the onset of symptoms may be up to 3 days after ingestion of the offending food. Food sensitivity is a dose dependent reaction, meaning that an individual may not have a sensitivity reaction if a very small amount is consumed, and the size of the offending dose varies from one individual to the next. The delayed onset of symptoms and the dose dependent nature of food sensitivities makes sleuthing trigger foods difficult. There is a blood test available to make determining food triggers much easier and it is called the Mediator Release Test (MRT).

What is the MRT?
MRT stands for Mediator Release Test. MRT is a blood test that checks your immune system response (or non-response) to 150 foods and chemicals. MRT is a functional live cell analysis that identifies foods and chemicals which provoke the release of mediators that cause pain and inflammation. The results of the blood test are used to create an individualized healthy eating plan (the LEAP diet) for significantly reducing or eliminating symptoms. The specially trained Registered Dietitian then works with you, teaching you how to eat using the LEAP protocol, and sleuthing out any potential allergies or intolerances that may also be present.

Contact Us Today to Schedule Your LEAP TEST at 954-659-9446 or email us at info@emerywellness.com.