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New Path - FOOD ALLERGY
What's Included?

REQUIREMENTS

  • 8 HOUR FAST before testing
  • KIT MAILED to your home
  • FEW DROPS OF BLOOD collected at home

    • Why Consider Food Allergy Testing?

    Food Allergies can have a dramatic impact on your health. Common food allergies such as that of peanuts, milk or chicken can be more easily identified because the body’s reactions to these allergens are immediate. However, some food allergies or intolerances don’t produce symptoms until 2-3 days after they are eaten. Another factor that may complicate a delayed food allergy is the number of foods that may have been eaten may contain 10 or more ingredients. Food allergy testing is crucial at this point, because individuals, parents and health care professionals may have a hard time identifying the culprits.

    The rate that our bodies react to allergens can be grouped into two categories: Immediate and Delayed. In an Immediate reaction, the body produces IgE (Immunoglobulin E) which instantly reacts thus making them easier to identify. These serious reactions can be life-threatening and require the expertise and treatment skills of a medical doctor to develop the best plan to avoid and respond to a IgE reaction. You can find valuable information about this type of food allergies at Alletess Medical Laboratory. The IgE response is NOT the reaction being evaluated here with our food allergy test.

    When the reaction is observed more than 72 hours after eating a specific food, a Delayed food allergy or intolerance is at play. The time that it takes for the intolerance to show symptoms makes it hard to identify which food is causing the reaction. One of the best way to identify these delayed food allergens is with a blood test that identifies your personal sensitivity to a list of the most common ones.

    In a delayed reaction, the body produces the antibody IgG. Aside from being the most abundant antibody, IgG also produces the most common reactions to food allergies. These unidentified food allergies can compromise your immune system, disrupt normal digestion, and are also linked to a number of chronic diseases such as ADD/ADHD, Rheumatoid Arthritis and Autism.

    The IgG 184 Food Allergy Panel - is a simple way to identify which food allergies may be affecting your health. MyMedLab’s food allergy online test makes it even easier by allowing you to collect your sample in the privacy of your own home. There is no lab visit required to access the latest technology in our Blood Spot Test. A few drops of blood from a finger stick is all that is needed to stop guessing and start testing. The results of your food allergy home test will let you know which food you are most reactive to by ranking each food as low, medium and high. It’s a simple way to create this chapter in the Science of YOU.


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    Five Simple Steps to Get Started

    1. CLICK Add to Cart
    2. Choose from other recommended tests to personalize your baseline panel
    3. CLICK Checkout to create your private health record
    4. Once your kit arrives, collect a few drops of blood in the privacy of your home.
    5. Ship the dried blood sample back to the lab for testing in the mailer provided.

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    The Big Advantages of a Simple Blood Spot Test

    This type of collection is the same used by millions of people around the world to check their blood sugar.

    1. Whole blood is collected with a simple nick of the finger using the lancet provided.
    2. Blood drops are collected on the filter card provided and allowed to dry.
    3. The card is simply mailed in for testing with no special storage conditions or handling.
    4. The lab can measures the amount of sensitivities to foods captured in the spots of dried blood.

    Advancements in technology are increasing the number of tests available that closely match the accuracy of conventional blood tests done on serum. Because it can be collected at home and is nearly painless, it is suitable for babies and children to eliminate the trauma of a doctor's visit and typical blood draw.

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    What is the Science of YOU?

    The “Science of You” represents a new private way for individuals to engage in their health by knowing their numbers today, comparing them to future results and tracking changes in their health over a life time. It also allows them to communicate with other users, get information and share their experience online with the MyMedLab Facebook page.

    Think of it as a new type of connection between question and answer that combines the latest tools, information and devices together under one roof. It's approaching your health using the same technology that is changing the way we learn new things. Share your own "science of you experience" on the Facebook community wall to help us refine the process and teach others.
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    About Your Test Results

    Your first set of results (along with any health information you choose to share) will be assembled into a single private record as a reference point going forward. This information BELONGS TO YOU and NO OUTSIDE PARTY can access it without your invitation and consent. It is not available to your employer, insurance company, or any government agency and NEVER becomes part of your permanent medical record UNLESS YOU PROVIDE IT.

    Certain results, when complete, provide an option to purchase a one-on-one conversation (an expert review) from a growing list of health coaches, authors and other providers to: ask questions, identify risk factors and help create a plan to move forward with your own personal physician. This unique way to privately share information is revolutionizing the way we learn about our health.

    When you have more than one value for a test, results are graphed together so you can easily track changes in your health over time. So the more tests the baseline includes, the more valuable it becomes in the future. Your results are reviewed by our medical team for any values needing immediate attention (critical) or requiring a follow up with your doctor (caution) before they are released to you. You will be notified by email when you can log back into your private health record and review your results.

    Looking at the exact same data from different perspectives (medical doctors, alternative medicine, nutrition, etc) allows everyone you invite to learn from each other. Experts can add notes, recommend tests and follow up conversation (if needed), directly into one single record. Each conversation is recorded and placed as an MP3 file in your private record to get the most out of the valuable information they provide.
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    An Important Note About Your Experience

    MYMEDLAB TESTS, SUPPORT GROUPS, OR EXPERT REVIEWS ARE NOT A REPLACEMENT FOR THE SERVICES OF A PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN.     If you do not fully understand this important distinction about the services available here, please do not purchase our products. Our platform serves as a health concierge or guide that helps experts share their knowledge. These private conversations, based on the health information contained in your record, create a simple and convenient way to prepare for your next doctor's visit.

    Your information is not sold, shared or used for ANY PURPOSE other than giving the expert the best information to help you. Once the conversation is complete, you have the option of un-checking any answer in your My History tab, which then deletes this information from your record.

    While they CANNOT provide a diagnosis or recommend ANY specific treatment from a single lab report, they may identify results that require a follow up with your personal physician. You will have the opportunity to invite your trusted health providers to participate in these private health conversation. We make it simple to securely fax individual results to your doctor from inside your record, if you choose to make results part of your permanent medical record with them.
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    No Hidden Costs

    There are no hidden fees or yearly memberships to buy. Purchasing this test is all that is required to join. Don't miss this opportunity to be a part of ground-breaking discussions with the best and brightest minds in health care today.

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