Berglund Health & Wellness Center - food sensitivity & allergy testing

Food sensitivity & allergy testing
Practitioners often talk about what they need to "put into" the body (prescription drugs, vitamins, minerals, etc.). Aside from this, there is still another element that remains in determining what is making a person sick. That element involves removing foods and other irritants that cause a reaction in the body.

Dr. Berglund could throw a bunch of vitamins and minerals at any particular condition, but without removing the offending foods, healing takes so much longer and is less effective.

One of the key steps in helping his patients achieve their best level of health is by finding food sensitivities and removing them from their diets.

Conditions caused by food sensitivities

Thyroid conditions
Food sensitivities can keep your thyroid from functioning properly. This puts a strain on your stress glands, causing a vicious cycle of fatigue and hypothyroidism.

Stress & fatigue
Consuming foods that your body is sensitive to puts an extra strain on your stress glands. You can help your overall well-being by avoiding them.

Elevated cholesterol
Avoiding eggs and bacon won't change your cholesterol one bit. Lowering your cholesterl has more to do with avoiding irritants like white flour and white sugar.

Acne
Acne is usually an internal problem with an external presentation. Most often, acne is caused by a toxic diet or food sensitivities.

Digestive disorders
Your digestive system "sees" everything that you consume. Eating foods you're sensitive to can cause inflammation and irritation.

Allergies & asthma
Food sensitivities can cause your body to react even more severely to airborne allergens and asthma triggers.

Blood sugar disorders
Avoiding carbs and sugars are key in managing your blood sugar levels. Food sensitivities can cause an additional stress on the body as well.

Gall bladder problems
Did you know that gall bladder problems can be caused by consuming too many refined grains and sugars?

Fungal yeast overgrowth
Yeast love sugar and carbs - it's what they feed off of! Cleaning up your diet can change their over-populated state.

Ear infections
The body produces large amounts of mucous when it's trying to protect itself from an "attack". This response is usually caused by food sensitivities.

Eczema & rashes
Eczema and rashes can actually be an allergic reaction to a food that is being consumed. Removing that food from your diet can clear up your skin as well!

ADD & ADHD
ADD & ADHD have a few contributing factors - one of them being "brain allergies", or foods that the brain doesn't do well with.

Chronic pain
Consuming foods that you react to cause inflammation in the system, which can eventually lead to chronic pain. Avoiding these foods can help considerably.

About food testing

Absolutely no needles or scratch tests are used to do this type of sensitivity testing. We utilize muscle strength and weakness to gauge whether or not there is a sensitivity. This technique is called "manual muscle testing".

There are lab tests available, such as the ELISA-ACT test, ALCAT test, or SAGE test, but these tests are quite expensive compared to the muscle testing. The beauty of muscle testing is that it can be done in-house, the test results are immediate, and it is painless and non-invasive.

Dr. Berglund has been using this technique (along with many other health care professionals around the world) for many years and feels very confident about it. He has looked at the results patients have gotten from scratch tests as well as blood tests and thinks that in many ways this testing produces superior results.

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