Food
allergies are the ones where the body responds
different than usual to any food item. It is a sort of immune response where
the immune system responds differently to some natural molecules.
These allergies are usually shown out in various
different types of inflammations like swelling, itching, coughing, vomiting,
hives, skin rashes and others. These inflammations occur because some protein
in the food causes the histamine in the blood to be released. The intensity of
these effects wearies from person to person. The symptoms are not always
visible or evident and thus determine a pathological chronic inflammatory
status which can lead to various severe health problems. These health problems
includes conditions and diseases like cancer, infertility, diabetes, migraine,
asthma, glaucoma, weight gain, seizure and many more. These allergies are
usually tackled by using antihistamine, which is a powerful drug to stop the
inflammation signals.
At Nutripanda, food allergies are checked before the
nutrition chart of a person is made. It is checked using double patterns of
antibodies, usually which are highly specific, present in various food items
which we usually come across in our daily life. It is checked using a small amount
of blood against the immune-globin antibodies of food. These are special
immunological tests which are very accurate and sensitive.
Along with this check of intolerance and allergies
towards food, various other tests are also carried out at Nutripanda. These
tests include urine test, heavy metals test and vitamin D test. Urine test
determines levels of various components of urine and thus proves to be a
screening test to check for possibilities of various diseases. The heavy metal
test is used to determine thelevel of various different heavy metals in the
urine. The access of these heavy metals may cause damage to immune system of
the body. Vitamin D test is done because it is very important for humans and
deficiency of which can lead towards various bone related problems and other
diseases.
The results of these tests are very important as they
are ones which majorly decide the food components and their levels, to be
majorly included in the nutrition chart of the particular person in question.
Utmost care is taken to not include any food item which might cause allergy and
cause any sort of problem to him.