Everlywell Food Sensitivity Test - Learn How Your Body Responds to 96 Different Foods - at-Home Collection Kit - CLIA-Certified Labs - Ages 18+

UPDATE 16-May-2018: We had my husband do this test so we could compare results. We call him the dog with hands because the man can eat everything in sight without issue. Sure enough, his test results show almost no reactivity to foods - just yogurt, which we knew about.I have major food issues - GERD, gluten intolerance, IC, IBS, migraines, and allergies. My test results show significant reactivity to a broad range of foods - and these are foods we knew I had issues with.I am convinced this test is pretty legit.PREVIOUS REVIEW: This test won’t confirm lactose intolerance nor celiac disease. All it does is show IgG reactive levels - antibodies. The medical community is divided over what this means for food tolerance. Humans develop antibodies as protection against foreign substances like viruses. If you have had chicken pox, you have antibodies against chicken pox. This doesn’t guarantee that you won’t get chicken pox, but it definitely reduces your chances significantly.But does having chicken pox antibodies make you willing to eat the chicken pox virus?Well, food is no different. There are foods our bodies believe are harmful foreign agents and so our bodies build up antibodies to protect us from them. Does the presence of the antibodies mean you are now safe to enjoy those foods? This is where the medical community is divided.NIH has published results of a study that shows elimating IgG-reactive foods reduces migraines.Here is what I can tell you - wheat and gluten are on my reactive IgG list. I eliminated both and I went from near-daily migraines to about 3 per month.IgG antibodies trigger an inflammatory response. That response will manifest in different human bodies in different ways. Migraines in some, brain fog or joint pain in others. Maybe lethargy, fatigue, insomnia, etc., it all depends on how the inflammatory response occurs.This test is only going to tell you your IgG reactivity to foods. It won’t tell you how that reactivity in you manifests. Maybe it doesn’t. Or maybe it’s the source of that mystery joint pain you are having.The human body is a complex ecosystem. No two bodies react exactly the same because we all have different gut bacteria, diets, genetics, medications, etc. Each of these things contributes to your unique chemistry. How these IgG-reactive foods impact your chemistry really can only be determined through an elimination diet and then reintroduction of one IgG-reactive food at a time so you can see how your body reacts to it.All this test will do is narrow down a possible list of foods based on IgG reactivity only.Celiac disease and lactose intolerance are two examples of food issues that this test will NOT reveal.Food intolerance has several possible causes - IgG just being one among many - and there are likely many more that we aren’t even aware of yet.So don’t put all of your eggs in one basket, so to speak. This test is just one piece of your body’s ecological mystery puzzle.

This was a simple and accurate blood test to determine my food allergies. I followed instructions to warm my hands to help blood flow and pricked my finger with the enclose lancet. It was surprisingly not as painful as expected. I filled the provided collection card with circles of blood, let it dry and put it in the enclosed envelope to drop in the mail the next day. I went to the simple to use Everlywell app and registered my test kid. I mailed this in on a Monday and received my results by Thursday or Friday. They confirmed my suspicions about what I can and can't eat making life easier for me in less time to order and do the test than it would have bein to make an appointment with a doctor's office for a food allergy test.

The kit they sent did not have a finger prick that drew the amount of blood needed for the test.... i did my best. The instructions asked for a photo of the blood sample and promised a reply within 6 hours... Three days later they emailed and said no, it wont work, there is not enough blood... we will send you another kit...ok, great. But then two days after that my results came in over email (before any retest kit even arrived) saying i had no allergies. Well, which is it? not enough blood to test or not? I reached out via email and insisted asked that I get another test (mentioning their original promise to retest). A different person that had originally replied to me said 'no', and after a couple emails between us, insisted no. I know i have a lactose intolerance (a significant one) but the test did not show it. To me, this indicates the test did not work and a good argument for retest... they replied with lots of big words as to why i should not expect my test to show positive results (even on lactose)... Why didn't they give these disclaimers on the amazon website for consideration before i bought the kit. My guess is that would hurt sales :(.I want a retest, or i want my money back.Let the buyer beware.

The product arriIived much earlier than promised. The envelop had an attractive botanical print. Everything needed for the test was included with clear instructions. The only negative was that only one of the included lancets worked, and I had a hard time getting enough blood to fill the required areas.