Understanding Your Alcat Test Results Optimal Wellness Through Customized Nutrition Today in the industrialized world, we face vastly different threats to our health and well- being as compared to threats imposed on our grandparents and those who came before us. In past years, infection was the greatest cause of death. Today it is cancer, heart disease, diabetes and other degenerative, chronic diseases associated with aging. Recent scientific discoveries have revealed increasingly deeper levels of understanding of how food interacts with the immune system affecting metabolism in ways that can be either beneficial or detrimental. Chronic activation of the immune system and the chronic inflammation that it produces is not only the common feature of modern diseases of aging, but also its major underlying cause. The “wrong” food, although it may be “healthful” for most people, will induce inflammation. The Why is it immune system aims to damage the food, which it mistakes as a harmful invader, such as important to a bacteria, parasite or virus, but also ends up damaging our own bodies. Long-term exposure can even trigger autoimmunity, where the have the immune system actively attacks our own tissues and bodily structures. Alcat Test? It has been known for ages that food can be either the best medicine or a strong poison. The ancient Greeks like Hippocrates and Lucretius expressed this clearly in their writings which have been maintained, “Let thy food be thy medicine and thy medicine be thy food” and “One man’s meat is another man’s poison.” The Alcat Test can tell you which food is your ‘meat’ and which is your ‘poison’. It is not a substitute for medical care, but it can be extremely helpful if incorporated into a healthy lifestyle and as an aid in disease prevention. If a medical condition exists, the Alcat Test is helpful used in conjunction with the advice of a qualified health practitioner. The following pages will give you the information that is required to do so. To your health, Roger Davis Deutsch- Owner/Founder, Cell Science Systems 2 Understanding Your Alcat Test Results Table of Contents Understanding the Difference Between Food Allergies, Food Sensitivities, and Intolerances................................................ 5 Understanding Your Alcat Results.................................................................................. 6 The Report: Color Coding & Degree of Reactivity............................................... 7 Rotation Plan......................................................................................................... 10 Sensitivity to Candida....................................................................................................... 12 Sensitivity to Gluten and Gliadin.................................................................................... 14 Sensitivity to Milk, Casein, and Whey............................................................................ 18 Living with Food Sensitivities......................................................................................... 20 Feeling Worse Before Feeling Better............................................................................. 21 Reference Descriptions: What You Need to Know..................................................... 22 Reference Descriptions Overview....................................................................... 24 Vegetables & Legumes.......................................................................................... 26 Fruits....................................................................................................................... 36 Meats ...................................................................................................................... 42 Dairy & Eggs ........................................................................................................... 44 Seafood.................................................................................................................. 45 Grains & Starches................................................................................................... 50 Herbs & Spices........................................................................................................ 53 Nuts, Oils, & Miscellaneous................................................................................... 58 Food Additives & Preservatives............................................................................ 66 Food Colorings........................................................................................................ 72 Molds....................................................................................................................... 74 Environmental Chemicals...................................................................................... 76 Antibiotics & Anti-Inflammatory Agents.............................................................. 77 Functional Foods & Medicinal Herbs.................................................................... 79 Re-introducing Foods....................................................................................................... 97 Frequently Asked Questions........................................................................................... 98 Additional Testing from Cell Science Systems............................................................... 101 Additional Resources....................................................................................................... 102 References........................................................................................................................ 105 Understanding Your Alcat Test Results Guide 3 Congratulations! You have made a positive step toward improving your health with the Alcat Food and Chemical Sensitivity Test. Now that you have utilized the most sophisticated laboratory technology to identify your sensitivities, you can begin to take a fresh look toward improving your health. Your Alcat Test results will help you select an interesting and varied eating program based on foods that are compatible with your unique biochemical makeup. To gain the most benefit, study this booklet carefully and begin your personal food plan as soon as possible. The Alcat Test is for food sensitivities that cause chronic inflammation. This booklet contains valuable information and practical advice to help you safely change your eating pattern and lifestyle while still maintaining a balanced nutritional intake. 4 Understanding Your Alcat Test Results Understanding the Difference Between Food Allergies, Food Sensitivities, and Intolerances Adverse reactions to foods and chemicals are often called hypersensitivities. There are many different hypersensitivities to foods. You may hear the terms “allergy”,” sensitivity”, and “intolerance” being used interchangeably and also incorrectly. The following clarification reflects how most health experts are trained to use these terms. Allergy Sensitivity Intolerance A type 1 hypersensitivity, the Sensitivities cause a chronic The word “intolerance” can IgE (Immunoglobin E) mediated inflammatory process. Symptoms be confusing because if we immune response, is immediate related to sensitivities could are sensitive to something, and usually produces symptoms occur hours after ingesting the we’re not tolerating it. But an minutes after ingesting the offenders, or even days later. adverse reaction classified as Those with symptoms of food an intolerance does not involve offender, and up to hours later. sensitivities, may experience them the immune system and is the This is a true allergic reaction. chronically, and may struggle with result of insufficient production The allergic response to a food, digestive issues such as loose of enzymes necessary to digest chemical, mold or herb can be stools, constipation, flatulence, particular components in foods. life threatening. Even small feeling bloated, headaches, For example, the intolerance that amounts of a food to which a migraines, fatigue, skin issues, most people are familiar with, a person is truly allergic, are likely arthritis, focus and attention lactose intolerance, is actually the to trigger the immune system issues, irritability, and the list goes lack of or insufficient availability response. The immune system on. It is also possible to have of the enzyme lactase, which is attacks a specific protein as if it food sensitivities without noticing necessary to digest the naturally were a harmful pathogen. Signs symptoms. The inflammation occurring sugar in milk, lactose. created by the cellular response The Alcat Test does not test for and symptoms can vary and may may be occurring, but symptoms this type of adverse reaction. include a tingling in the mouth, may not be detected. The Alcat Test is measuring hives, rash, immediate vomiting, Food sensitivities, unlike IgE sensitivities, not allergies or wheezing, edema- swelling of mediated allergies, do not always intolerances. parts of the body, such as the require exposure to a food to throat, tongue and face. When “prime” them and sometimes an IgE allergic reaction is severe individuals can handle small and life-threatening, it is known as amounts of the food to which they anaphylaxis. are sensitive. If this type of reaction is suspected, it is crucial that a The Alcat Test is a highly sensitive, physician or allergist be consulted objective test for assessing the for the diagnosis. If diagnosed with innate immune cell response food allergies,