Food Sensitivity Testing

Food Sensitivies are Common!

Discover EXACTLY Which Foods Are Making You Sick!

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Free Food Testing Consultation with Dr. Austrager

Symptoms of Food Sensitivity

From the Desk of Dr. Austrager

Dear Friend, In my clinic we have a saying…”We Don’t Guess…We FOOD TEST!”

The Proof is in the Report! Before we dive too deep, there is an important thing you MUST understand! You must understand the difference between Food Allergy & Food Sensitivity.
Food Allergy: A food allergy is an exaggerated immune response triggered by eggs, peanuts, milk, or some other specific food.
Food Sensitivity / Intolerance: Food intolerance or non-allergic food hypersensitivity is a term used widely for varied physiological responses associated with a particular food, or compound found in a range of foods. It’s important to recognize the difference. We test for the DELAYED sensitivity response…not the immediate response. With the immediate allergic response. This is NOT what we’re testing. We’re testing the 10-12 hour…sometimes up to 72 hour immune response that patients cannot figure out on their own!

Potential Causes of a Food Sensitivity

Too much of one food. You can become sensitive to any food you eat too often. Many people eat a relatively small number of foods several times a day. For example, wheat, a common food sensitivity, is found in breakfast cereals, the bread used to make a sandwich at lunchtime, and the spaghetti eaten at dinnertime.


Leaky gut syndrome. The digestive tract plays a vital role in preventing illness and disease by providing an impenetrable barrier. When the lining of the gut is inflamed from a food sensitivity, small openings develop between the tightly woven cells making up the gut walls. This is called “leaky gut syndrome”. With leaky gut syndrome, partially digested dietary protein can cross the intestinal barrier into the bloodstream. These large protein molecules can cause an allergic response, producing symptoms directly in the intestines or throughout the body. Additionally, hundreds of yeast and bacteria are released from the gut into the bloodstream where they set up infection anywhere, including muscles, joints, bones, teeth roots, coronary arteries, or even the brain. The early introduction of solid foods to infants before six months of age contributes to leaky gut syndrome and subsequent food allergies and sensitivities.


Deficiency of Probiotics. One of the causes of leaky gut is an absence of probiotics or ‘friendly’ bacteria in the intestines. The friendly bacteria help maintain the health of the intestines by producing fuel for intestinal cells and killing bad bacteria. Parasitic infections, treatment with antibiotics and other toxic pharmaceuticals, stress, poor diet (sugar and flour), smoking, alcohol, excessive hygiene, candida overgrowth and bottle-feeding your baby can disrupt the proper balance of friendly bacteria to bad bacteria.


Over-worked immune system. Constant stress, exposure to air and water pollution, and pesticides and chemicals in our food puts a strain on our immune system, making it less able to respond appropriately to the antigens in food. Genetics. Food allergies and intolerances seem to be hereditary. Research indicates that if both parents have allergies, their children have a sixty-seven percent chance of developing food allergies. When only one parent is allergic, the child has a 33% chance of developing food allergies. Specifically, a person may inherit a deficiency of an enzyme like lactase, the enzyme that digests dairy. With nightshade sensitivities, there are ten genetic variants for susceptibility, not all individuals are affected equally or at all. A similar case can be made for other food sensitivities. Genetic variations predict the severity of your sensitivity.

Frequently Asked Questions

What Happens at the In-Person Food Sensitivity Consultation or On The Food Sensitivity Call?

Dr. Austrager will ask you some questions, conduct a thorough health history, and determine whether food sensitivity testing could improve your health with the information it provides.


Do You Provide Support?

Yes! After you receive your Food Testing results, Dr. Austrager will provide a Report Findings and recommended action plan on what to do next. This is included in the price for the testing. Following that consultation, we do our best to provide full 24/7 email support. Dr. Austrager will typically respond to your questions within 24 hours either via email or a phone call. If you have a question / obstacle to work through we’ll provide you the support & guidance you need.

Are Your Programs Safe?

ABSOLUTELY! Our protocols are extremely safe and there is nothing like it. There are very few doctors that will do objective functional testing and work towards finding the ROOT CAUSE of the health challenge. Most simply give a medication / chemical cover up.

Does Insurance Pay For Food Testing?

Unfortunately, no insurance company pays for our type of testing. However, if you’re motivated, we’ll work with you to get the testing that you need.

Where Is Your Clinic Located?

Our office is located at 235 Walnut Street in Framingham, MA. We also assist patients virtually across the United States. The wonderful thing about food testing and our functional approach is that it can be done from anywhere! After our initial in-person consultation or phone call (to determine if food testing makes sense for you), we’ll provide you with the test kit so that together, we can customize a safe, natural, and highly effective protocol based on your individual needs.