How To Read Your 5Strands Health Assessment?
The 5Strands Food Intolerance Test is best utilized as a starting point for people to make informed dietary and lifestyle adjustments. Our bioresonance technology determines how responsive your sample is to the resonance of each item tested upon exposure. There are 4 severity levels of response that 5Strands determines based upon the registered imbalance:
LEVEL 3 (red) – These items are considered severe intolerances most likely causing physical & noticeable symptoms. It is suggested that you try to avoid consumption and exposure to these items for at least 60 days.
LEVEL 2 (yellow) – These items are considered moderate intolerances. It is suggested that you try to avoid consumption and exposure to these items for 30 days.
LEVEL 1 (green) – These items are considered mild intolerances. It is suggested that you try to avoid consumption and exposure to these items for 15 days.
INSIGNIFICANT RESPONSE (gray) – These items responded as compatible for consumption and exposure during your elimination process.
The Elimination Diet
This report is best utilized as a 60-day elimination guideline that will provide your body enough time to heal and rebalance. As a reminder these results are not diagnosing allergies (hives, face swelling, vomit, anaphylactic shock, etc), but rather determining current dietary exposures causing an intolerance (upset stomach, skin irritations, bloating, joint pain, headaches, etc). The intention of the 5Strands functional health assessment is to become more in tune with your body and how it is responding to your current food intake. It is recommended to never consume a food item more than 2-3 times per week. After 15 days you can start to reintroduce the green items, after 30 days reintroduce the yellow items, and after 60 days reintroduce the red items. The reintroduction process is where you add back a once offending food item into your nutrition plan. You should only add back one food item at a time. If you consume the food item and you do not experience any intolerance symptoms, then you can continue consuming in moderation. If you consume the offending food item and notice a symptom, keep in mind that you can still consume this food in the future, but you may deal with an undesirable symptom.