Something you eat is making you feel awful. Let's find out what.
The ALCAT test measures how your own white blood cells react to individual foods. One blood draw, up to 250 foods, and a clear list of what to pull and what to keep.
Book a Complimentary CallStart with a complimentary phone call. Your provider will recommend the right panel size for how you actually eat.When food is the suspect
These symptoms often track back to something on your plate, and they rarely show up on standard bloodwork.
Bloating & Gut Issues
Distended after meals, unpredictable digestion, no clear trigger.
Afternoon Crashes
Energy falls off a cliff a couple hours after eating.
Brain Fog
Slow, cloudy thinking that comes and goes with no pattern you can name.
Skin Flares
Eczema, acne, or rashes that flare without an obvious cause.
Joint Aches
Stiffness and soreness that does not match your training load.
Stalled Progress
You are doing everything right and the scale and the inflammation will not budge.
Testing tells you which foods to pull first instead of guessing your way through an elimination diet for six months.
Your cells, meeting your food
Most food testing looks for antibodies. This one watches the cells themselves.
We draw your blood
A standard blood draw at our office. No fasting. The sample ships to the lab the same day so your cells are still alive when they arrive.
The lab challenges your cells
Your live white blood cells are exposed to each food on your panel, one at a time, and measured for changes in size and volume.
Every food gets a rating
Each item comes back reactive, borderline, or non-reactive. No interpretation needed to read the report.
This is not an allergy test. Allergy testing looks for IgE antibodies, the response behind hives, swelling, and anaphylaxis. This test measures a different immune pathway, which is why it can surface foods that passed allergy testing and still leave you feeling wrecked. It does not diagnose food allergies or celiac disease. If you have a known allergy, keep avoiding that food regardless of what your report says.
How many foods do you want answers on?
Every panel includes everything in the panels below it, plus your provider results review. Pick based on how wide you eat.
Not sure which size fits? Book the complimentary call. Your provider will ask what a normal week of eating looks like for you and recommend from there.
Check if your food is on the list
Search any food to see which panel size covers it, or browse the full list by panel.
100 Food Panel
The most popular starting point. Broad enough to cover a normal week of eating.
From call to plan
Complimentary Call
Twenty minutes with a provider. We pick your panel size and get you scheduled.
Blood Draw
Done at our office. No fasting. Skip medications and supplements for 3 to 4 hours beforehand.
Results in 7 to 10 Days
Your report sorts every food into reactive, borderline, or non-reactive.
Your Plan
We build the elimination and reintroduction schedule together, and swap in foods you actually like.
Four things to get right
The test reads live cells, so a little prep protects your result.
Keep eating normally
Do not cut foods out beforehand. Your immune cells need current exposure or a real reaction can hide.
Hold medications and supplements
Nothing for 3 to 4 hours before the draw. Morning appointment? Take everything right after.
Flag anti-inflammatories
Steroids, anti-inflammatory medication, and anti-rejection therapy can suppress the response. Tell your provider before you book.
No fasting needed
Eat breakfast. Drink water. This one is easy.
Questions about food sensitivity testing
No. An allergy test looks for IgE antibodies, the immune response behind hives, swelling, and anaphylaxis. This test measures a different response: how your white blood cells react when they meet a food. That is why it can flag foods that never showed up on allergy testing but still leave you bloated, foggy, or inflamed. If you have a true food allergy, keep avoiding that food regardless of what this test says.
We draw your blood and ship it to the lab the same day. The lab exposes your live white blood cells to each food on your panel and measures how those cells change in size and volume. Each food comes back sorted into reactive, borderline, or non-reactive.
Plan on 7 to 10 business days from the day the lab receives your sample. We reach out as soon as your report is in.
Most people do well with the 100 food panel. Go bigger if you eat a wide or unusual diet, cook with a lot of herbs and spices, or have already cut the obvious foods and still feel off. Your provider will help you choose on your complimentary call.
No fasting required. Do not take medications or supplements for 3 to 4 hours before your draw. If you take anti-inflammatory medication or anti-rejection therapy, tell your provider first, since those can affect the result.
No. Keep eating normally. The test needs your immune cells to have current exposure to the foods being measured, so cutting things out beforehand can hide a real reaction.
No. The standard approach is to pull reactive foods for a set stretch, usually 4 to 12 weeks, see how you feel, then reintroduce them one at a time and watch what happens. Most people end up adding foods back.
No. Celiac disease requires specific antibody testing and sometimes a biopsy. This test can flag a gluten or gliadin reaction, but it cannot rule celiac in or out. Tell your provider if celiac is a concern and we will order the right test.
Yes. Food sensitivity testing layers on top of hormone therapy, weight loss, peptides, or anything else you are doing with us. It is often the missing piece when everything else is dialed in and you still feel inflamed.
Stop guessing which food it is
One blood draw gives you a list instead of a theory. Start with a complimentary phone call and your provider will recommend the right panel for how you eat.
Book a Complimentary Call(949) 997-3988