5Strands Food Intolerance, Environmental Sensitivity & Nutritional Imbalance Test, 1052 Items Tested, Gut Health & Nutrition Absorption Testing for Adults & Kids, Results in 4 Days

Since all period, that I was dealing with Lab, I had only one issue with was solved very quick and easy for me. All people, who were involved, were kind, friendly and sympathetic! I want to thank you for such a great work, affordable prices and full information. This test gives precise information of your body functions, deficits and allergy. Which is quite difficult to get from the blood test, because not everything can be measured by the blood analysis.

This company is awesome!The process is simple, easy and quick. They send you the test box. Inside is an instruction sheet and “Get to Know You” questionnaire. 5Strands asks you to provide hair strands, then put them in the provided sealable ziploc bag. Lastly, you are given an envelope to send your results back in through USPS. That’s it! Not invasive at all like allergy testing can be!I had my results in a week and it was very easy to understand how to read my results!5Strands had made it clear what they can help you with. I think where most customers misinterpret their data is thinking that these intolerance symptoms are comparable to allergy symptoms. That is not correct and 5Strands makes sure to state that multiple times! This test is meant to give you awareness of your body chemistry and how it reacts to environmental and food properties that you come in contact with.Although you may see Salmon on your Level 3 results (most severe) and “feel nothing” when you are eating salmon... it could still be causing unseen symptoms, like bloating or gas that you may not notice!Others also notice the same food in multiple categories.. well foods can be consumed in different forms (raw & cooked). I have noticed that raw onions make me way more gassy than cooked onions and it showed up right in my results!!On day one I have already cut out a couple foods that I would normally eat and I have had a dramatic increase in energy and comfort!I can’t thank this company enough!! Way to go, 5Strands!

The only problem I had with this was I couldn’t get my own hair at the root myself so I asked my hairdresser to do it.

As others have noted, I received my results very quickly. I am super impressed with this service. I received my results on Monday, after mailing off the hair sample last Tuesday.I was keen on learning what my intolerances are as I've been getting worse and worse acid reflux over the last few years and have developed issues swallowing. I have "GERD" and esophagitis. It's been building for years, but I just think "oh who can cut out all that food - I love food" and keep on keeping on. Recently I had a serious swallowing incident at work where I ended up running out of a meeting choking on food, and then vomiting in our waiting area. I cannot keep running these risks. So to treat GERD you cut out the obvious stuff (fatty food, acidic foods, alcohol, coffee, fun....) and they also suggest food intolerances as a big cause, so here I am buying this test.What I've learned is that I've had it all wrong. I thought maybe I was gluten intolerant so I cut out gluten for about 3 years. I now know I am not gluten intolerant, and things I'd replaced in my diet (champagne instead of beer, rice flour instead of wheat flour) are actually the things I'm intolerant of!! WHAT?!! So I had it all wrong. And now I know this crazy list of stuff I can filter out of my diet over the next 5-10 weeks and see if I can get my dang esophagus to heal so I can swallow like a normal human again.I had bought this test kit above the others primarily because of 1. the price point and 2. the fact that I didn't have to prick my finger and send in blood. I'm highly needlephobic, and have wanted to get intolerance testing done for years and this is literally the first time that I was able to do so and not have to deal with a major needle incident.This test is life changing. I cannot wait to see how I feel in a couple months once I've eliminated some of these key items from my diet. I'd recommend this test highly. Knowledge is power!! Science and technology now allow even this helpless needlephobe access to crucial info that can help my health with very little cost and no pain and speedy results with great customer service. ALL THE STARS.