Metabolic, Micronutrient, Intallergy.
Hunger regulation and food metabolism, vitamin and mineral deficiency, and susceptibility to allergies and intolerances.
Our Florence Nutrition Check Up allows you to assess the effectiveness and danger of ketogenic diets on a purely scientific basis. With the test you will be able to understand some physiological phenomena characteristic of a person's organism related to food catabolism (protein, fat, carbohydrates). You will receive useful information on the balance between glucose and insulin (glycation and diabetes), cholesterol and triglyceride metabolism and transport, fat mass deposition, and amino acid catabolism. There is also a specific set of genes that are involved in hormonal regulation of metabolism: adiponectin, leptin, ghrelin, neuro peptide Y, catecholamines, thyroid hormones (alterations on TSH receptor), melanocortin, and melatonin. It provides a simple and clear picture of all micronutrients to be included in the diet to balance imbalances that may have generated unhealthy situations or disease.
Withmicronutrient analysis , genetic predisposition toward deficiency of specific micronutrients essential for health is assessed. Vitamins (A, B, C, D, E, K), minerals (calcium, phosphorus, and magnesium), and trace elements (iron, zinc, and selenium) are important for proper functioning of the body. Although the body needs them in small amounts, they play a key role in the production of enzymes, hormones and other substances that help regulate growth, activity, development and the functioning of the immune and reproductive systems.
Genetically based deficiencies of micronutrients are to be considered "constitutive," thus requiring pathways of nutritional supplementation throughout the life course. Identifies foods and substances that cause toxic activities towards the body. Allows knowledge of natural predisposition toward food allergies and intolerances: nickel, lactose, milk and egg proteins, salt, fructose, acetaldehyde, histamine, peanuts, iron, ethanol, caffeine and sulfites (food preservatives).
Within the module is HLA typing (DQ2-DQ8) for assessing susceptibility to develop celiac disease: an unfavorable HLA combination results in an increased risk for the disease, while the absence of unfavorable variants makes the manifestation of symptoms completely unlikely.
The test also assesses certain polymorphisms related to gluten sensitivity, an intolerance that is difficult to diagnose and not to be confused with celiac disease.