Test Results: An eye opener about food

I got the results back on the Alternative Sensitivity Assessment for Vida and it has been very helpful. While it also covers environmental sensitivities (and there were some), the food category has given me the information I need to avoid instigating problems via diet. Here are the most common foods that came up "Yay" or "Nay" for her:


Some of this was surprising , some was expected, and it was interesting to compare it with the TCM perspective on foods as well as what she's turned her nose up at or has caused her digestive problems.

Within days of removing the foods from the "avoid" list she looked better: her coat looked smoother, her eyes brighter, the fleas went away, and her morning appetite returned.

This list of "ok" foods is longer, but I still can't feed most commercially prepared raw foods that contain vegetables because they all seem to have carrot, apple, sweet potato, zucchini... at least one of these common plant foods in them. And since most company's don't vary their vegetable blend much between meat formulas you're stuck making your own veggie glop. Luckily that's super easy!

This really illustrates that we can easily miss the culprits on our pet's diet by focusing only on the obvious items like meat species or trying to just avoid grains. Since doing Vida's test I've had clients do it and the variety of results is very individualized, making it even more apparent how useful this test is.

The test is so simple; mailing off a sample of hair and saliva for a bio-feedback method of assessment.  I'll be encouraging many of my clients to use it and take advantage of the information it provides.

The simplified list...

AVOID Buffalo Lamb Pork Chicken (incl egg) Mackerel Salmon (incl oil) Tuna Avocado Bok Choy Dandelion Greens Carrot Parsnip Potato Sweet Potato Tomato Summer Squash Apple Citrus (most) Pineapple Papaya ALL GRAINS (incl buckwheat, quinoa) Brazil Nuts Olive Oil Canola Oil Sesame Seed/Oil Sunflower Seed/Oil Vinegar Honey Aged cheese

OK Beef Turkey Duck Rabbit Venison Emu Goat Pheasant/Quail Cod Sardine Anchovie Milk (cow, goat) Asparagus Beet Broccoli Cabbage Cauliflower Celery Collard Green Bean Jicama Kale Chard Lettuce Mushroom Mustard Greens Okra Pumpkin (incl seed) Red Pepper Spinach Sprouts Winter Squash Berries (all ok) Fig Pear Almond Chia Seeds Walnut Safflower Oil Cilantro Turmeric Glucosamine Parsley Yogurt