#THE PINNER TEST SKIN#

The main difference between a food allergy and a food intolerance is that a food allergy will manifest immediately after inhalation or consumption whereas a food intolerance could take hours or even days for symptoms to show up (which makes it even harder to identify what symptom came from what food).

#THE PINNER TEST SKIN#

A food intolerance is maldigestion in your body, mostly caused by a lack of certain enzymes needed to properly digest your food. If you eat a food you are intolerant to, your immune system won't recognize it or be able to properly break down the molecules into nutrients, in which case the undigested proteins will then accumulate in the gut and bloodstream and trigger inflammation, which then leads to a variety of other symptoms (fatigue, headaches, skin problems, brain fog, joint pain, weight gain, bloating, gas, low energy, congestion, cravings). Pinnertest is an at-home blood test (you simply prick your finger at home and mail it back in with the provided pre-postage envelope) that tests for permanent intolerances to 200 different foods. What is Pinnertest and Food Intolerance vs. My friend Alyssa, owner of Root & Bones, told me to check out documenting of her experience with Pinnertest and how after finding out that she had an intolerance to lemons, removing them helped clear up her skin. As I've documented this journey on my Insta, I've had people who have experienced similar issues reach out with recos. The problem here is that although I eliminated foods, I only did each one for 2 weeks and it could take months to see a difference in your symptoms! Even though I normally don't consume much of those two types of foods, it's tough to commit to eliminating something for 6 months when you're only guessing and not 100% sure that it's the cause of your issues. I've tried so many different approaches to make them go away (acupuncture, changing my beauty products, and eliminating foods that I thought could be the culprit such as dairy and gluten). It's basically skin colored bumps that come and go but for the most part are always there and vary in terms of looking better or worse on certain days.

How I Found Out About PinnertestĪs you might also know from my previous posts, I started experiencing some acne on my forehead back in the fall. However, as much as I've cleaned up my diet and made so many positive changes, I've always been curious what foods I could potentially be intolerant to after experiencing many of the associated symptoms. I consider myself an extremely healthy eater. Like, more excited than I was on Christmas (as a child). As you may know from my previous Insta posts and stories, I was SO excited to take this test.

I recently took the Pinnertest which checks for food intolerances.

The pinner test