You took an important step in your health journey to get the most important organ of your body- your gut microbiome sequenced to learn what has been making you experience various chronic disease symptoms, be it digestive, metabolic, neurological or even evaluating your current state of wellness.
Nothing can be more exciting than waiting for 5 weeks to lay your hands on your detailed 60 page analysis & recommendation report giving your insights on current state of deregulations of your biological functions & which food will reinstate balance of biochemical activities taking place inside the body. Take some time to review insights on your unique biology on your Genefitletics’ profile or mobile app.
While reviewing your results, you will also get detailed information on how we arrived at various scores & what they tell you about your current health situation.
Please remember improving your health outcomes is a long term journey- your health journey cannot be completed overnight. We encourage you to follow your unique food recommendations for 3 to 4 months diligently, listen to signals your body is giving you & go for re-test when it’s time to evaluate how your recommendations have fared up & overcome dysregulation of your biological functions. This will ensure that you see the most benefit. We’ve heard from customers who tell us they felt improvements within just a few weeks. But the sustainable results come with consistency for rebalancing your gut microbiome. 200 plus food recommendations unique for you which we give you based on analysis of your gut microbiome profile is divided into 4 categories, clearly demarcated what is good for your body & microbiome currently & what foods you should stay away from right now.
- Foods to be consumed frequently: These are the foods which promote beneficial microbial activities inside your body. Try to incorporate as many as you can in your body.
- Foods to be consumed in moderation: This would be biggest list with huge various of foods to choose from which you would be able to eat with your frequently consumed food list to supplement your daily meal..
- Foods to be minimised: It would be beneficial if you could limit consumption of these foods to once a week
- Foods to be avoided: You should stay away from foods in your avoid list as much as possible.
If you see your favorite food in your avoid or minimise list, please do not panic, it may not be there permanently. Foods that need to be avoided due to overgrowth of certain strains of bacteria or fungi such as Candida or due to plant viruses such as tomato, pepper, blueberries, potato or brown rice should be avoided for the first leg of recommendations (4 weeks). Once harmful activities inside your gut are suppressed, the same foods may be reintroduced in your daily meal plate. Once you do a retest, you may see foods that were in the avoid list may move to the moderation food list.
Although some people are so motivated that they may immediately jump on the renewed health journey bandwagon, stay away from avoid foods & eat a lot of foods to be consumed frequently, other folks would need some hand holding in bringing discipline in adopting these recommendations. The following would help to bring that discipline:
- For first week, stay away from most of avoid foods & incorporate one or two frequently consumed foods.
- Notice how you feel & any changes you experience in your symptoms.
- Include more Superfoods and remove more Avoids as you move forward through the next couple of weeks.
Your recommended portion sizes for each food group- vegetables, fruits & grains, Protein & fats; poultry & meat, Herbs, spices & condiments, Drinks & Beverages, Milk & Fermented Products, Processed foods are mentioned in your Food List. If you don’t use your one Minimize serving, you can add in one more serving from your food to be consumed frequently & those consumed in moderation.
First things first: the first step in your renewed health journey is to kick out foods out of your personal pantry that aren’t healthy for anyone. Some of these may include
- Sweeteners like agave nectar, corn syrup and white sugar
- Sugary drinks
- Oils such as canola, hydrogenated vegetable oil
- Grains like white flour and flavored, sweetened oatmeal
- Packaged foods
For more details, please read our blog on pre-preparation steps before kickstarting your journey of optimising your gut.
We are always there to answer any questions you may have. Your may write to us at support@genefitletics.com directly.
Good luck for your renewed health journey.
