
Alyssa
Your Test Notes & Recommendations From Alyssa - Senior Health Coach
Now that you have received your test results you may be wondering how to use them to achieve your goals.
Within your test results you will find 4 sections:
- Foods & Drinks
- Toxicity (Toxins & Heavy Metals)
- Nutrition (Vitamins, Minerals & Fatty Acids)
- Gut Health (Yeast & Fungus, Gut Biome & Digestive Enzymes)
Let's cover how you should interpret your results in each section found in the tabs below.
Foods & Drinks: You have been tested for over 350+ specific food and drink items. Foods are made up of different components and in some cases, people are not able to tolerate a specific food or drink. There could be multiple reasons why, and some of the most common reasons are:
- the particular food or drink item's structure is not compatible with the body,
- a deficiency in a particular nutrient which may be causing an inflammatory response by consuming that food item,
- overall inflammation and sensitivity in the body,
- a toxic overload present in the body,
- pathogens, viruses, yeast, or overgrown fungi in the body
- an imbalance in the microbiome of the body
- overconsumption of that item on a daily basis, amongst many other reasons.
- Items in the GREEN zone indicate that no cellular inflammatory reactivity was found when testing your hair sample.
- Items in the ORANGE zone indicate that a mild inflammatory cellular reaction was found when your hair sample was tested.
- Items in the RED zone indicate that a moderate to severe inflammatory cellular reaction was found when testing your hair sample.
What you should do now: After ruling out allergies with an allergy test, you can consume the foods listed in green. You should sparingly consume foods and drinks in orange, and avoid food and drink items completely in red. If you need help on understand what each food or drink item is, you can utilize your knowledge base located in your myAFIL portal or by researching the items online.
Supplement Recommendations: We have specifically created customized supplements which can help reduce inflammation that may be caused by food items and promote balance in the body. Your customized Food Intolerance supplements are found in the blue box below.
Toxins: You have been tested for 350+ Environmental & Household Toxins. It is practically impossible to eliminate all exposure to toxins and heavy metals. Toxins are found in the air we breathe, the products we apply on our skin or inhale, the inorganic and processed food that we may consume, and the additives and chemicals found in our food and environment. There are steps you can take to reduce exposure and reduce any toxicity inside the body's cells and tissues. Toxicity inside the cells can produce many uncomfortable health and weight issues.
Your Test Results:
Toxins: You will find a list of the top 10 toxins your hair sample showed a high reactivity towards. These toxins will be in descending order. For example, number 1 is classified as the highest reactivity with number 2 being the second, and so forth. This does not mean that this toxin is in your body, rather that this particular toxin may instigate some type of inflammation internally.
Heavy Metals: You will find each heavy metal has been split into red - orange - grey zone.
- Heavy Metals in the RED zone indicate that there was a high sensitivity or cellular reaction to that Heavy Metal compound when your hair sample was tested. This does not necessarily mean that the heavy metal is present in your body.
- Heavy Metals in the ORANGE zone indicate that there was a mild to moderate reaction to that heavy metal compound when your hair sample was tested. This does not necessarily mean that the heavy metal is present in your body.
- Heavy Metals in the GREY zone showed no reactivity when your hair sample was tested.
What you should do now: You will find all the toxins and heavy metals inside the knowledge base center located in your myAFIL portal. You can use the myAFIL.com portal to understand these toxins and heavy metals better and where they are commonly found. You should avoid all products and pollutants that contain these toxins and heavy metals. Please note: Heavy Metals are not to be confused with minerals. More information is found in the knowledge base center. By going to www.myafil.com main menu -> My Results -> Knowledge Base.
Supplement Recommendations: In the blue box below you will find your recommended Toxicity Reduction Supplements which can help cleanse your body's cells from these toxins. Toxic residue can build up around the body's cells and tissue and cause uncomfortable symptoms, such as bloating, gas, digestive issues, joint or muscle pain, headaches, trouble sleeping, and inflammation.
Vitamins, Minerals & Fatty Acids: You have been tested for over 64+ vitamins, minerals, and fatty acids. Our body's cells rely on free-flowing communication from cell to cell to replicate into healthy cells. A cellular nutrient deficiency can disconnect or halt this natural communication process. As a result, cells can become toxic, inflamed, and dehydrated.
Your Test Results: You will find that each item has a chart with a red - orange - green marker.
- Items with the GREEN marker indicate that no cellular nutrition deficiency was found when testing your hair sample.
- Items with the ORANGE marker indicate that a mild cellular nutrition deficiency was found when your hair sample was tested. (This means that not enough of that nutrient was found inside your cell).
- Items with the RED marker indicate that a moderate to severe cellular deficiency was found when testing your hair sample. (This means that not enough of that nutrient was found inside your cell).
Supplement Recommendations: We have specifically created customized supplements which can help increase your cell's ability to absorb nutrients from the foods you are consuming on a daily basis. You will also find customized supplements that aim to replenish the nutrient density inside your cell, decrease inflammation and increase hydration.
Gut Health (Yeast & Fungi): You have been tested for various yeast and fungi strains. Yeast and Fungus is crucial to a healthy system, however, when these strains start to overgrow they can cause uncomfortable symptoms. Candida and its strains are a major factor in weight gain, bloating, constipation, digestive issues, congestion and health issues. Yeast and fungi strains can cause delays in the fat/weight loss process. As much as 20-30 pounds of extra weight can be due to candida overgrowth alone!
Your Test Results: You will find each Yeast & Fungi strains have been divided into sections with markers indicating green - orange - red.
- GREEN markers indicate that this specific strain was tested and no overgrowth was found.
- ORANGE markers indicate that this specific strain was tested and a mild overgrowth was found.
- RED markers indicate that this specific strain was tested and a moderate to severe overgrowth was found.
What you should do now: Avoid sugar, highly refined carbohydrates such as wheat, pastries, pasta, cookies, candy, rice, and junk foods. These food types are known to increase Candida, yeast and fungi strains. If you struggle with digestive issues, skin conditions, brain fog, chronic weight issues, congestion, or chronic water retention or swelling and Candida showed as overgrown on your test results this could be the reason why. We have created customized supplements to target these specific yeast and fungi strains. These supplements will help reduce the overgrowth and keep the strains in check allowing the friendly bacteria inside the gut to once again repopulate. Your customized supplements will be seen in the blue box below.
Gut Health (Gut Biome): You have been tested for various Gut Biome bacteria, also known as "friendly bacteria." Friendly bacteria is found in fermented foods and "probiotic" supplements. The gut biome, or the microbiome is a very large eco-system in our bodies which supports optimal health. Studies have shown that we are in fact made of up of over 3 billion bacteria and only 2.5 billion cells, therefore, we are actually more bacteria than human! The body comes in to contact with a lot of foreign invaders daily, such as viruses, unfriendly bacteria, parasites and pathogens. The primary defence of the body is the immune system and the microbiome or gut biome. As such, it is very important that we have the proper army of good guys in our system to support not only our health, but every single process in our bodies.
Your Test Results: You will find the Gut Biome strains have been divided into sections with markers indicating green - orange - red.
- GREEN markers indicate that this specific strain was tested it was found to be in balance.
- ORANGE markers indicate that this specific was found to be in mild deficit.
- RED markers indicate that this specific strain was found to be in moderate to severe deficit.
What you should do now: Keeping the good bacteria in balance is very important when it concerns optimal health and wellness. It is important to replenish any lost good bacteria in our system. Good bacteria can become in deficit from prolonged usage of antiobics, medication, consumption of inflammatory foods, nutrient deficiencies as well as recent cold or viral infections, general infections, hospitalisation, open surgery, amongst stress (whether physical or emotional), and through the lack of consuming foods containing friendly bacteria, or otherwise known as "probiotics." We have specifically designed customized supplements which not only target the replenishment of friendly bacteria, but also help to decrease pathogenic bacteria, and an overload of toxicity. You will find these recommended supplements located in the blue box below.
Digestive Enzymes (Gut Biome): You have been tested for the main 5 digestive enzymes which are secreted by the digestive system, liver, gallbladder and pancreas. Symptoms such as indigestion, bloating, constipation, malnutrition and diarhhea may surface when these digestive enzymes are in cellular deficit.
Your Test Results: You will find the Digestive Enzymes have been divided into sections with markers indicating green - orange - red.
- A GREEN marker indicates that this specific enzyme was tested and found to be in balance when your sample was tested.
- An ORANGE marker indicates that this specific enzyme was tested and found to be in mild deficit when your sample was tested.
- A RED marker indicates that this specific enzyme was found to be in moderate to severe deficit when your sample was tested.
What you should do now: In order for our food to be converted in to energy for physical and mental endurance, it needs to go through the enzymatic process of the food being broken down by the digestive enzymes. Where there may be a deficiency in digestive enzymes this could mean that a particular food group is not being digested, and therefore causing uncomfortable digestive symptoms, as well as malnutrition. Signs of malnutrition can include, immune disorders, skin conditions, hair loss, and undiagnosed health issues. Enzymes are paramount to the life force of our systems, and having a deficiency can disrupt the energy which is being given to our bodies from foods. We have customized specifically supplements to target this deficiency which will help rebalance an enzyme deficit. Your recommended supplements are found in the blue box below.

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