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TL;DR: Check your pet’s intolerances with the 5Strands Pet Food and Environmental Intolerance Test, on sale for 8% off. As of May 26, get a testing kit for just $134.99.
When you eat something that doesn’t sit quite right, you likely cut it out of your diet. And when you try a product that causes an allergic reaction, you immediately cease use. Unfortunately, your pet can’t exactly do the same. Nor can it relay to you its discomfort. That’s why the 5Strands Pet Food and Environmental Intolerance Test exists.
The 5Strands at-home testing kits determine the food and environmental substances to which your pet may be intolerant. The testing process requires just a small hair sample.
The food intolerance test covers everything from veggies, fruits, and grains, to additives, proteins, and preservatives. The environmental intolerance test covers things like fabrics, cleaning supplies, grasses, dust mites, and more.
After the folks at 5Strands receive your pet’s hair sample, they’ll process it and send you your results via email. You’ll get a list of intolerances that are broken into three levels based on the response upon exposure, along with elimination guidelines and a road map for dietary and lifestyle changes.
5Strands works to identify temporary imbalances in the body that could be causing symptoms like upset stomach, constant paw biting, scratching, hair loss, and other non-life-threatening responses. These can take anywhere from a few hours to several days to appear and unlike allergies, they do not involve the immune system. So, if your pet is regularly biting its paws, scratching its belly, eating grass, or otherwise acting odd, these tests can help you finally get to the bottom of it.
Here’s a closer look at how it works:
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Regularly, the pet food and environmental intolerance tests would cost you $148, but you can snag them both for just $134.99 for a limited time.