Nicki’s Low Secretory IgA [Case Study]

Have you ever measured and found a Low Secretory IgA level in your gut?

Take a look at what we found out for our client Nicki.

The Gut Health Test (GI Map) is one of the tests we often run with our clients. There were a number of findings here that felt like they would be more fine-tuning rather than ‘big-hitters’.

Yet – there was one very important marker called ‘Secretory IgA’ that came back Low on her gut health test.

We often see this come back low with the clients we work with, so it features quite often, but it was very significant for Nicki due to how low it was and especially considering her age.

She was only in her mid-twenties. Quite young, and you’d typically expect more robustness and balance in this sIgA marker at that age.

Secretory IgA, or sIgA, is a class of antibodies produced by and secreted from mucosal surfaces, especially the GI and respiratory tracts. In the gastrointestinal epithelium, sIgA is the first line of defense against the entry of enteric toxins and pathogenic organisms from the colon. This is a sign that it has been under a large workload and is running low on power, together with the fact that increased stress hormone production suppresses the levels. The gut/body becomes more vulnerable to invaders and pathogens (bugs, bad foods, toxins, allergens etc).

So we now have to be asking the questions what could have suppressed this level in a mid-twenty year old?

As you might expect, there could be numerous considerations. But the key areas to focus on for Nicki were her approaches to Nourishment and Exercise, which we’ll take a look at next.

Full Case Study: https://functionalhealthclinic.co.uk/case-study-nicki-going-from-extremes-to-mastery/