Your FAQ's
Is what you eat making you ill?
If you suffer from headaches, bloating, skin conditions, IBS, fatigue or joint pain, did you know that this can be caused by the food that you are eating?
We eat such a rich and varied diet, that our bodies can become overloaded and cause us to produce raised levels of antibodies which in turn can cause uncomfortable symptoms like IBS headaches and tiredness.
Food intolerance can aggravate your symptoms and cause you to feel generally unwell, without any really obvious cause. A quick and easy to use food intolerance test can help you to discover the exact foods that you are intolerant or sensitive to.
What is the difference between allergies and intolerances?
This can be confusing as allergies and intolerances are both types of adverse reaction to food. The major differences between them are the speed and the severity of that reaction.
A classical allergy will cause an immediate reaction after contact with an allergen. You will generally know straight away if you are allergic to something because the swiftness of the reaction allows you to identify the link between cause and effect.
An intolerance or sensitivity, on the other hand, causes reactions that can occur between 1 hour and up to 48 hours later.
Intolerances and sensitivities are much harder to identify – if something you ate at lunchtime causes you to be tired in the afternoon, or a sandwich gives you a headache two days after you ate it because you have a wheat intolerance, you are unlikely to link the two events without careful and in-depth investigation.
What is the ‘Initial Food Intolerance Test’?
The Initial Food Intolerance Test enables you to eliminate uncertainty and confirm whether or not you have food intolerance or sensitivity by providing you with a “positive” or “negative” test result allowing you peace of mind and the opportunity for you to go on to discover the exact foods that you are sensitive to.
When you place your order for your Initial Food Intolerance Test, a test kit is sent to you in the post which contains everything you need to collect your blood sample (just 2-3 drops of blood). Once the sample is collected it is posted to our laboratories for analysis in the prepaid envelope provided. Your results are posted to you within ten days.
Why take the Initial Food Intolerance Test?
Have you taken the Initial Food Intolerance Test?
Once you have placed your order your First Step food intolerance test results will be posted to you within ten days of sample receipt. Results will indicate a positive or negative result and if positive, you can choose to upgrade to the Second Step FoodScan 113 test.
Who are the Food Intolerance Advisors
Once you have received your results, you will be contacted by our team of advisors who are on hand to help answer any questions that you may have relating to your First Step results or upgrading to the Second Step food intolerance test.
Tell me more about the Food Intolerance Test
The Food Intolerance Test helps you to pinpoint the exact foods you have food sensitivity towards and should exclude from your diet to help kick start your new life.
The Food Intolerance Test is great if you simply don’t have the time to collate a food diary and go through the painstaking process of elimination.
A comprehensive food intolerance test that looks at 113 different foods and identifies the possible links between the foods you eat and your symptoms.
If you suspect you may have food intolerance symptoms caused by any of the following, you should consider taking a Foodscan 113 Food Intolerance Test:
