Food Intolerance

Food Detective, Only £89

Bloated after eating certain foods? Tired at certain times of the day?

Suffer headaches for no apparent reason? These are all symptoms of food intolerance.

Could you be suffering from food intolerance?

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Are you reacting to the foods you eat?

Food intolerance is not usually life-threatening but can make the sufferer feel extremely unwell. The symptoms of food intolerance can be delayed for many hours or even days and for this reason it is often difficult to identify the problem foods.

What are the symptoms

Food intolerance may produce a variety of symptoms including:

• Anxiety (acute or chronic)

• Fibromyalgia

• Arthritis

• Gastritis,

• Asthma

• Headaches

• Attention Deficit Disorder

• Hyperactivity Disorder,

• Bed wetting

• Inflammatory Bowel Disease

• Bloating

• Insomnia

• Bronchitis

• Irritable Bowel Syndrome

• Coeliac Disease

• Itchy skin problems

• Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

• Malabsorption

• Constipation

• Migraine

• Cystic fibrosis

• Sleep disturbances

• Depression

• Water retention

• Diarrhoea

• Weight control problems

Sufferers of food intolerance frequently complain of lethargy or ‘fogginess’ and a general feeling of unwellness. These symptoms often persist for many years. Sufferers regularly report that visits to their doctor have not resolved their problems and in many cases their symptoms are dismissed as ‘all in the mind’

Food Detective’ is quick and easy to use

Food Detective™ tests for reactions to 59 commonly eaten foods. To conduct the test you take a small blood sample from a finger-prick, dilute it and add it to the Food Detective™ testing tray (containing small spots of food protein extracts).

In subsequent steps, the use of detector and developer solutions identify the presence of food antibodies through the appearance of one or more blue spots on the tray. Reference to the food layout plan, enclosed within the instructions, allows you to identify any foods to which you may have an intolerance.

Food Detective’ gives you your results in just 40 minutes.

Simple, safe, accurate and fast,

You could be intolerant to your food … find out, get tested today…..

Foods tested

Food Detective™ tests your reaction to the following foods:

Cereals

Corn, Durum Wheat, Gluten, Oats, Rice, Rye, Wheat.

Nuts & Beans

Almond, Brazil Nut, Cashew, Cocoa Bean, Peanut, Legume Mix (pea, lentil, haricot),

Soya Bean, Walnut.

Meats

Fish

Beef, Chicken, Lamb, Pork.

Freshwater Fish Mix (salmon, trout),

Shellfish Mix (shrimp, prawn, crab, lobster, mussel), Tuna, White Fish Mix (haddock, cod, plaice)

Vegetables

Broccoli, Cabbage, Carrot, Celery, Cucumber, Leek, Peppers (red, green, yellow), Potato.

Fruits

Apple, Blackcurrant, Grapefruit, Melon Mix (cantaloupe, water melon), Olive, Orange &

Lemon, Strawberry, Tomato

Other

Egg (whole), Cow’s Milk, Garlic, Ginger, Mushroom, Tea, Yeast.

Living with food intolerance

If you test positive to any of the food groups in the test, the simple act of removing them from your diet* can completely change your life.

Food Intolerance

Food sensitivities can result from your body reacting badly to certain foods. Often the foods we include regularly in our diet or the foods we crave may be the ones causing us a problem.

Research has shown that food sensitivity can be linked to IgG antibodies produced when these ‘problem’ foods are eaten. Normally these antibodies do not have any ill-effects, but if the immune or digestive system are not working optimally, their presence may provoke a wide range of symptoms.

How do I know if I have a food sensitivity?

Ask yourself if you have any of the following chronic unpleasant symptoms:

Bloating
Constipation
Diarrhoea
Flatulence
Headaches
Irritable bowel syndrome
Lethargy
Migraine
Nausea
Stomach cramps / abdominal pain

What can I do about it?

Talk to you health care professional about doing a Food Detective test. Many people experience an improvement in symptoms and health after changing their diet based on their test Food Detective results.

Like any diagnostic test, Food Detective will only produce meaningful results if you are experiencing symptoms. Some symptoms of food sensitivity could be due to other health issues and it is important to see your doctor to rule these out.

Why should I do a test?

Helps reduce symptoms quickly.

Symptoms can persist for several days or longer, making it difficult to identify which foods your body is struggling to deal with.

The Food Detective test helps to identify these ‘problem’ foods by detecting food-specific IgG antibodies in your blood. Using these results as a guide, you can your health care professional can then adjust and plan your new diet.

What is Food Detective?

Food Detective is a point-of-care test for IgG antibodies which can be associated with food sensitivity. It gives quick results empowering you to take control if your health.

What should I do after the test?

Your health care professional will work with you to create a diet which eliminates your problem foods, offer healthy alternatives, and guidance on how to re-introduce foods.

Typically, a customised diet will be followed for around 3 months to allow the symptoms to subside and give the body time to recover.