FoodScan Programme

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Why 91% of our customers recommend our FoodScan Programme

An incredible 91% of our customers would recommend the YorkTest FoodScan Programme. Why? We believe it is because 3 out of 4 of them told us they felt better after acting on their results with our support and guidance.**

The YorkTest FoodScan Programme not only includes testing of 113 different foods for food-specific IgG antibodies, it also provides easy to read colour-coded results, a comprehensive guidebook and 12 week food diary. This information is crucial in supporting you with your elimination diet. What’s more, you will also receive two telephone consultations with a BANT* registered Nutritional Therapist.

Want to be tested for drinks too? Find out more about our fully comprehensive YorkTest Food&DrinkScan Programme that analyses IgG antibody reactions to 158 food and drink ingredients.

The test itself is an easy pin-prick 2-3 blood drop sample. Simply return your sample in the pre-paid envelope provided (UK only) to our York laboratories for expert analysis. Your confidential results are then posted to you within ten working days.

To see a list of the foods and drinks that we test for, please click here.

To see a set of example results for this test please click here.

Important Information

Do NOT take this test if you are:

• Suffering from a blood borne disease such as Hepatitis or HIV
• Under 2 years old
• Pregnant or breastfeeding
• Taking steroids or immunosuppressants

N.B. Raised levels of food-specific IgG antibodies within your blood indicate that an IgG antibody reaction to a particular food or foods has occurred. If you have already taken the decision to eliminate a particular food or foods from your diet they may not show up as a reaction on your results. If you know of foods that trigger your symptoms then do not start eating them; we cannot encourage you to eat a food or foods which you already know are a problem to you.

Please note: FoodScan does not provide information about coeliac disease, enzyme deficiencies such as lactose and alcohol intolerance, IgE-mediated allergies, histamine sensitivity or other chemical sensitivities such as reactions to sulphites, tannins or tyramine. YorkTest’s food intolerance programmes are only recommended for people who have food and drink intolerance symptoms.

** Survey commissioned by Allergy UK and further analysed by the University of York: Originally published as Hardman, G. and Hart, G. “Dietary advice based on food-specific IgG results”. Nutrition and Food Science (2007) 37, 16-23 click here

*British Association for Applied Nutrition and Nutritional Therapy

Celebrity Testimonial

Olympian and world marathon record holder Paula Radcliffe told us that she started to suffer from symptoms that were so unbearable it was affecting her training.

She was recommended to use the FoodScan programme from YorkTest Laboratories by friends and fellow athletes.

Her test came back informing her she had IgG antibody reactions to egg, chicken, wheat, tomatoes and dairy.
 
After some time on her new diet Paula returned to YorkTest for a retest of her FoodScan. Her results came back as a surprise as she learned that she was reacting to blackcurrant, yeast, soya bean, gluten and chilli pepper. Paula was advised on how to best eliminate these foods from her diet without taking away their key health benefits.
 
For more information on the test that Paula took please click here

I was shocked that I could be reacting to these foods as they are not the usual suspects, it made sense as I was drinking blackcurrant juice nearly every day, yeast and gluten was in virtually every meal and I included peppers in my food several times a week.

Paula Radcliffe