“I feel better for knowing what foods I should avoid.”
32-year-old administrator Billie Tyrell had been living with severe bloating for somewhere between five and ten years. As the day progressed, the discomfort would become increasingly noticeable, particularly towards the middle and end of the day.
The bloating affected more than just how Billie felt physically. It also changed how she felt in her clothes, with certain outfits no longer looking or feeling right because of the bloating. At times, this meant avoiding particular clothing altogether.
Billie already had a feeling that food could be behind her symptoms, but identifying exactly what was causing them was another matter. She suspected wheat was the problem and believed she might have a wheat intolerance. After hearing about YorkTest through a friend, she decided to take a test and find out more.
The results came as a surprise. Rather than wheat being the issue as she had expected, Billie’s main reported intolerances were egg yolk and milk. Discovering that dairy, rather than wheat, was one of her key triggers gave her a much clearer understanding of the foods she needed to avoid.
After removing her trigger foods, Billie noticed a “huge difference”. It took around four weeks to see an improvement, with the most significant change being considerably less bloating. There was no change in her weight, but reducing the bloating itself made her feel much better.
Adjusting her diet was relatively straightforward. Billie said the elimination process was easy, although it took around a week to adapt because the foods she needed to remove had previously featured in her diet every day. She also found both the nutritional consultation and customer support helpful during the process.
Today, Billie takes a more flexible approach rather than following her elimination diet all the time. Armed with a better understanding of her body, she can choose when and what she eats while knowing what to expect if she consumes one of her trigger foods. When she does, the bloating returns.
For Billie, the biggest benefit has been knowledge. After years of assuming wheat was behind her symptoms, she now understands which foods she should avoid and can make more informed choices — giving her greater control over the bloating that had troubled her for so long.
