{"id":188,"date":"2018-08-13T13:59:52","date_gmt":"2018-08-13T13:59:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/de\/case-study\/ellie-mason\/"},"modified":"2025-08-11T11:48:30","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T11:48:30","slug":"ellie-mason","status":"publish","type":"reviews","link":"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/de\/case-study\/ellie-mason\/","title":{"rendered":"Ellie Mason"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>&#8220;I feel like I&#8217;ve been saved&#8221;<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Ellie from South London suffered from urticaria for five years<\/li>\n<li>The condition arose when she sweat, causing itchy rashes that left her feeling self-conscious<\/li>\n<li>After the dermatologist was not able to find a solution, Ellie decided to do more research online and stumbled across YorkTest<\/li>\n<li>Her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/products\/food-drink-scan-test\/\">food intolerance* test<\/a> revealed she was intolerant to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/intolerance\/milk\/\">cow&#8217;s milk<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/intolerance\/gluten\/\">gluten<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/intolerance\/beef-3\/\">beef<\/a>, amongst other trigger foods<\/li>\n<li>Within a month, Ellie noticed a dramatic difference in her skin<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/FotoJet-1024x338.jpg\" alt=\"Ellie mason\" width=\"1024\" height=\"338\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ellie, from South London, suffered from Urticaria (hives) for a total of <strong>five years<\/strong>. The red welts covered her chest, neck, arms, legs, front and back and became <strong style=\"font-size: 17px\">progressively worse<\/strong> as she got older.\u00a0As well as causing itchiness, insomnia and general discomfort, the condition <strong>made her self-conscious<\/strong> and had a big impact on many aspects of her <strong>day to day life<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnything that made me sweat increased the rashes. This was a big problem as I love running and sports in general,\u201d Ellie said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy skin had reached <strong>breaking point<\/strong>. I was suffering from stress and anxiety and every day felt like a challenge to calm my skin.\u201d\u00a0Ellie\u2019s doctor ordered a RAST test for her, which revealed that she had external allergies to cats, dogs, dust mites and grass.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt first, my GP just gave me cream. It wasn\u2019t until I broke down in the surgery and showed him the symptoms on my chest and stomach that he put me on <strong>the dermatologist\u2019s waiting list<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The dermatologist was<strong> not able to find a solution<\/strong> to Ellie\u2019s condition and avoiding her allergies did not alleviate the hives either. Suspecting that her diet may be the root cause, Ellie did more research online and stumbled across YorkTest Laboratories\u2019 food intolerance* testing.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/products\/food-drink-scan-test\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YorkTest Food Intolerance* Test<\/a> involves a simple finger prick blood test which is posted back to the company\u2019s laboratory to be analysed for IgG antibody reactions to over 200 food and drink ingredients.<\/p>\n<p>The test found that Ellie was intolerant to cow\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/intolerance\/milk\/\">milk<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/intolerance\/wheat\/\">wheat<\/a>, cashew <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/allergy\/nut\/\">nuts<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/intolerance\/gluten\/\">gluten<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/intolerance\/beef\/\">beef<\/a> and lamb. The challenge was then to eliminate these ingredients from her diet and replace them with nutritious alternatives, supported by a YorkTest Nutritional Therapist.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Customer Care team were excellent. It was <strong>so interesting<\/strong> to hear exactly the <strong>biology<\/strong> behind how certain trigger foods had affected my body internally.\u201d Within a month of cutting out her \u201ctrigger foods\u201d, Ellie saw a \u201c<strong>dramatic<\/strong>\u201d difference in her skin.\u00a0\u201cI was tired at first as I think my body was adapting to the new diet but now my skin is just like a normal person\u2019s. The difference is incredible!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI look back at photos from six months ago and <strong>I am so thankful<\/strong> that I got tested. Even though I miss foods like chocolate, I am thankful on a daily basis that I can <strong>wake up itch-free, run, work and enjoy my life<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel like I have been saved. I am hugely relieved that I took the YorkTest. It changed my life in many ways.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Our Nutritional Therapist, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/our-experts\/sarah-brown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sarah<\/a>, helped Ellie to optimise her diet<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Customer Care team were excellent. 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