{"id":241,"date":"2019-07-04T14:51:42","date_gmt":"2019-07-04T14:51:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/de\/case-study\/harrison-veldkamp\/"},"modified":"2025-08-11T11:50:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T11:50:12","slug":"harrison-veldkamp","status":"publish","type":"reviews","link":"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/de\/case-study\/harrison-veldkamp\/","title":{"rendered":"Harrison"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>\u201cThis was as close to our &#8216;magic bullet&#8217; as anything I\u2019ve found\u201d<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>At the time, Sarah Veldkamp\u2019s 5-year-old son, Harrison, had been suffering from behavioural issues and tiredness. He was also behind in his speech and language development<\/li>\n<li>Harrison was on the verge of being diagnosed with Autism<\/li>\n<li>His teacher noticed a change in Harrison\u2019s behaviour after introducing cow\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/intolerance\/milk\/\">milk<\/a> into his diet, which led to Sarah researching into food intolerances to see if there was a link between the two<\/li>\n<li>Harrison\u2019s food intolerance* test revealed that he was intolerant to cow\u2019s milk, yeast and eggs<\/li>\n<li>After guidance from one of our nutritional therapists which is provided as part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/products\/foodscan-junior-test\/\">Junior Food Intolerance Test<\/a>, Sarah started to notice a change in her son\u2019s symptoms<\/li>\n<li>Sarah says the benefits of a YorkTest programme \u201clifted the haze and eased the struggle\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Harrison is now receiving good reports from his teachers and has made \u201clearning and paying attention a lot easier for him\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>At the time, Sarah Veldkamp\u2019s 5-year-old son, Harrison, had been suffering <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/case-study-1-e1562249626580-769x1024.jpg\" alt=\"harrison veldkamp yorktest review\" width=\"350\" height=\"466\" \/>from behavioural issues and tiredness. He was also behind in his speech and language development.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[He] was on the verge of being diagnosed with autism. He would have a very short temper at times and wasn\u2019t sleeping well,\u201d Sarah recalls.<\/p>\n<p>The 34-year-old from Wisconsin couldn\u2019t pinpoint exactly when his symptoms started to appear, but she noticed \u201cthey got worse and more apparent the older he got\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>A mother\u2019s instinct is to find out exactly what could be aggravating a child\u2019s symptoms in order to get their little one back to optimum health as quickly as possible. Sarah visited her medical practitioner, \u201cbut they thought we were overreacting\u201d and Harrison was also tested for allergies which all came back negative. She also tried supplement combinations but to no avail.<\/p>\n<p>Sarah explains: \u201cI had always believed that he may have a problem with milk (since he had some crankiness and constipation since he first stopped breastfeeding). I had been buying almond milk for months, just to be on the safe side. When my husband started doing the shopping, he was buying regular milk.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA few weeks after, my son\u2019s teacher said something to me along the lines of \u201cI don\u2019t know what has changed, but he seems like a completely different kid than he did at the beginning of the year.\u201d The only thing I could think of that had changed was the milk. So, I looked into food sensitivities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Through Internet research, the 34-year-old restaurant owner came across YorkTest, a leader in food intolerance* testing and over 38 years\u2019 experience in diagnostic testing.<\/p>\n<p>YorkTest\u2019s award-winning <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/products\/foodscan-junior-test\/\">Junior Food Intolerance Test<\/a> has been expertly developed for the little ones. This simple finger-prick blood test analyses a child\u2019s IgG reactions to over 100 food and drink ingredients, including commonplace foods such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/food-intolerance-advice\/problem-foods\/dairy-intolerance\/\">cow\u2019s milk<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/food-intolerance-advice\/problem-foods\/egg-intolerance\/\">egg<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/food-intolerance-advice\/problem-foods\/wheat-intolerance\/\">wheat<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/food-intolerance-advice\/problem-foods\/gluten-intolerance\/\">gluten<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To help remove any trigger ingredients safely from a child\u2019s diet, we provide two 30-minute calls with a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/our-experts\/\">qualified nutritional therapist<\/a>\u00a0and a results guidebook for extra guidance.<\/p>\n<p>The process, which involves sending a finger-prick blood sample to the company\u2019s in-house laboratory, revealed that Harrison was intolerant to just three foods: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/food-intolerance-advice\/problem-foods\/dairy-intolerance\/\">cow\u2019s milk<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/food-intolerance-advice\/problem-foods\/yeast-intolerance\/\">yeast<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/food-intolerance-advice\/problem-foods\/egg-intolerance\/\">eggs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTaking the test confirmed my suspicion about the milk, but it also revealed egg and yeast problems. I was not particularly surprised by the results, but it was very helpful to have more information in order to try to fix the problems,\u201d Sarah explains.<\/p>\n<p>With support from one of our nutritional therapists, which is provided as part of the Junior Food Intolerance* Test, Sarah began to make changes to Harrisons diet, but admits she found the process difficult at times.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe things he was sensitive to are very, very common. However, the support you get from the phone call for nutritional support is very helpful,\u201d Sarah says.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/sarah-case-study-1-e1562249690627-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"harrison veldkamp case study\" width=\"350\" height=\"467\" \/>It didn\u2019t take long to see improvements in Harrison\u2019s behaviour. \u201cSeriously, the first day we removed the milk was the first day he had a good report from his teacher at school in months.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe immediately stopped acting up at school and started talking a lot more. I think it has impacted his ability to learn and pay attention quite a bit. So, he\u2019s doing a lot more and a lot better than he would be had we not figured out the problems,\u201d Sarah explains.<\/p>\n<p>Two years since taking a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/products\/foodscan-junior-test\/\">Junior Food Intolerance* Test<\/a>, Harrison still remains largely free from his trigger foods, but he sometimes has them in his diet on the odd occasion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we stop paying close attention to what he eats he gets a little more emotional. We also do our best to make sure to give him digestive enzymes anytime he eats anything with dairy in it and I believe that helps\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Reflecting on Harrison\u2019s experience with YorkTest, Sarah says: \u201cthis was as close to our \u201cmagic bullet\u201d as anything I\u2019ve found\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the only thing I\u2019ve ever tried that showed an immediate and obvious correlation between his behaviour\/speech and something tangible that we could control. As I said, I believe eliminating these foods has cleared his mind and made learning and paying attention a lot easier for him. I think that\u2019s a hugely important change for a child.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a great feeling to watch him look, act, and feel \u201cnormal.\u201d It just lifted the haze and eased the struggle, making everything easier,\u201d Sarah summarises.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The things he was sensitive to are very, very common. 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