{"id":582,"date":"2018-06-15T11:10:13","date_gmt":"2018-06-15T11:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/us\/case-study\/ryan-williams\/"},"modified":"2018-06-15T11:10:13","modified_gmt":"2018-06-15T11:10:13","slug":"ryan-williams","status":"publish","type":"reviews","link":"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/us\/case-study\/ryan-williams\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryan Williams"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>\u201cI feel like a better version of myself\u201d<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ryan had suffered with bloating and wind for so long, he had become to consider it \u201cnormal\u201d.<\/li>\n<li>The 24 year old Rotherham United footballer tried cutting out certain foods but felt no better.<\/li>\n<li>After taking a food sensitivity test, he discovered that he was reacting to cow\u2019s milk.<\/li>\n<li>Two weeks after completely removing this from his diet, Ryan \u201cfelt a lot lighter and healthier.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>He has since been able to reintroduce cow\u2019s milk to his diet, without a relapse of symptoms.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">For as long as he could remember, <strong>Rotherham<\/strong> United <strong>midfielder<\/strong>, Ryan Williams, had experienced <strong>bloating<\/strong> and wind. This occurred frequently, especially in the late evening before he went to bed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Despite considering these symptoms \u201c<strong>normal<\/strong>\u201d for him, he was interested in <strong>alleviating<\/strong> them in order to see if he could \u201cget a 1% <strong>performance<\/strong> <strong>increase<\/strong>\u201d on the pitch. As he suspected that food was behind these problems, changing his diet was the first port of call.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The first thing Ryan tried was <strong>eliminating<\/strong> certain ingredients one by one to see if this would <strong>identify<\/strong> the offending food. One of the things he tried was switching the type of cereal he ate on a morning. However, this did <strong>not<\/strong> lead to any <strong>improvements<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The breakthrough came when he discovered yorktest\u2019s services. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/us\/products\/premium-food-sensitivity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">yorktest food sensitivity test<\/a><em>\u2020<\/em> analyses a person\u2019s IgG reactions for up to <strong>208<\/strong> food and drinks ingredients, identifying their personal \u201ctrigger foods\u201d. \u00a0Food intolerance has been associated with a wide range of disruptive symptoms such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/us\/food-intolerance-advice\/symptoms\/migraines-headaches\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">migraines<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/us\/food-intolerance-advice\/symptoms\/irritable-bowel-syndrome\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">IBS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/us\/food-intolerance-advice\/symptoms\/eczema\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">eczema<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/us\/food-intolerance-advice\/symptoms\/bloating\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">bloating<\/a> and depression.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In addition to the testing process, those who follow a yorktest program also receive <strong>comprehensive<\/strong> support, including a consultation with a registered nutritional therapist to <strong>guide<\/strong> them through their elimination <strong>diet<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Ryan\u2019s test revealed an intolerance to <a href=\"\/us\/intolerance\/dairy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">cow\u2019s milk<\/a>, which came as a <strong>surprise<\/strong>. He usually drank at least 500ml of milk each day so eliminating this was a significant <strong>change<\/strong> to make to his diet. With the help of a yorktest nutritionist though, he switched cow\u2019s milk for <strong>soy<\/strong> and also learned what other foods, containing milk, he needed to <strong>avoid<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">As well as being a <strong>key<\/strong> ingredient in foods such as cheese, yogurt and ice cream, cow\u2019s milk is also <strong>hidden<\/strong> in many other <strong>foods<\/strong>. Many people are unaware that traces of it can also be found in certain breads, biscuits, cakes and processed meats.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Within <strong>two<\/strong> <strong>weeks<\/strong> of following his new diet, Ryan noted that he <strong>felt<\/strong> <strong>better<\/strong>. He also lost 1.5kg of weight in that period.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cThe main feeling was I felt a lot lighter and healthier,\u201d said Ryan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Better still, several months later Ryan was able to reintroduce cow\u2019s milk to his diet, without the bloating or wind returning. A <strong>subsequent<\/strong> <strong>retest<\/strong> confirmed that his body was <strong>no<\/strong> <strong>longer<\/strong> <strong>reacting<\/strong> to the ingredient. He still drinks soy milk but now also enjoys the occasional ice cream.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel like a better version of myself,\u201d Ryan concluded.<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #800000\">Read more<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"\/us\/case-study\/michael-smith\/\"><strong>Ryan&#8217;s team mate takes the test<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; Ryan&#8217;s fellow Rotherham star, Michael Smith also discovered yorktest and saw improvements after following his program.<\/p>\n<p><em>yorktest advise that you consult with your doctor first if you are experiencing the types of symptoms mentioned in this testimonial.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u2020 yorktest define food intolerance as a food-specific IgG reaction<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I feel like a better version of myself<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","review_category":[],"class_list":["post-582","reviews","type-reviews","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reviews\/582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reviews"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/reviews"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"review_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review_category?post=582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}