{"id":633,"date":"2019-01-22T09:02:39","date_gmt":"2019-01-22T09:02:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/us\/case-study\/summer-quinn\/"},"modified":"2025-08-17T19:31:58","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T19:31:58","slug":"summer-quinn","status":"publish","type":"reviews","link":"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/us\/case-study\/summer-quinn\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Quinn"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>\u201cHer confidence has really grown, she\u2019s so much more energetic and she is much happier\u201d<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>At only <strong>seven years old<\/strong>, Summer suffered from daily bloating and tantrums, along with skin rashes<\/li>\n<li>Summer also struggled with weight issues. Her mother, Jennifer, states that her daughter weighed <strong>6 stone 4 pounds<\/strong> before approaching YorkTest<\/li>\n<li>Jennifer heard about us through a friend of a friend and began to <strong>research<\/strong> the program and <strong>benefits<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Summer\u2019s food sensitivity\u00a0test revealed she was intolerant to cow\u2019s milk, gluten and egg white<\/li>\n<li>After nutritional consultations with one of our registered nutritional therapists, Jennifer began to <strong>explore new foods<\/strong> she could give her daughter<\/li>\n<li>Eight weeks later, summer weighs a healthy <strong>5 stone 3 pounds<\/strong> and feels that her daughter is \u201c<strong>a completely different child<\/strong>\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/FotoJet-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"350\" \/>At seven years old, Summer suffered from a<strong> wide range of symptoms<\/strong> which caused increasing concern for her mother, Jennifer. \u201cSummer had very bad <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/us\/food-intolerance-advice\/symptoms\/bloating\/\">bloating<\/a>, her mood would change (tantrums), her skin got so dry it would flake from her eyebrows, [and] she got a lot of rashes especially on her face,\u201d Jennifer says.<\/p>\n<p>Summer\u2019s <strong>fluctuating weight<\/strong> was also a cause for concern as she weighed 6 stone 4 pounds. Jennifer explains: \u201ca lot of people would point out her bloating or weight to me and, as a parent, was very hard to hear. She was <strong>bullied at school<\/strong> because of her weight and skin condition \u2013 she was regularly called fat\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>It wasn\u2019t until a friend of a friend recommended yorktest to Jennifer. It was at this point where she was <strong>at a loss<\/strong> of her daughter\u2019s persistent symptoms. Jennifer <strong>began to look into yorktest and the research behind it<\/strong> whilst monitoring her daughter\u2019s symptoms to see if food could be a trigger for Summer.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/FotoJet-1-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"350\" \/>\u201c[I] just got to a stage where <strong>I knew there was something wrong<\/strong>, as I have always fed her healthy foods &#8211; she loves her vegetables.\u00a0 Once she had ice cream as a treat, afterwards she bloated really badly, and the rash was terrible, so I started the process of getting her tested,\u201d her mum explains<\/p>\n<p>yorktest who have expertly developed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/us\/products\/foodscan-junior-test\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Junior Food Sensitivity Test<\/a> for children aged 2-18 and have recently been voted Food Intolerance Company of the Year 2018, specialize in home-to-lab testing kits. These programs require a few drops of blood through a <strong>simple finger-prick test<\/strong>, which is similar to a glucose test used by diabetics.<\/p>\n<p>The FoodScan Junior program analyzes a child\u2019s reactions to <strong>113 ingredients<\/strong> and includes two 30-minute consultations with one of our registered nutritional therapists to give you the support to <strong>remove your child\u2019s trigger foods safely<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Summer\u2019s food sensitivity test revealed that she was intolerant to <a href=\"\/us\/intolerance\/dairy\/\">cow\u2019s milk<\/a>, <a href=\"\/us\/intolerance\/gluten\/\">gluten<\/a> and <a href=\"\/us\/intolerance\/egg\/\">egg white<\/a>. The next step for Jennifer was to eliminate her daughter\u2019s trigger foods.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/FotoJet-3-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"350\" \/>\u201cWeek 1 and 2 were very difficult as one minute she was very energetic and the next she was exhausted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI did speak to a Nutritional Therapist at yorktest who helped me hugely, which made heading into week 3 much easier and, using my <strong>imagination with different food<\/strong>, things started falling into place for the better at that stage,\u201d Jennifer continues.<\/p>\n<p>At the eight-week stage, Jennifer has reflected back on her <strong>daughter\u2019s journey<\/strong> with us and has been surprised by Summer\u2019s continually improving results. The 7-year-old\u2019s daily bloating has subsided and her rashes have improved.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI now only feed Summer foods that she can tolerate. <strong>She is a completely different child<\/strong>.\u00a0 Her transition once I got my head around things was actually very easy.\u00a0 Summer can now enjoy her favorite foods again with ingredients she is not reacting to and a bit of imagination from myself,\u201d Jennifer explains.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/FotoJet-2-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"350\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Her mum is also pleased that the elimination diet has played a positive part in Summer\u2019s weight. She now weighs a <strong>healthy 5 stone 3 pounds<\/strong>, eight weeks later.<\/p>\n<p>Jennifer concludes: \u201cI am so happy we did the yorktest as it has <strong>changed my life and, most importantly, my daughter\u2019s life<\/strong> for the better.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe looks and feels amazing not just with other people but in herself.\u00a0 Her <strong>confidence has really grown<\/strong>, she\u2019s so much more energetic and she is much <strong>happier<\/strong>!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>yorktest advises that you consult with your doctor first if you are experiencing the types of symptoms mentioned in this testimonial. 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