{"id":647,"date":"2019-05-30T16:23:46","date_gmt":"2019-05-30T16:23:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/us\/case-study\/sarah-healy\/"},"modified":"2025-08-17T19:32:17","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T19:32:17","slug":"sarah-healy","status":"publish","type":"reviews","link":"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/us\/case-study\/sarah-healy\/","title":{"rendered":"Sarah Healy"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>\u201cI feel like a new person, like a depression cloud has lifted\u201d<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>33-year-old Sarah Healy had been suffering from a range of common food intolerance symptoms, such as bloating, weight gain and feeling depressed and anxious<\/li>\n<li>Her symptoms, which had plagued her for over five years, affected most aspects of her day-to-day life<\/li>\n<li>Sarah sought advice for her persistent symptoms, including several scans, blood tests and examinations like a gastroscopy but to no avail<\/li>\n<li>It wasn\u2019t until her mum recommended yorktest that Sarah decided to try to see if taking a closer look at her diet could alleviate her symptoms<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/us\/products\/premium-food-sensitivity\/\">yorktest\u2019s Premium Food Sensitivity Test<\/a>\u00a0revealed that Sarah was intolerant to foods such as wheat, eggs, coconut and chia seeds<\/li>\n<li>After removing her trigger foods, she felt better within two days. Sarah also noticed her clothes seemed to fit better, \u201clike a depression cloud had lifted\u201d and has \u201cfinally started to enjoy life again\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/Sarah-Healy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" \/>Sarah Healy, who works in Road Freight Operations, had been suffering from a range of common food intolerance symptoms, such as bloating, weight gain and feeling depressed and anxious. She also had trouble sleeping, suffered from dry skin and complained of odd aches and pains.<\/p>\n<p>For over five years, Sarah\u2019s symptoms were affecting almost all aspects of her life. \u201cThey affected everything, I just had no energy, I felt unattractive and anxious, which in turn made me feel lazy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would go for food with friends and always leave straight after because I was in pain. I didn&#8217;t want to go out and socialize because I felt tired,\u201d Sarah says.<\/p>\n<p>To try to get the bottom of her persistent symptoms, or at least try to find an explanation, Sarah sought advice from her doctor on several occasions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI tried everything through my doctor\/hospital. I have had scans, MRIs, blood tests, examinations, a gastroscopy (which was honestly awful). You name it, I tried it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter all the investigations, I was told it was just a sensitive stomach and that it happens sometimes. I felt so deflated, as if that was it and I would just have to live feeling like this.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s so hard to explain to people too because they can\u2019t see it,\u201d the 33-year-old explains.<\/p>\n<p>We found in our recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/us\/customer-survey-results-2018\/\">Customer Survey<\/a> that 88% of surveyed customers sought advice from their doctor and 20% of those did so 10 times or more before approaching yorktest*.<\/p>\n<p>It wasn\u2019t until Sarah was recommended to try a food sensitivity\u2020 test to see if taking a closer look at her diet could give some explanation as to why she was feeling a host of disrupting symptoms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy mum had an inkling that it might be down to a food intolerance. Her friend had taken it before, and we had exhausted all avenues at the hospital. I was willing to try anything at this point,\u201d she explains.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/us\/products\/premium-food-sensitivity\/\">The Premium Food Sensitivity Test<\/a>\u00a0analyses your IgG reactions to\u00a0<strong>208 food and drinks<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 from common ingredients like\u00a0<a href=\"\/us\/intolerance\/dairy\/\">cow\u2019s milk<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"\/us\/intolerance\/gluten\/\">gluten<\/a> and\u00a0<a href=\"\/us\/intolerance\/egg\/\">egg<\/a>, to health superfoods like kale and quinoa.<\/p>\n<p>The process, which involves sending a finger-prick\u00a0blood\u00a0sample to the company\u2019s laboratories revealed that Sarah was intolerant foods, such as: <a href=\"\/us\/intolerance\/wheat\/\">wheat<\/a>, <a href=\"\/us\/intolerance\/egg\/\">eggs<\/a>, coconut and chia seeds.<\/p>\n<p>When Sarah received her color-coded results, she immediately felt \u201crelieved\u201d. The next step was to eliminate her trigger foods from her diet with support from one of our nutritional therapists which is included in all our full programs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI instantly felt better within two days. I felt less bloated, actually had energy, my dry skin started clearing up, the shaky hands stopped. I slept through the night and it was incredible. I thought WOW this must be what it feels like to be \u2018normal\u2019,\u201d she announces.<\/p>\n<p>Sarah found her elimination diet \u201ceasy\u201d due to the fact she remembers how ill her trigger foods were making her feel.<\/p>\n<p>Life has drastically changed for the 33-year-old and her clothes are already fitting better after losing just under 11 pounds in weight.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel like a new person, like a depression cloud has lifted. I can finally start enjoying life again,\u201d Sarah proclaims.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Sarah took a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/us\/products\/premium-food-sensitivity\/\">Premium Food Sensitivity Test<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"\/us\/about-us\/alison-orr\/\">Ali Orr<\/a> helped Sarah to optimize her diet.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"\/us\/products\/\">View our products range<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I instantly felt better within two days. I felt less bloated, actually had energy, my dry skin started clearing up, the shaky hands stopped. I slept through the night and it was incredible. 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