{"id":776,"date":"2023-12-18T10:16:30","date_gmt":"2023-12-18T10:16:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/us\/case-study\/rebecca-marsh\/"},"modified":"2025-08-25T18:58:45","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T18:58:45","slug":"rebecca-marsh","status":"publish","type":"reviews","link":"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/us\/case-study\/rebecca-marsh\/","title":{"rendered":"Rebecca Marsh"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>&#8220;I&#8217;ve been able to go back to a normal life which is great&#8221;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>16-year-old student, Rebecca Marsh, had been struggling with regular outbreaks of hives and urticaria since September 2021. Rebecca experienced skin flare-ups several times a week which impacted her life considerably.<\/p>\n<p>She explained how these symptoms had affected her during this time, &#8220;The rash was very unsightly and very itchy. This resulted in me ether not going into school or having to come home from school.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Rebecca then added, &#8220;If the symptoms occurred when I was due to have dancing lessons, then I could not attend and I didn&#8217;t go out generally when I had a rash attack as I felt very self-conscious.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-227098 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/IMG-20231020-WA0001-e1698399564561-268x300.jpg\" alt=\"young woman wearing make up and a summer top while posing for a selfie in a room.\" width=\"268\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After trying various prescriptions from her health provider, along with different clothing with no results, Rebecca learned about YorkTest through her father&#8217;s employer who gave him the option to purchase a food intolerance test.<\/p>\n<p>After taking a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/us\/products\/foodscan-junior-test\/\">Junior Food Sensitivity Test<\/a> initially at the age of 15, Rebecca found she had IgG reactivity to cow&#8217;s milk, yeast, eggs and cashew nuts. After eliminating her trigger ingredients, Rebecca&#8217;s skin issues began to take a turn for the better.\u00a0 &#8220;I felt more active, had more energy and no longer had that bloated feeling. I&#8217;ve just got back to normal &#8211; school and being able to attend my dance classes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Rebecca further commented, &#8220;After around a week or two of making the changes, I started to feel noticeably better and the rashes had stopped which was amazing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Talking about her experience with trying to eliminate multiple foods from her diet, Rebecca said, &#8220;I lot a little bit of weight due to the type of foods I was having to avoid. Treats like cakes had to stop. So it was very tough at first due to what I had to avoid. It got easier though as we found alternatives and I got used to these as well as having to check ingredient lists all the time!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>After a period of dietary adjustments, Rebecca decided to follow up with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/us\/products\/premium-food-sensitivity\/\">Premium Food Sensitivity Test<\/a> almost a year later to see if she still had reactivity to her trigger ingredients. The process involves sending a finger-prick blood sample to the company\u2019s laboratories and receiving her results within 7 days. Following on from the test, we asked Rebecca how she found the customer service experience to which she replied: &#8220;Brilliant. They were there when we needed to book appointments and ask questions.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, on her appointment with one of our nutritional experts, Rebecca added: &#8220;Extremely helpful. Explained everything clearly, especially around re-testing after at least 6 weeks to see if my system had reset. We left it 11 weeks and it had worked.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>YorkTest analyses your IgG reactions to <strong>200 food and drinks<\/strong> \u2013 from common ingredients like cow\u2019s milk, gluten and egg, to health superfoods like kale and quinoa.<\/p>\n<p>When asked to sum up her whole experience with YorkTest, Rebecca concluded: &#8220;I&#8217;ve been able to go back to a normal life which is great. I feel fit and have no concerns over my diet causing me issues any more.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been able to go back to a normal life which is great. 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