{"id":804,"date":"2023-12-18T17:07:51","date_gmt":"2023-12-18T17:07:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/us\/case-study\/frances-symes\/"},"modified":"2025-08-25T18:54:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T18:54:09","slug":"frances-symes","status":"publish","type":"reviews","link":"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/us\/case-study\/frances-symes\/","title":{"rendered":"Frances Symes"},"content":{"rendered":"
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“I feel confident, relaxed and happy”<\/h2>\n

For 5 years, 78-year-old retiree, Frances Symes, was dealing with a range of unpleasant symptoms. These included urgency to go to the toilet and complete loss of bowel control.<\/p>\n

When asked about how these symptoms affected her life, Frances said: \u201cI needed to be aware of toilet locations at all times with a constant need to wear panty liners 24\/7. I had to curtail some physical activities. As a keen swimmer in the sea, getting changed discreetly on the beach was a challenge. I was used to going for regular hikes with friends but was often unable to join them. Often a 10 minute walk to the shops was problematical.”<\/p>\n

When one of her friend’s daughter recommended YorkTest Laboratories, Frances decided to give food sensitivity testing a go and see if there was any correlation between her symptoms and her diet.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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After taking the Premium Food Sensitivity Test<\/a>, Frances’s results indicated that her body was reacting to cow’s milk, beetroot and a number of other ingredients.<\/p>\n

We asked Frances how she felt after removing her trigger foods. \u201cRelieved! Especially as I soon realised it was making a difference. I also felt cross that I didn’t know about YorkTest sooner.”<\/p>\n

Our test analyses your IgG reactions to 200 food and drinks \u2013 from common ingredients like gluten and cow’s milk, to health superfoods like kale and quinoa.<\/p>\n

The process involves sending a finger-prick blood sample back to YorkTest, Frances then received her results within 7-days through the Wellness Hub, in an easy-to-read traffic light-based format.<\/p>\n

Eliminating the trigger foods and sticking to her diet plan has helped clear Frances\u2019s symptoms within a week. “I suspected an improvement after a week but it was about three weeks before I felt confident things had changed. My overall health, apart from the inconvenience of symptoms has always been good but my mental health has definitely improved and I no longer feel frustrated and limited.”<\/p>\n

When asked about her nutritional consultation, Frances commented: \u201cThe nutritionist was friendly, my prepared questions were fully answered, helpful advice was given as well as many useful tips.\u201d Similarly, Frances found the customer service team “Very helpful. I have spoken to several members of the team on the phone and all have been friendly and helpful.”<\/p>\n

When asked how life had changed since taking the test and how she would summarize her experience, Frances concluded: \u201cI am now able to go out, confident that everything is back under control and I am not going to risk being embarrassed. I am able to join in walking for pleasure with my friends. My life is more relaxed, the anxiety of constantly needing to check my condition has gone.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My life is more relaxed, the anxiety of constantly needing to check my condition has gone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":805,"template":"","review_category":[156,157],"class_list":["post-804","reviews","type-reviews","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","review_category-ibs-digestive-problems","review_category-mental-health"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reviews\/804","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:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"review_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review_category?post=804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}