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Gluten Intolerance Testing: A Guide

24 Jul 2024 | Intolerances, Nutrition

Gluten intolerance is a condition where your body is unable to digest gluten. Most times, gluten intolerance is mistaken for celiac disease. These two are different in many ways, but the main way is that celiac disease is an autoimmune condition, while gluten intolerance isn’t. Gluten intolerance affects the digestive tract causing digestive symptoms because […]

The Dos And Don’ts Of Dining Out With Food Intolerances

12 Jul 2024 | Intolerances, Nutrition

“Would you like to come round for dinner?” For people with food intolerances, few things trigger more anxiety than this question. Years of bad experiences – either dining out or with friends – leave people with immense hesitation to accept an invitation. Almost inevitably, the restaurant or your host serves up a dish you can’t […]

6 Mistakes That Can Skew Your Food Intolerance Test Results

28 Jun 2024 | Intolerances, Research

Food intolerance testing can be incredibly useful when trying to identify specific foods that cause your symptoms – whether they may be bloating, diarrhoea, skin rashes, headaches, fatigue or something else. But it’s important to avoid mistakes when testing in order to avoid skewing your test results. I’ve been using food intolerance tests like these […]

A Detailed Breakdown of How Food Intolerance Tests Work

05 Jun 2024 | Intolerances, Research

What is the science behind food intolerance testing? When you eat, your digested food should leave the digestive system via one of two channels – ideally as a bowel movement or, less desirably, vomiting. Problems with this could mean an intolerance is present, meaning an intolerance test is on the cards. If you have intestinal […]

Actionable Insights From An Expert On Food Intolerance Testing

01 May 2024 | Intolerances

My name is Kate Knowler, and I’m a nutritional therapist in London. I’ve used food intolerance testing with my clients for the past 16 years in my clinic, and here are some actionable insights I would recommend following whether you’re considering doing a food intolerance test or have already done one: Before food intolerance testing: […]

Wheat Intolerance vs Coeliac Disease

16 Apr 2024 | Health Tests, Intolerances, Uncategorised

The most common symptom of either wheat intolerance or coeliac disease is some form of gastrointestinal discomfort. Usually, such discomfort after eating bread is a clear indicator of gluten intolerance. Three conditions fall under this umbrella: coeliac disease, non-coeliac gluten sensitivity (NCGS), and wheat allergy. The last diagnosis, wheat intolerance or allergy, isn’t strictly a […]

Coeliac Disease – The Intolerance That Isn’t An Intolerance…

26 Feb 2024 | Intolerances

What is coeliac disease? Coeliac disease is an autoimmune disease affecting the small intestine. For individuals who have coeliac, consumption of foods containing more than 20 parts per million (20ppm) or 50mg of gluten – the protein found in wheat, barley, rye, spelt, and kamut, and in oats by contamination – can result in damage […]

Understanding Allergy and Intolerance with IgG4 Immunoglobulin

22 Feb 2024 | Allergies, Intolerances

At Test Your Intolerance, we’re dedicated to further exploring and understanding the intricacies of human health and well-being. Our latest white paper journal is no different to this fact, and we want to share with you our hypothesis as well as our findings! The white paper journal itself delves into the intricate relationship between immunoglobulin […]