Food Intolerance Testing

The Bodyworks Practice offers Food Intolerance Testing to complement our nutrition and internal health focus.

Food intolerances can present themselves in many ways, even days after you have eaten the food you can get symptoms, making it hard to pinpoint what it is.   Food intolerances involve the immune systems antigen IgG.

Signs of a Food Intolerance can include various gut symptoms like bloating, diarrhea, constipation, and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Other possible symptoms are skin issues such as eczema and joint pain.

A Food Allergy involves the antigen IgE and is not the same as an intolerance.  Allergies present themselves quickly and are usually easy to identify. The UK has one of the highest rates of allergic conditions in the world, affecting over 20% of the population with one or more allergic disorders.  I do not test for allergies.

More detailed information on food intolerances and allergies can be found here:

Food Intolerance | Allergy UK | National Charity

Some Research Papers:

Food Elimination on IgG antibodies in IBS – Food elimination based on IgG antibodies in irritable bowel syndrome: a randomised controlled trial – PubMed (nih.gov)

Detection of specific food antigens with circulating immune complexes: – clinexpimmunol00175-0052.pdf (nih.gov)

How is Food Intolerance Testing Carried Out?

Our method of food intolerance testing is quick, easy and accurate.

An initial 30 minute Zoom consultation is carried out to determine which test is best for you.  Then, a test kit will be sent out to you which requires a small finger prick of blood to be taken and sent back to the lab directly (fees apply).   Your blood IgG’s  will then be tested against certain foods.  Your results will then be sent directly back to you.  I will also send you basic nutrition advice to help you with these intolerances (price included int he initial consultation).  Prices below.

Please remain eating a normal diet before the test so we can see what the culprit foods are.

If you are interested in this service and would like to know what foods are included please do contact us for a full list of foods.

Prices

30 Minute Initial Consultation £85 to be paid upon booking.  This also includes test interpretation and basic nutrition advice that will be sent out upon receiving your test results.

Testing price starts from £120- £275, you pay them directly.