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A clinical trial, published in the GUT medical journal, focused on diagnosed sufferers of Irritable Bowel Syndrome. The study was designed by the University Hospital of South Manchester and 150 outpatients with IBS participated in the trial. The patients took the Yorktest Laboratories FoodScan test and then undertook an exclusion diet based on the results of the test.

 

Patients were split into two groups at random. The first group received a diet based on their YorkTest blood test results - eliminating the foods that caused them a problem. The second group received a dummy diet, eliminating foods to which they were not sensitive. The trial followed patients for three months and the severity of symptoms were recorded.

 

It showed that the elimination diet based on the true results was “significantly more effective” and those patients saw a “clinically significant improvement” in their IBS.

This audit investigated whether migraine sufferers have evidence of food intolerances and whether their condition can be improved by eliminating the foods highlighted in the result of a food intolerance test. Patients were recruited from Primary Care practices and were encouraged to alter their diets to eliminate the appropriate foods. Their progress was followed for a 2-month period.

 

The study showed: “A marked proportion of the migraine patients benefited from dietary intervention by cutting out (the problem) foods.” And that “over 60% of patients who re-introduced the suspect foods back into their diets reported the return of their migraine symptoms.”

 

The study’s authors said: “This investigation demonstrated that food intolerance may be associated with migraine and that changing the diet to eradicate certain foods may be a potentially effective treatment for migraine.”

Three months after taking a 113 FoodScan test, we send a satisfaction questionnaire out to our customers to find out how they are getting on, what benefits they have experienced and how they felt about the test and service.
Of the 5236 patients surveyed, 78.8% showed noticeable improvement to ill health symptoms.

This independently audited report, conducted in association with Allergy UK, has been produced to provide evidence that an elimination diet is an effective, reliable and valid aid to the management of chronic conditions. This study was published in February 2007.