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I decided to take the test because I
thought I had a sensitivity to wheat; I felt bloated and
tired when I ate wheat bread and tried to eat alternatives such as
rye bread and oat cakes. However, the test showed that I had a
gluten intolerance and should avoid not just wheat but oats, barley
and rye! If I hadn’t have taken the test I would never have realized
this.
Immediately after the test I embarked on a gluten
free diet. For two days I had a mild headache but after this I
immediately noticed a difference. My bloated stomach had gone down
and I had significantly more energy – getting out of bed in the
morning wasn’t such a struggle and doing physical tasks around the
house didn’t feel so onerous – I was even doing my ironing at 6.30am
one morning!
After one month on a gluten free diet I have lost
9lbs, which I’d had difficulty shifting before. I don’t get the
cravings for wheat-based foods such as bread, cakes and biscuits
which I use to get, especially when I was stressed with work. This
means I am more in control of my eating habits and I don’t over eat
or eat the wrong foods as I am absorbing the nutrients more
efficiently from the food I eat. My diet is therefore much healthier
and I feel better.
I am delighted with the results and have
recommended the test to family and friends as it has significantly
changed my life. I am currently training for the 26 mile Moonwalk
next month in London and having more energy and feeling more
positive means I can fit the training into a busy daily schedule,
which involves running my own business and a young son.”
Best regards
Suzanne Rowse 4/4/08
I had been suffering
from a muscle weakness since I was about 18, I realised
this when I nearly dropped my friends baby.
From that moment I decided that I would not be
able to have children through fear of dropping them or that I might
not be able to carry a child whilst pregnant.
For a long time I didn’t hold any of my
friends or relatives babies, through fear of dropping them also.
After many years of visiting my doctor to be
told “there’s nothing wrong” I was diagnosed with Myasthenia Gravis,
(MG).
What a relief, it wasn’t me being a
hypochondriac!
But after having an untold amount of tests,
(some quite horrific) and being prescribed many different drugs,
(one of them being a steroid), all with side effects, the doctors
decided that I didn’t have this illness after all.
This was the point I decided to do something
about it myself.
In the year 2000 I rang Signs of
Life to book a food intolerance and vitamin deficiency test as I
thought that just maybe something I was eating was affecting me.
The results came back
that I had Candida Albicans and my body had hardly any vitamins,
probably a result of being prescribed unnecessary steroids for MG.
Dave advised me to go on a special diet, which
I must admit didn’t contain much, and to take certain tablets to
kill off the Candida and to build up my body’s vitamins again.
I was very sceptical but followed his
advise……boy am I glad I did, I felt stronger almost straight away.
Although I lost quite a lot of weight, I felt
stronger and had more energy than I had had for years!
I wanted to give Dave the biggest hug ever.
I followed the diet for approximately 6 months
and then gradually introduced the food I had omitted bit by bit; if
I had a reaction I simply stopped eating it for a bit longer and re
introduced it at a later date.
At the end I felt so good and strong that I
decided that I would be able to have children and went on to have
two perfectly healthy children.
Thank you Dave for all your help, if it wasn’t for
you I don’t think I would ever have felt strong enough to have
children.
Kate (aged 32)
The first time I experienced symptoms was about 13 /14 years
ago. Every time I had tea and toast I felt bloated and sometimes
nauseated. This went on for some time as I didn’t know what it was,
For the past 2 to 3 years I have felt that my symptoms have been
affecting my health, feeling tired with an increase in headaches and
bloated all the time. But the condition that really prompted me to
visit my GP was my constant coughing and sore throat. After several
visits to the hospital, I was examined and referred to St Thomas
hospital London to have the Acid reflux checked, year later I was
non the wiser and the consultant couldn't give me any explanation
and said there was nothing that he could do.
My headaches increased, my coughing got worse and my mouth tasted
vile. I had come to the conclusion that it had to be connected to my
diet. This is when I decided to have my allergies checked, I had the
intolerance test with yourself and Vivien, taking your advice I went
wheat, gluten, and dairy free for a month, no headaches and felt
better in myself, the only problem that remained was my cough. It
did ease off slightly, but at night and sometimes during the day, I
was still coughing, This is when I brought it to your attention as
to why it was not clearing. With your advice regarding cutting down
on starch and eating more fruit and raw vegetables and why starch
promotes mucus, it made sense.
It has been hard following the strict diet and at times
frustrating, but considering how much I suffered I think its worth
it. My coughing has eased off at least 85%. I work in an office it
was very embarrassing coughing all the time and not even having a
cold or the flu. I have been sleeping well through the night. I know
that I am on the right track, and as long as I look after myself I
will get better each day, I have even started to like the raw
vegetables. I owe you a big thank you Dave.
Jas Clare, Kent |
