Electrodermal skin testing
Painless, no needles, and you do not eat or touch the foods. More than 100 foods, environmental allergens and E numbers in one visit.
Not suitable if you have a pacemaker. Blood testing is still available.
Food intolerance testing
What is a food intolerance?
A food intolerance is a sensitivity to a certain food, drink or additive that is causing you unwanted symptoms. Reactions are often delayed (2–72 hours), which makes them harder to pinpoint without testing.
Often delayed, so hard to spot
A sensitivity to a food, drink or additive. Reactions commonly arrive 2–72 hours later, which is why a food diary alone rarely settles it.
- Family tendency
- After a virus
- Gut changes
- Hormones or stress
Intolerance can be there from the start, or begin later in life.
Two ways to test
Skin screening in the room, or a blood panel sent to an accredited lab.
IgG blood testing
Blood sample taken in clinic and analysed — 57 or 200 foods, covering the things most people eat every week. A written report follows.
- Dairy
- Gluten & grains
- Nuts
- Fruit
- Egg
- Seafood
- Vegetables
- Soy, yeast, coffee
Food allergyvsFood intolerance
How common
About 2% of the UK population
As many as 1 in 2
What it is
A rapid immune response driven by IgE antibodies
A sensitivity in how the body digests or handles a food, often involving IgG
When it shows
Usually within about 2 hours
Anywhere from 2 to 72 hours later
How serious
Can be severe. Anaphylaxis is a 999 emergency
Distressing, not typically life-threatening
What we do
IgE blood testing to share with your GP or specialist
Skin testing or IgG blood testing panels
Questions
Intolerance testing
Coeliac disease is an autoimmune condition triggered by gluten, involving specific antibodies and intestinal damage. Non-coeliac gluten sensitivity may produce similar symptoms without the autoimmune component. Both can be investigated through blood testing.
Book intolerance testing
Choose electrodermal skin testing or an IgG blood panel — free electrodermal testing with any blood test.