Lactose intolerance test UK and Europe
Order guidelines and laboratory info
- Payment and ordering - You do not need a doctor’s referral to order the test, you can order the test on your own accord. If you are ordering for someone else please include their name at checkout. If you are ordering more than one of this particular test then please include the other name/s in the notes section at the final checkout screen. There are no age restrictions but the individual needs to be able to collect a valid sample, if you are unsure then please contact mindovermetal. Payment is made via PayPal, you will need to accept the cookie notification for the mindovermetal website at the bottom of the screen to be able to checkout via PayPal. You can pay via your PayPal account or if you do not have a PayPal account you can use your credit or debit card. After you have entered in your payment details via PayPal you will then be taken back to the order screen on the mindovermetal website, please then select ‘complete order’ in the ‘review and submit order’ section to completely confirm the order/payment. Once you have paid for the test you will receive a confirmation receipt email, if you do not receive the receipt email then please contact mindovermetal so one can be sent to you via email. If you are ordering the test outside of the UK and within Europe, there will be a £7 delivery fee of your overall order and not per test. The delivery fee is included in the price of the test for residents in the UK.
- Test kit delivery - The test kit is sent directly to your address. Test kits ordered before 3pm Monday to Friday will be sent out the same day. Test kits ordered after 3pm Monday to Thursday will be sent out the following day morning time. Test kits ordered after 3pm Friday and over the course of the weekend will not be sent out till Monday morning the following week. The time frame for receiving the test kit is 1 - 3 days within the UK and 2 - 7 days outside of the UK and within Europe, the delivery time frame will depend on which country you are ordering from. If you do not receive your test kit within the time frame then please contact mindovermetal.
- Testing laboratory - Biolab Medical Unit. They are based in the West End of London and they specialise in nutritional and environmental medicine by providing laboratory tests. Biolab is open Monday - Friday 9am - 5.30pm, they do not send test kits and results over the course of the weekend. For their website please click here. Please contact mindovermetal and not the laboratory if you have any issues with your test order or result.
- Test preparations/instructions - The patient should not have eaten slowly digesting foods such as beans and bran on the day before the test and should have fasted for 14 hours prior to the test, with only water to drink. Vigorous exercise, smoking or sleeping should be avoided immediately before, or at any time during the test.
- Sample collection/sending - You can collect the sample at home, there is no need to collect the sample in a clinical environment. The test kit comes with instructions on how to collect the sample and with the relevant packaging and preserving substance for you to send the sample back to the laboratory (address details included). Once the sample has been collected you need to post the kit back to Biolab. Normal postal charges will apply (usually large letter rates if in the UK). It is advised to send the sample at the start of the week so that the laboratory receives it during the same working week (Biolab is closed at the weekend). The test does not expire and can be used at any time.
- Refunds - Refunds are only possible if the test kit is unused and no sample has been sent to Biolab. Refunds can only be processed within 60 days after ordering the test. If a refund is required then please contact mindovermetal.
- Results - The test result is sent directly to you from mindovermetal and not from Biolab. The result is sent to the email that you provide when you place your order, it will be sent as a downloadable document. The test result will come with a summary of your result reading. The test result is simple to understand and shows if you are above, below or within certain reference ranges. If there is anything you do not understand and unsure of in your test result then please contact mindovermetal by replying via the results email.
- Result turnaround time - The time frame for receiving your test result is 3 working days from the first day that it reaches the laboratory for processing. Please make a note of the date you send the sample and if you do not receive your results within this time frame then please contact mindovermetal.
- Example report - Please click below to download.
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- Support and treatment programme - Email support is included in the price of the test. A treatment programme will be provided (free of charge) only if you have tested positive for a health problem which is in relation to this particular test and the test result serves as a diagnostic analysis.
- For any issues regarding your test order please contact mindovermetal at – orders@mindovermetal.co.uk, Whatsapp is also available via the mindovermetal contact number. You can also call if need be and if you have more of an urgent issue.
Description from Biolab
Lactose intolerance was formerly assessed by giving an oral dose of 50 gm of lactose (equivalent to the lactose load in 1 litre of cow's milk) and then monitoring the plasma glucose for 3 hours. A normal response is a rather modest rise in the plasma glucose, of greater than 1.2 mmol/L. The 'lactose tolerance test' is now rarely carried out. Even some control subjects, with no known relevant history, may exhibit some symptoms and fail to produce a significant rise in the plasma glucose, showing how prevalent is this condition.
A trial lactose-free diet may also provide a useful initial assessment for lactose intolerance, but small bowel biopsy with the assay of brush border disaccharidases used to provide the definitive diagnosis. Genetic testing based on an EDTA blood sample is now possible, but this gives information as to susceptibility, rather than the presence of the condition, which, being polymorphic in its genetics, requires the investigation of a number of gene loci.
Our experience is that the comparison of breath levels of hydrogen and methane before and after the consumption of a 25 gm lactose load provides a convenient and practical way of detecting the condition of lactose intolerance; this is of considerable importance in the investigation of a number of chronic conditions and its increasing prevalence reflects the dietary load of lactose from manufactured foods, as well as the extent of loss of brush border lactase.
A trial lactose-free diet may also provide a useful initial assessment for lactose intolerance, but small bowel biopsy with the assay of brush border disaccharidases used to provide the definitive diagnosis. Genetic testing based on an EDTA blood sample is now possible, but this gives information as to susceptibility, rather than the presence of the condition, which, being polymorphic in its genetics, requires the investigation of a number of gene loci.
Our experience is that the comparison of breath levels of hydrogen and methane before and after the consumption of a 25 gm lactose load provides a convenient and practical way of detecting the condition of lactose intolerance; this is of considerable importance in the investigation of a number of chronic conditions and its increasing prevalence reflects the dietary load of lactose from manufactured foods, as well as the extent of loss of brush border lactase.
