With at-home assessments rising in popularity and an curiosity in whether or not I had any meals sensitivities, I ordered an Intolerances & Sensitivities DNA Test from MyHealthChecked.

The check helps individuals be taught whether or not they might be liable to a typical intolerances, similar to lactose, or different sensitivities that might influence how you are feeling everyday.

It concerned a easy swab check to gather a saliva pattern that I then despatched off within the publish.

Within 10 working days, pinged to my inbox, MyHealthChecked despatched a hyperlink to a user-friendly, personalised report.

While I suspected that I might have had a sensitivity to caffeine, I used to be shocked to be taught that I've the next danger of gluten intolerance.

"Considering that you have a genetic predisposition to gluten intolerance, you may experience adverse symptoms during or after eating gluten," the report learn.

I received informed I ought to eat extra:

• Quinoa
• Buckwheat
• Potatoes
• Chickpea pasta.

And that I ought to eat much less:

• Rye flour
• Couscous
• Cereal
• Egg noodles.

What is a gluten intolerance?

The report defined gluten intolerance and coeliac illness are autoimmune situations that consequence within the damaging of the liner of the intestine.

This can result in poor absorption of vitamins from meals.

It continued: "This autoimmune condition is caused by a combination of HLA (human leukocyte antigen) genes and exposure to gluten, which is a protein found in wheat, oats, barley and rye."

While I hadn't skilled extreme sufficient signs to even realise I might have an intolerance to gluten, it was time for my weekly meals store, so off I went to hunt out gluten-free alternate options to my normal components.

Turns out, I do not eat numerous gluten in my on a regular basis food regimen, and that is most likely why I had no thought I might have an intolerance to it.

If you want to discover out about your personal well being, MyHealthChecked's intolerances and sensitivities DNA test, £54.00, is out there on-line and at Boots.