Candida Test Kits - Biological Testing Service

Testing for candida and much more: Easy and scientific

BTS - Biological Testing Service offers easy to use, micro-biological testing for candida, intestinal parasites, leaky gut and much more. All tests are performed from simple stool samples, a very modern and strictly scientific way of testing. Our prices are all inclusive in the UK. For more information please go to “Buy here”.

Building Block System for Health Professionals

For Health Professionals BTS offers a cost effective building block system of micro-biological tests, mostly from easy stool samples or mouth swabs. Our prices include the free test kit, the results by letter and/or e-mail and with each result an in depth explanatory letter, individual therapy suggestions and diet and hygiene recommendations. For any additional questions we offer a telephone service run by qualified therapists only.

How do I order a test kit?

• Members of the public please order here >>
• Practitioners and professionals please order here >>

Test options for health professionals

• intestinal candida and other fungi (full screening for all yeasts and moulds, analysis of the species and cell count) including pH of the stool
• intestinal parasites
• complete status of intestinal colonization (fungi and bacteria)
• pancreas function (elastase-1)
• leaky gut (alpha-1-antitrypsin )
• intestinal inflammation (PNM-elastase, Lysozyme)
• intestinal immune system (sIgA)
• celiac disease
• candida IgG, IgM, IgA, IgE
• helicobacter
• intestinal bleeding
• colo-rectal tumour marker (M2-PK)
• gene test for lactose intolerance (simple mouth swab)
• resistance tests for pathogenic bacteria
• acute diarrhoea diagnosis …and much more.

Candida and Parasites - What are the Symptoms?

Please take a moment to read the following information and remember, we’re here to help. Please contact us with any questions, or post your comment online and we’ll answer your questions.

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Why is this candida test better?

Very often intestinal candida is only diagnosed by use of a symptom questionnaire. Unfortunately several other conditions can mimic candida symptoms. It is therefore essential to be 100% sure which condition the patient actually has. Otherwise money and time could be lost for the wrong therapy. The only scientifically correct test for intestinal candida is to take a stool sample from which a culture is prepared. This will then show the species, strain and cell count. Based on this the lab then recommends the correct anti-fungal remedy and therapy. How can I get more information?
Please contact BTS.

BTS - Biological Testing Service
Principal Ute Marie Allison, ND
PO Box 2119
Pulborough, RH20 3WE

+44 (0)1903 893 591
info@candidatest.co.uk

By Ute Allison ND
- British Naturopathic Journal, Vol. 20, No. 2, 2003

A new ELISA test detects specific antibodies to Tumour M2 Pyruvate Kinase (M2-PK), an isomere that only tumour cells produce during their glucose metabolism. The test is not only more reliable than other screening tests but also far simpler. It is not invasive and no special diet is needed.

In the UK about 35,000 people are diagnosed with colorectal cancer every year. In England and Wales, this number is increasing by one per cent a year for men, although for women the total has been staying fairly constant.

About 16,000 people die of the disease every year, making it the second most common cause of cancer death in the UK – lung cancer being the most common. However, bowel cancer is highly treatable and often curable if detected early.

Surgery is the primary treatment and is successful in about 45 per cent of all patients. Prognosis is clearly related to the degree of penetration of the tumour through the bowel wall and the presence or absence of nodal involvement.

The risk of developing bowel cancer increases with age. The average age for men is 67, and for women it is 72. Only ten per cent of colorectal tumours appear in people under the age of 40.

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Stool Test for Celiac Disease

Celiac disease (coeliac disease, coeliac sprue or gluten allergy) is an autoimmune disorder of the small bowel that occurs in genetically predisposed individuals in all age groups after early infancy. Coeliac disease is caused by an abnormal reaction to gliadin, a gluten protein found in wheat, spelt, barley, rye and to a lesser amount in oats.

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What is Candida?
In our intestines we have about 500 different species of micro-organisms, mostly bacteria. Usually bacteria are thought to be the bad guys which make us ill, but in fact we need these tiny tenants to keep food bugs and upset stomachs at bay and to produce a number of useful substances for our health. These good guys are called “the intestinal flora”. There are also fungi among them. These can be yeasts, similar to the ones we know for baking bread or making wine or moulds similar to the tasty ones, which make cheeses. Or they can be the black stuff which causes food to ferment and decay. Usually their numbers are small. Candida is a kind of yeast, a tiny single celled organism, which in normal circumstances is a harmless part of our intestinal flora. However, sometimes when we are not so fit these Candida yeasts can develop the ability to get nasty, grow into large numbers and cause symptoms.

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Anti-Candida Diet Advice        

Dear Patient,
If your findings show that you have an intestinal Candida overgrowth that needs treatment, an effective remedy will be prescribed to you, which you have to take according to the instructions. However, experience has shown that medication for intestinal fungi without a special diet is not sufficient. The dietary advice given below is based on the scientific research of the German Professor Dr. Hans Rieth, MD, and has become the gold standard.

Yeastlike fungi need to have a source of organic carbohydrates to live on. Their easiest supply is organic carbohydrate in the form of short chain sugars, like our household sugars or fruit sugar. The more sugars they have available the better they thrive. For this reason you have to avoid short chain carbohydrates like glucose, fructose, household sugars, malt sugar, all kinds of sweets, chocolate, sweet juices and other sweet drinks, white flour products and jams in your daily nutrition during the anti-Candida treatment. Of course you have to avoid foods, which you are intolerant to as well.
However, be warned of extreme diets, which reduce not only the short chain but also the complex carbohydrates and fruit for weeks or even months. Here not only the fungus but also the patient will be harmed.

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For a long time parasites seemed to be a problem of the past or occasionally found in foreign countries. Recently, however, it is clear that parasites have made a come back. Certainly holidays in countries, where hygiene is not as sophisticated as here are contributing to a higher infection rate. People can infect themselves with parasites when eating contaminated meat or fish. Flies, for example, can carry worm eggs onto food. Protozoa, for example, can be found in salad which has been washed in contaminated water. Animal faeces can be another infection source.

How does the test work?
The laboratory uses a special concentration method to detect worm eggs and larva as well as cysts of protozoa in a single stool sample. This covers most relevant parasites. Protozoa cysts are very resistant, so that even after the postal transport this is a very reliable detection method. At the same time practitioners have to remind patients that they have a look at their stool. How is its colour and consistency? Can they detect mucous or blood or can they even see movement? Worm fragments can sometimes move and tape worms, for example, are easily visible because of their size.

Patient/Practitioner Benefit

• A safe diagnosis for possibly very unspecific symptoms
• Easy monitoring of therapy success

Clinical Applications
Infections with parasites can be very difficult to diagnose, as these infections can go without clear symptoms for years. Some patients, however, can have very severe symptoms. The test may be applicable for patients who present some of the following symptoms

• persistent diarrhoea or alternating diarrhoea and constipation
• attacks of sweating or feeling cold
• fever
• colic like pains
• hunger attacks which alternate with times of no appetite
• persistent cough
• weight loss
• anal itching
• anaemia
• symptoms following foreign travel

Sample Requirements
Single stool sample.