Food intolerance support in Amsterdam: find your triggers, widen your diet
Food intolerance support at Mesology Amsterdam helps you find out which foods cause your complaints and why, so you can calm your body and eat a varied diet again. Adriana Guarin helps with lactose, fructose and histamine intolerance and other food reactions, by looking at your digestion, gut flora, stress and nutrition, alongside your GP or allergist. No referral needed, in English, Spanish or Dutch.
A food intolerance is not the same as a food allergy. An allergy involves the immune system and can be dangerous; an intolerance usually involves digestion and depends on how much you eat. Both deserve a proper look, and an allergy always belongs with your GP or allergist first.
Food intolerance often goes together with other complaints, such as headaches, skin reactions, fatigue or a blocked nose, especially with histamine intolerance. Mesology looks at the whole picture.
Why choose food intolerance support at Mesology Amsterdam?
Many people with food reactions end up on a diet that keeps getting stricter, without knowing what really causes their complaints. Online tests and lists often add to the confusion.
At Mesology Amsterdam we look for your personal triggers and the reason behind them, so you can calm your body and eat a varied diet again.
What food intolerance support looks at
Food reactions rarely stand on their own. These are the six areas I look at during food intolerance support.
- Your symptoms and history
Which complaints you have, when they appear after eating, and which tests your GP or allergist already did.
- Energy and constitution
Pulse and tongue observation show how strong your digestion is, and whether heat or dampness, in Traditional Chinese Medicine terms, may play a role in your food reactions.
- Stress and reactions
Stress makes the gut more sensitive and can increase histamine release, so calming the nervous system helps.
- Gut health and enzymes
The gut flora and enzymes such as lactase and DAO determine how well you tolerate lactose and histamine.
- Nutrition without shortages
A diet that avoids triggers but still gives you all the protein, vitamins and minerals you need.
- Step-by-step reintroduction
After a short elimination phase, foods come back one by one to find your personal limit.
How food intolerance support works
Food intolerance support in three steps
Intake (90 minutes): your symptoms, food diary, history, stress, sleep and earlier tests, including allergy tests.
Assessment: pulse and tongue observation, an EPD measurement of your digestive organs, and a review of your food and symptom diary.
Personal plan: a short, targeted elimination phase, gut support and a structured reintroduction plan.
Follow-up consultations guide you through the reintroduction, so your diet becomes wider again instead of stricter.
What is included in food intolerance support
Food Intolerance Intake
Your first consultation-
Full review of symptoms and history
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Review of food diary and earlier tests
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Pulse, tongue and EPD assessment
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Gut health and nutrition review
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Written personal elimination plan
Follow-up
Reintroduction support-
Review of your symptom diary
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Repeat pulse, tongue and EPD assessment
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Step-by-step reintroduction of foods
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Check of nutrients and shortages
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Updated gut support advice
Food intolerances I help with
Food intolerance support can help with:
Lactose intolerance
Fructose and FODMAP intolerance
Histamine intolerance: read the full guide on histamine intolerance
Gluten sensitivity, after coeliac disease has been ruled out
Reactions to additives and other food chemicals
Reactions to many foods, or a diet that has become too strict
Food intolerance is often linked to gut health. Read more about what mesology is.
Food intolerance care: GP, allergist or mesology?
Your GP
Ruling out allergy, coeliac disease and other causes
Examination, blood tests, referral
Short consultation, often 10 minutes
Refers to an allergist when needed
Mesology
Finding personal triggers and their cause
Conversation, pulse and tongue, EPD, food diary
90 minutes, then guided reintroduction
Works alongside your GP or allergist
Allergist (hospital)
Diagnosing food allergies
Skin prick tests, blood tests, food challenges
Within a hospital care pathway
Specialist allergy diagnosis and treatment
Experience with food intolerances
Adriana Guarin regularly helps clients with lactose, fructose and histamine intolerance. Her four-year training at the Academy for Mesology combines regular medical knowledge with orthomolecular nutrition, so she can guide an elimination diet safely and make sure you do not develop shortages.
She always checks whether an allergy or coeliac disease has been ruled out first, and is a member of the NVVM, VBAG and RBCZ. About Adriana.
Food intolerance support and your insurance
You start with a 90-minute intake (€180); follow-ups during the reintroduction take 60 minutes (€150), as shown above. Most people need three to four consultations. Many supplementary insurances partly reimburse them, and you receive an invoice by email after each visit. Prices and insurance.
Frequently asked ~
questions about food intolerance support
Questions ~
A food allergy is a reaction of the immune system that can be severe, even to small amounts. A food intolerance usually involves digestion, depends on the amount you eat and is not dangerous, although it can be very unpleasant.
Food sensitivity tests based on IgG antibodies are not recommended by allergy experts, as they do not reliably show intolerances. A food diary, a short elimination phase and structured reintroduction give a more reliable answer.
Usually two to four weeks, followed by a step-by-step reintroduction. A strict diet should be temporary, to avoid nutrient shortages.
Often it improves a lot when the underlying causes, such as gut problems, stress or nutrient shortages, are addressed. Many people can tolerate more histamine again over time.
Yes, if you have severe or sudden reactions, swelling of the lips or throat, or difficulty breathing, as this may be an allergy. Also see your GP to rule out coeliac disease before cutting out gluten.
Many supplementary insurances partly reimburse consultations with a registered mesologist; basic insurance does not. No referral is needed, but bring any allergy or blood test results you have.
Want to eat without worry again?
Book a 90-minute intake with Adriana, in English, Spanish or Dutch.