Testimonial

Dietician Martinette Basson has been practicing for almost 20 years of which ten years have been in private practice. She adopted the Optiway test into her Stellenbosch practice in 2020.

Martinette uses Optiway as a tool to understand patient symptoms and to find the right way forward with problems that have persisted for a while. While she frequently uses the test in cases of IBS and inflammation, the test sometimes enables her to pinpoint other conditions. Thereafter, she is able to use the results as part of the patient’s gut treatment programme.

Recent successes with the Optiway test include:

• A patient who was using aloe vera for constipation – The test showed that this was not appropriate at all.
• A patient with persistent achy pains – Citrus fruits were identified as the cause of the discomfort.
• A young girl who had been struggling with nausea for almost two years – lots of tests couldn’t figure it out. After doing the Optiway test, corn and milk were identified as the issue. 

“Sometime people assume for example that gluten is the problem, so they cut out bread, but they eat other food like potatoes, rice or corn which could be causing a reaction too, so the  discomfort continues. Gliadin is not the only culprit, sometimes not a culprit at all. The Optiway test gives these answers” explains Martinette.  “If you can solve the gut issues, you solve a lot of other health issues” she added.