PARTNER LABS FOR FUNCTIONAL HEALTH TESTING
Along your path to healing, we may do some functional health testing. Functional tests are often more sensitive than tests run through conventional medical practices, and we look at more narrow, optimal healthy result ranges. Functional tests are not intended to diagnose disease or illness; they help reveal the root causes of health concerns and are adjunct to understanding nutritional status. Some of my clients are eating the most nutritious, “perfect” foods, but have digestive distress or other upsetting symptoms, so testing can help us find out why. Food allergies and/or sensitivities, “leaky gut” and intestinal dysbiosis can make digestion tough!
Aerodiagnostics offers easy to use, at-home tests for small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) and fructose, sucrose and lactose intolerance.
Cyrex Laboratories offers precise testing arrays to identify autoimmune reactions to gluten, chemicals other specific irritants, and can help pinpoint which bodily systems are affected.
Diagnostic Solutions Laboratory offers the GI-MAP to assess intestinal health and detect parasites, H. pylori bacteria, fungi, yeast other pathogens using FDA-approved methods of stool analysis. It also tests for zonulin, the marker of leaky gut.
The DUTCH (Dry Urine Test for Comprehensive Hormones) by Precision Point Analytics offers an at-home test for cortisol, melatonin, estrogen, testosterone and progesterone markers and their metabolites. It can detect markers for oxidative stress that damages the body. The lab also offers saliva cortisol testing.
Enterolab looks for markers of celiac disease, gluten sensitivity, a variety of other food sensitivities and intestinal malabsorption using stool analysis. This method of food sensitivity testing is helpful for people who dislike blood draws.
The Great Plains Laboratory, Inc. is a worldwide leader in providing testing for nutritional factors in chronic illnesses such as autism, fibromyalgia, and ADHD. This lab offers a comprehensive diagnostic stool analysis for gastrointestinal wellness, organic acids testing (OAT) for metabolic function, mycotoxins testing for poisonous chemicals that come from molds and testing for IgE allergy and IgG sensitivity reactions to foods and environmental factors.
Infinite Allergy Labs offers a unique, combined IgE food allergy and IgG/IgG4 sensitivity panel that detects foods that trigger antigenic and autoimmune responses within your body plus the immune reaction Complement that "turbo-charges" sensitivities to certain foods.
KMBO Diagnostics tests for sensitivity to foods and chemicals, and offers finger prick kits that are easy to do at home.
Meridian Valley Labs can test for specific food sensitivity and allergy reactions. It offers finger prick kits that are easy to do at home.
The MRT test through Oxford Biomedical Technologies detects reactivity to 170 foods, additives and chemicals. It is a different type of food sensitivity test than an IgE or IgG test, because it identifies the effects of various inflammatory mediators (histamine, cytokines, prostaglandins and more) released by your blood cells when they encounter foods. Test results can be followed by the LEAP (Lifestyle Eating And Performance) food reintroduction program to calm reactions and painful symptoms like IBS, headache, migraines and fibromyalgia.
SpectraCell Laboratories measures the levels of micronutrients (vitamins, minerals, antioxidants) in your body.
VibrantAmerica offers cutting-edge new technology to assess wheat, gluten, corn, lectin and other food sensitivity reactions, microbiome health, leaky gut, micronutrient status, mycotoxins and more.
ZRT Laboratory offers saliva-based cortisol testing, urinary iodine testing to assess thyroid health and more.
Many of these tests can be completed in the comfort and privacy of your own home, other than blood draws that take place at phlebotomy centers that partner with specific labs.
Tests are paid for prior to be ordered.
In no case are lab tests ordered prior to the New Client Intake Service, during which we determine the appropriate course of action for you.
Lab tests are not included in meeting or package prices. Test costs are either paid directly to certain labs or may be initially billed to my practitioner account if doing so provides discounts or complimentary calls with the labs. I accept HSA and FSA cards. All tests come with pre-paid mailing packs to return to the labs.