Functional Testing
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Featured Test
A Non-Invasive Personalized Nutritional Assessment
SPECIMEN TYPE: URINE / BLOODSPOT
Maximize your nutrition and improve your health
Nutrition is powerful! A few simple tweaks can make a big difference in your body and how you feel. Nutritional testing can help you identify your unique nutritional needs.
Nutrition is important for every body system. Poor nutrition contributes to many chronic diseases. If you struggle with any of the following conditions or are curious about your nutritional status, nutritional testing may be able to help identify the root cause of your ailments:
Depression
Heart disease
Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes
Fatigue
Weight issues
General dietary guidance
Malnutrition (often observed in the elderly)
Maldigestion/Malabsorption related to the gut
Athletic performance
Physical trauma/healing
Genova's nutritional testing provides a more complete assessment compared to what standard labs offer. Personalized recommendations for amino acids, fatty acids, vitamins, minerals, digestive support, and other nutrients are provided. Testing can also reveal toxic exposures and measure your body's ability to neutralize those toxins.
The Most Comprehensive Stool Test for Optimal Clinical Utility
SPECIMEN TYPE: STOOL
The GI Effects Stool Profiles are a suite of advanced stool tests that provide immediate, actionable clinical information for the management of gastrointestinal health. Utilizing cutting-edge technologies and biomarkers, these profiles offer valuable insight into digestive function, intestinal inflammation, and the intestinal microbiome. The overview pages make results interpretation quicker and easier, to prioritize treatment and assess microbiome status.
The GI Effects Stool Profiles can reveal important information about the root cause of many common gastrointestinal symptoms and non-GI conditions including:
Gas
Bloating
Indigestion/ reflux
Abdominal pain/ cramps
Diarrhea
Constipation
Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
Atopic dermatitis/ eczema
Allergies
Autoimmune diseases
Mood disorders (depression)
Joint aches
Diabetes
Weight issues
The health of the entire body is dependent on a healthy gut and gut microbiome. Gut microbes are codependent with one another and with their human host, and the health of one affects the other. A sizeable volume of research associates a dysbiotic, or imbalanced gut microbiome with multiple disease states both within and outside of the GI tract. The diverse metabolic activities of the microbiome ultimately impact the human host, and the activities of the human host ultimately affect the health of their microbiome.
The DUTCH Plus® takes hormone testing to a new level. In addition to sex hormones and their metabolites, the DUTCH Complete™ looks at the overall diurnal pattern of free cortisol, and the total and distribution of cortisol metabolites. The DUTCH Plus® adds the Cortisol Awakening Response (CAR) to bring another important piece of the HPA axis into focus.
The kit includes:
• Easy-to-follow Directions and Requisition Form
• (4) Urine Collection Strips and (6) Salivette™ Saliva Collection Tubes
• Resealable Plastic Bag
• Sealable Return Envelope
The results include:
• Analysis of 35 different hormones: estrogen, progesterone, testosterone, DHEA-S, and cortisol along with their metabolites, plus the cortisol awakening response (CAR)
• Graphical representation of results and embedded video tutorials to assist in the hormone assessment to share with your medical provider
• DUTCH OATs: Melatonin (6OHMS), 8-Hydroxy-2-deoxyguanosine (8-OHdG), and six organic acid tests (OATs) including markers for vitamin B12 (methylmalonate), vitamin B6 (xanthurenate), kynurenate, glutathione (pyroglutamate), dopamine (homovanillate), norepinephrine/epinephrine (vanilmandelate).
For some women, testing reproductive hormones like progesterone and estrogen on a single day can provide sufficient information. However, to receive a complete and accurate picture, it’s often necessary to map hormone levels throughout the entire menstrual cycle.
Typically, hormone levels follow a pattern:
Estrogen is low at the start of the cycle, rises around ovulation, and then decreases in the luteal phase, otherwise known as the latter part of the cycle.
Progesterone remains low until after ovulation, when it ideally increases significantly (>10-fold) and then decreases during the luteal phase.
The DUTCH Cycle Mapping test helps comprehensively diagnose and address many underlying problems.
The kit includes:
Easy directions and filter paper collection strips
Requisition form for:
Patient informatioRelevant supplements
Medications
Hormone replacement
Health questionnaire
Sealable return envelope
Results include:
Nine (9) targeted estrogen and progesterone measurements taken throughout the cycle to characterize the follicular, ovulatory and luteal phases.
Graphical representation of results and embedded video tutorials to assist providers in the hormone test analysis to share with your provider.
*DUTCH Cycle Mapping™ can also be combined with the DUTCH Complete™ for an even more comprehensive hormone panel.
*This test is not intended for women on hormonal birth control.