FUNCTIONAL LAB TESTING
At Nutrition & Whole Health Solutions in Stoneham, MA, we offer Functional Lab Testing for our existing clients looking to enhance their health as well as for preventative health purposes. Functional Lab Testing is another form of testing to help dive deeper and gather information about your health and body to assist in determining: the root causes to your symptoms, toxicities, organ dysfunction, pathogens, nutritional deficiencies and more. This form of testing is offered in a series of: blood, saliva, urine as well as stool lab testing to help determine the underlying causes of ill or non-optimal health to help bring your body and mind back into a state of balance and harmony.
NWHS Functional Lab Tests
*Comprehensive Blood Work
*GI-Map Stool Test
*MRT Food Sensitivity Test
*Saliva + Urine Hormone Testing
Functional Lab Tests details
Comprehensive Blood Work Testing: This comprehensive blood work panel provides an expansive marker list providing crucial details about your health and well-being. Markers and blood work results will include key data regarding your: blood sugar handling, immune system, cardiovascular disease, liver/gallbladder function, kidney function, thyroid function, anemia, vitamin D, as well as key nutritional deficiencies.
Blood work markers tested include:
• C-Reactive Protein (CRP)
• CBC (includes Differential and Platelets)
• Comprehensive Metabolic Panel
• Ferritin
• Gamma Glutamyl Transferase (GGT)
• Hemoglobin A1c
• Homocysteine
• hs-CRP
• Insulin
• Iron, Total and Total Iron Binding Capacity
• Lactate Dehydrogenase (LD)
• Lipid Panel
• Magnesium
• Phosphate
• T3, Free (FT3)
• T3, Reverse, LC/MS/MS
• T4, Free (FT4)
• THYROID PANEL & TSH;Includes TSH ; PROFILE - T4* ; Total T3
• Thyroid Peroxidase and Thyroglobulin Antibodies
• Uric Acid
• Vitamin D, 25-Hydroxy, Total, Immunoassay
GI-MAP Stool Test: Great for those dealing with chronic digestive or health issues, hormonal imbalances, and more. The health of your gut impacts the health of your entire body and hormone levels. Other key health challenges that can greatly benefit from the GI-Map Testing are autoimmune diseases, brain fog, skin problems like acne and psoriasis, mood disorders, depression and anxiety, diabetes and weight loss issues. We highly recommend doing the GI-MAP + MRT Blood Food Testing together at the same time for optimal results. The GI-MAP and MRT Food Sensitivity Test should be completed within a few weeks or less of each other.
Who is the GI-MAP Stool Test for?
The GI-MAP stool test can be performed at any age and be used for those suffering from an array of health issues and medical conditions. Examples include: digestion problems like constipation, bloating, diarrhea, gas, acid reflux, irritable bowel disease or “IBS”, heart disease, thyroid issues, hormone imbalances and autoimmune diseases.
What does the GI-MAP test measure?
Viruses, bacteria, inflammation, fungi, parasites, pancreatic function, immune function, zonulin, elastase, occult blood, SIgA, secretory IgA, anti-gliadin IgA, fat absorption and B-glucuronidase.
What are the benefits of the GI-MAP test?
What’s good about the GI-MAP is that it is something that you can do at home and has a higher accuracy rate compared to conventional stool testing due to its innovative technology. In addition, this test gives a big picture view of what is occurring in the gut microbiome while also assessing other health markers making it possible to also analyze inflammation and immunity. With the help of this at home test, your stool will be used in determining if there are certain pathogenic organisms within your body that might cause you to suffer from illnesses linked to digestive conditions, hormonal imbalances, autoimmune problems, and most chronic conditions can be influenced by your gut bacteria.
MRT Food Sensitivity Testing: This test shows in detail the response of the top foods and chemicals in your body. You can be allergic or sensitive to healthy foods, not just the known top food allergens. This test is key for customizing what you should and should not be eating for optimal health and wellness. When your body is sensitive to a food or chemical, your body will produce an inflammatory response that you either feel symptomatically or it can go on internally with no warning signals. This can dramatically negatively impact your overall health by negatively affecting your energy, mood, digestive tract, hormones and weight. We highly recommend doing the GI-MAP + MRT Blood Testing together at the same time for optimal results. The-MAP and MRT Food Sensitivity Test should be completed within a few weeks or less of each other.
Hormone Testing: The first step in achieving hormonal balance is through diet and lifestyle changes (proper exercise, sleep, managing stress as well as fueling your body with the proper foods), and to truly balance your hormones we recommend doing the GI-MAP + MRT Blood Tests first as the majority of our hormones are synthesized in the gut. Fixing your gut can many times balance your hormones and then there is no need for further hormone testing. There are a variety of hormone tests that can be performed based on whether you are a male and or female who is cycling, menopausal or post-menopausal.