Functional Laboratory Testing

Explore our range of health tests which can be done from the comfort of your own home.

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Choosing the right test…

If you're unsure which test is right for you, we'll discuss your symptoms, health goals, and whether functional testing is appropriate during your initial consultation. I can recommend, arrange, and interpret the following tests:

Digestive Health Tests

  • Type of test: Stool

    The GI Effects® Comprehensive Stool Profile is an advanced stool test that provides immediate, actionable clinical information for the management of gastrointestinal health. Utilising cutting-edge technologies and biomarkers, this test offers valuable insight into digestive function, intestinal inflammation, and the intestinal microbiome. Biomarkers are grouped and scored in 5 key areas relating to GI function:

    • Maldigestion

    • Inflammation

    • Dysbiosis (imbalanced / deficient commensal bacteria, methane or SIBO bacteria)

    • Metabolite Imbalance

    • Infection (pathogenic bacteria, candida / yeasts, parasites)

  • Type of test: Breath

    SIBO Profiles are non-invasive breath tests which capture exhaled hydrogen (H2) and methane (CH4) gases following patient ingestion of a lactulose solution to evaluate bacterial overgrowth of the small intestine. Levels of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) are also measured in every sample for quality control purposes.

Hormonal Health Tests

  • Type of test: Urine

    The DUTCH Complete test evaluates 35 sex and adrenal hormones, including oestrogen, progesterone, testosterone, DHEA, and cortisol, with metabolites. It also measures daily free cortisol and cortisone patterns, 8-OHdG, melatonin, and nine organic acids, including markers for B12, B6, biotin, glutathione, dopamine, norepinephrine/epinephrine, neuroinflammation, and tryptophan putrefaction, offering insights into hormonal and metabolic health.

  • Type of test: Urine & saliva test

    DUTCH Cycle Mapping+ Plus assesses 35 sex and adrenal hormones (oestrogen, progesterone, testosterone - including oestrogen and progesterone mapping across the monthly cycle), diurnal cortisol and cortisone patterns, Cortisol Awakening Response (CAR), 8-OHdG, melatonin and nine organic acids for vitamin and neurotransmitter analysis. This test aids in understanding menstrual cycle dynamics, fertility issues, and hormone imbalances, especially with suspected HPA axis dysregulation.

  • Type of test: Urine & saliva test

    DUTCH Plus offers a thorough assessment of 35 sex and adrenal hormones (oestrogen, progesterone, testosterone) including their metabolites, providing insights into hormonal balance. It analyses the pattern of free cortisol and cortisone, emphasising the Cortisol Awakening Response. Additionally, it measures DHEA, 8-OHdG, melatonin, and nine organic acids, including markers for B vitamins, glutathione, dopamine, and neuroinflammation.

Cardiometabolic Health Tests

  • Type of test: Blood & centrifuge

    This comprehensive test offers an advanced evaluation of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors and metabolic indicators linked to metabolic syndrome and type II diabetes. It provides a detailed analysis of atherogenic lipoprotein sub-species, apolipoproteins, arterial inflammation, and lipoprotein-associated phospholipase-A2 (PLAC) activity, enabling sensitive detection of active atherogenesis and plaque instability. Markers include HDL, LDL, small, dense LDL (sdLDL), triglycerides, glucose, insulin, homocysteine, leptin, and more.

Genetic Health Tests

  • Type of test: Saliva swab

    This test analyses how gene variants can affect food tolerance (and intolerance), appetite control and blood sugar balance, vitamin and mineral needs, detoxification ability, and susceptibility to inflammation and infection.

    Nutrient Core will help you understand the fundamental genetic interactions with diet and lifestyle and indicate whether specific functions require further genetic testing. It includes genes that have been shown to affect:

    • food response - coeliac disease (gluten) and lactose intolerance

    • caffeine - sensitivity and metabolism

    • microbiome - diversity

    • vitamin need - vitamins A, B9 (folate), B12 (cobalamin), C, D and K

    • blood pressure - sodium-potassium balance & salt sensitive hypertension

    • detoxification - glutathione

    • metabolism - blood sugar control (insulin), appetite (leptin)

    • inflammation - specific (infection response) and systemic

    • circadian rhythm - early bird or night owl predisposition

  • Type of test: Urine

    The Metabolomix nutritional test helps to give an understanding of individual diet and supplementation needs, and offers a personalized functional nutrition assessment covering Antioxidants, B Vitamins, Digestive Support, and Minerals. Nutritional deficiencies can be a factor of many complex chronic conditions, and utilizes an easy first-morning urine collection (called a first morning void) to provide nutritional recommendations based on a patient’s individual nutritional test results. Clinicians commonly use such nutritional testing to determine the nutritional deficiencies that are at the root of chronic conditions.

  • Type of test: Urine

    NutrEval FMV (First Morning Void) test identifies key nutritional deficiencies. The NutrEval FMV evaluates overall nutritional status to determine personalised supplementation needs for antioxidants, B-vitamins, minerals, essential fatty acids, amino acids, digestive support, and other select nutrients (this is more comprehensive than the ONE test). The NutrEval FMV is an advanced diagnostic tool to guide nutritional therapies, often augmenting and speeding recovery of complex chronic conditions. Select genomics biomarkers may be added to the profile for enhanced personalisation of therapies.

  • Type of test: Urine & saliva swab

    This urine and saliva test combines the Adrenal Stress Profile and Metabolic Analysis tests to provide a comprehensive analysis of various factors that may be implicated in chronic fatigue and other related conditions.

  • Type of test: Blood

    The Wellness 360 Female provides the most extensive insight into vital organ function, changes in energy, frequent illness, blood sugar regulations, anaemia, loose stool, high or low vitamin and mineral status, changes in sleep, and hormonal or mood imbalances. Markers include: iron, ferritin, cortisol, cholesterol, TSH, T4, T3, anti-TPO, anti-TG, testosterone, FSH, copper, haemoglobin, folate, magnesium, oestradiol, progesterone, B12, zinc, vitamin D, SHBG.

  • Type of test: Blood

    The Wellness 360 Male provides the most extensive insight into vital organ function, changes in energy, frequent illness, blood sugar regulations, anaemia, loose stool, high or low vitamin and mineral status, changes in sleep, hormonal or mood imbalances, and changes in libido. Markers include: iron, ferritin, cortisol, cholesterol, testosterone, TSH, T4, T3, anti- TPO, anti-TG, copper, haemoglobin, folate, magnesium, B12, zinc, vitamin D, SHBG, omega 6:3 ratio.

Nutritional Status Tests

  • Type of test: Blood

    Armin Labs performs laboratory tests for chronic infections that originate from tick-borne diseases which can result in symptoms of Lyme / M.E / fibromyalgia. It was founded in Germany by Dr. Armin Schwarzbach, an expert in the field of diagnostic tests for Borrelia burgdorferi and its co-infections for over 20 years. Lyme disease, or Lyme borreliosis, is an infectious and inflammatory disease involving multiple body systems that is caused by the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi. Diagnosis of Lyme disease is challenging and indirect testing is used where there are many false negatives. The two most-used antibody tests are the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and the Western blot. The CDC recommends the ELISA test be used to screen for the disease and then confirmed with a Western blot. During the first four-to-six weeks of Lyme infection, these tests are unreliable because most people have not yet developed the antibody response that the test measures. Even later in the illness, the two-tiered testing is highly insensitive missing roughly half of those who have Lyme disease. However, Borrelia infections do not only show this humoral immune response, a B cell response with the development of antibodies, but can also activate cell-mediated immunity via T-lymphocytes (a T cell response). T-lymphocytes are only present during an active infection and therefore can be used as a marker to reflect a current infection.

    EliSpot can also test for Epstein Barr Virus, Herpes Simplex, Cytomegalovirus, amongst other key markers such as candida albicans and mycoplasmas.

    The advantage of EliSpot test is its ability to detect a cellular immune response against Borrelia antigens, which appear much earlier in the disease process than the antibody response detected by the traditional Western Blot test. The Enzyme Linked ImmunoSpot (EliSpot) belongs to the IGRA (Interferon-Gamma-Release Assay) test systems. The Borrelia EliSpot reflects the actual Borrelia burgdorferi activity of chronic and recent infections. It is highly sensitive and can detect even one single Borrelia burgdorferi-reactive T-cell in the sample. Because of this, it can be a helpful tool in monitoring treatment progression as results should be negative after 4-8 weeks of an effective therapeutic strategy. This test is one of the most sensitive cellular assays as it has detection levels that can be as low as one cell in 100,000 and is between 20 and 200 times more sensitive than a conventional ELISA. It displays a similar sensitivity as a RT-PCR (Real Time PCR) analysis but detects the secreted protein instead of the mRNA (messenger RNA).

Latent Infections Tests

  • Type of test: Urine

    Mycotoxins are some of the most prevalent toxins in the environment. Mycotoxins are metabolites produced by fungi like mold, which can infest buildings, vehicles, and foodstuffs. A majority of mycotoxin exposures are through food ingestion or airborne exposure. In the European Union, 20% of all grains harvested have been found to be contaminated with mycotoxins. Unfortunately, mycotoxins are resistant to heat and many processing procedures. 

    Fungi are able to grow on almost any surface, especially if the environment is warm and wet. Inner wall materials of buildings, wall paper, fiber glass insulation, ceiling tiles, and gypsum support are all good surfaces for fungi to colonize. These fungi then release mycotoxins into the environment causing symptoms of many different chronic diseases. Diseases and symptoms linked to mycotoxin exposure include fever, pneumonia-like symptoms, heart disease, rheumatic disease, asthma, sinusitis, cancer, memory loss, vision loss, chronic fatigue, skin rashes, depression, ADHD, anxiety, and liver damage. With the new MycoTOX Profile, we can identify mycotoxin exposures and make recommendations for detoxification treatments that have been effective. 

  • Type of test: Blood & urine

    This test analyses hair, blood and urine samples to identify the type of mercury in your body, the amount you have stored up and your body’s ability to eliminate it. It tests for inorganic and methylmercury.

    The Mercury Tri Test offers unique benefits to the practitioner; it provides insights into the magnitude and source of mercury exposure and if any additional detoxification support is needed. It is the only clinical test to use speciation analysis, a patented technology that separates methyl mercury (MeHg) from inorganic mercury (Hgll) and due to sensitive methodology, there is no need for provocation testing. Hgll is usually derived from dental amalgams or from the breakdown of MeHg. Its excretion is measured via hair analysis. MeHg is a reflection of seafood consumption but can also be formed in the gut from swallowed amalgams or accidental exposure. Its excretion is measured in the hair. Both hair and urine values are individually correlated with blood measurements to give an index of excretion.

  • Type of test: Blood

    Quicksilver Scientific’s Blood Metals Panel screens for a broad range of potentially toxic and nutrient metals to show elevated exposure to toxic metals or imbalances of nutrient metals in whole blood. Nutrient Potentially Toxic Elements: Antimony, Arsenic, Cadmium, Cobalt, Lead, Mercury, Silver, Strontium. Elements: Calcium, Copper, Lithium, Magnesium, Manganese, Molybdenum, Selenium, Zinc.

  • Type of test: Blood

    The IgE Mould Profile is a blood test that measures IgE antibodies to 15 common indoor and outdoor moulds. The panel also includes a total IgE measurement. Everyone breathes in airborne mould spores, and in people with mould allergies, symptoms mainly affect the respiratory tract. Testing for mould allergies can identify whether mould is causing the symptoms. The patient can experience relief with symptom management, and by avoiding ongoing exposure to the mould source.

Toxicity Screening Tests

Our Testing Process

Initial Consultation

During your initial consultation, we'll explore your symptoms, medical history, lifestyle, and health goals to determine whether functional testing is appropriate. If I believe testing would provide valuable insight into your ongoing symptoms, I will recommend the most suitable test to help identify underlying imbalances and guide your personalised treatment plan.

There is no need to visit the clinic for testing. I work with accredited laboratories around the world, and the majority of tests can be completed from the comfort of your own home.

Complete Your Test

We'll arrange for your testing kit to be delivered directly to your home (or support you in arranging a phlebotomist should a blood draw be required). Simply collect your sample by following the step-by-step instructions provided and return it to the laboratory using the prepaid packaging supplied.

Results Analysis

Once your results are available, I will carry out a detailed analysis and interpret your findings, working closely with the laboratory to ensure your results are fully understood within the context of your symptoms and health history.

Your Personalised Action Plan

During your follow-up consultation, we'll review your results together in detail. I'll explain what they mean, answer any questions you may have, and provide a personalised nutrition, lifestyle and supplement plan designed to address the root causes identified and help you achieve your health goals.

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