A true picture of the gut environment, with an easy-to-use single specimen collection.
Simple to order. Take the test at home. Mail to the lab.
No presciption required.
Why use stool testing?
Gastrointestinal (GI) function is important for general health. This includes balancing beneficial microbial flora in the gut to enhance health benefits and controlling opportunistic bacteria. GI health is key in digestion, nutrient usage, and ridding the body of waste and pathogens. Poor digestion and malabsorption can lead to immune dysfunction, nutritional insufficiencies, and various disease states. Poor GI function can also lead to food allergies and other toxicities.
Your intestinal tract contains significant amounts of bacteria, some beneficial, some neutral, and some that can be harmful. It is essential to know the microbial balance of your GI tract, especially if you have chronic health problems. Health enhancing intestinal bacteria serve to prevent the overgrowth of potentially harmful bacteria in the gut.
Balancing beneficial microbial flora in the gut is key to proper digestion, efficient nutrient usage, and ridding the body of waste and pathogens. Poor digestion and malabsorption can lead to immune dysfunction, nutritional insufficiencies, mental/emotional disorders, and autoimmune diseases.
GI Effects is unlike any other stool analysis profile, going beyond the standard parameters for identifying gastrointestinal disorders.
The GI Effects Profile uses DNA analysis to identify microbiota with 100% accuracy - including anaerobes, a previously immeasurable area of the gut environment. DNA assessment is specific and accurate, avoids the pitfalls of sample transport, reports results as specific numbers, and is more sensitive than limited culture based stool anaylisis that requires multiple collections.
Why should you use the GI Effects Stool Profile?
- Requires only one, single sample collection
- Greater accuracy due to advanced technology DNA analysis
- Evaluates balance of microbes shown to contribute to weight gain
- Identifies drug resistance genes
- To maintain good health
Test for:
- Inflammation
- Immune function and gluten sensitivity
- Yeast
- Parasites
- Bacteria
- Pathogens
- Pharmaceutical and botanical sensitivities
- Cancer-preventative short chain fatty acids
- Pancreatic function
- Markers for digestion and absorption
Conditions and diseases
related to GI disorders:
- Autism spectrum disorders
- Food sensitivities
- Irritable bowel syndrome
- Crohn’s disease
- Ulcerative colitis
- Maldigestion from history of celiac or other autoimmune disorders
Symptoms related to GI disorders:
- Abdominal pain
- Arthritis/joint pain
- Headaches/migraines
- Diarrhea or constipation
- Noticeable change in stool
- Bloating/gas
- Unexplained weight loss/gain
- Blood, mucus, or pus in stool
- Hives/skin rash/eczema
- Difficulty breathing
- Swollen tongue/lips
- Acid reflux/heartburn
- Chills/fever
- Chronic fatigue
- Cramping
View a Sample Report.
How to Get the Test
Your functional test is ordered through me in my capacity as a Certified Nutritionist.
Call the number below or use our secure online shopping cart.
The test kit with full instructions will be sent to you within a few days. A small shipping and handling fee applies.
Collect the specimens at your convenience and send directly to the independent laboratory.
The test results are sent to me and I will forward a copy to you.
We then schedule a time to discuss the interpretations and implications of the results and possible nutritional and lifestyle treatment programs appropriate for you based on your test results.
You'll have the option of working with me further to treat your results and resolve the problems revealed in your testing.
To Your Health,
The fee for the
GI Effects Stool Profile
functional health test is
$790
