Laboratory Testing

Specialist nutritional and functional testing is available through the Practice. Using such testing provides an invaluable aid to accurately assessing your nutritional requirements.

Examples of such tests are:

• Liver detoxification
• Comprehensive stool analysis
• Adrenal stress
• Blood and Urinary Thyroid Hormones
• Male and Female Hormones
• Insulin resistance
• Intestinal permeability
• Candida antibodies

The Practice also offers the New NutrEval test which is a complete nutritional check up that assesses your functional need for vitamins and minerals. It includes tests for nutrients (vitamins and minerals), toxic elements, essential fatty acids, amino acids, oxidative stress markers and  food allergy testing.

Adequate levels of nutrients are vital for good functional health.  Low levels of vitamin B impair enzyme functions in the body and are associated with fatigue, depression, heart disease and neurological problems. Magnesium deficiency is associated with insomnia, muscle cramps, worsening of asthma, cardiac arrhythmias, migraines and PMS, while Zinc deficiency is associated with dandruff, hair loss, low immunity, slow wound healing, acne and psoriasis.

High levels of toxic elements such as mercury and lead have been linked to a variety of health issues such as poor immunity, poor liver function, poor memory and neurological problems.

Deficiencies in the essential fatty acids can lead to dry skin, brittle nails and hair and is associated with depression, heart disease and immune dysfunction while deficiencies in certain amino acids (protein building blocks) relate to poor adrenal or thyroid function or blood sugar control.

High levels of oxidative stress markers are associated with degeneration  and inflammation and heart disease and cancer and hidden food allergies can cause depression, weight gain, fatigue  skin problems and more.