This hair test gives so much information about what is going on with the nervous and adrenal system. It also tells us if we have heavy metal toxicity issues or electrolyte and mineral imbalances that may lead to so many debilitating health problems.

The Mineral & Metals Test provides a comprehensive look at adrenal function; the body's stress support system, as well as toxic metal exposure. If mineral reserves are low, electrolytes imbalanced or if you've been exposed to high levels of toxic metals, you won't be able to deal with stress effectively and may experience a range of health challenges.

Testing your essential mineral levels and potential toxic metal exposure can provide valuable insight into the underlying reasons why you feel overly stressed, anxious or overwhelmed, experience highs/lows in energy, skin rashes, headaches, poor sleep, mood disturbances or even learning difficulties in children. Taking a close look at iron, magnesium and potassium can help uncover the root causes of fatigue and poor stress management. In addition, assessing toxic heavy metal levels can identify if you have been exposed to high levels of mercury, cadmium, arsenic and aluminum that can cause a wide range of health-related challenges. Hair testing reveals key information about your level of metabolic activity; unlike blood, hair is less susceptible to the homeostatic mechanisms that quickly affect trace element levels and long-term deviations of mineral retention or losses are more easily detected in hair. This Mineral & Metals Test will identify key mineral imbalances and assess your toxic metal exposure, providing pertinent information about metabolic rate, energy levels and stage of stress using a simple hair sample.

MINERALS & ELECTROLYTES: Essential minerals- those necessary for human health are classified into two equally important groups: major minerals and trace minerals.

Major minerals and Electrolytes: Calcium, Magnesium, Phosphorus, Potassium, Sodium, and Sulfur. These are used and stored in large quantities in the body.

Below are some examples why these major minerals and electrolytes are important to our body function:

Calcium (Ca): Builds bones and teeth; activates enzymes throughout the body; helps regulate blood pressure; helps muscles to contract, nerves to send messages, and blood to clot. Deficiency is common in older adults, especially in women. A lack of calcium in the body increases the risk for brittle bones and fractures.

Magnesium (Mg): Like Calcium, builds bones and teeth. It also helps to regulate blood pressure and blood sugar and enables muscles to contract and relax, nerves to send messages, blood to clot, and enzymes to work. Magnesium’s role in our body is to produce and maintain ATP molecule (Adenosine Triphosphate Magnesium) which provides energy to all our basic bodily process and transporting other nutrients. Deficiency will slow these processes down as well as cause nausea, loss of appetite and potential digestive upset.

Sodium (Na): Balances fluids in the body, helps send nerve impulses, and helps make muscles contract.

Potassium (K): Balances fluids in the body, helps to maintain a steady heartbeat and to make muscles contract, and may benefit bones, blood pressure, and sugar regulation.

It is important that these electrolytes maintain balance with each other. For example:

Calcium & Magnesium: Indicate how much stress the body is under (can be from past trauma, emotional stress, work stress, pathogens/yeast/mycotoxins/blood sugar imbalances).

Sodium & Magnesium: Intimately linked to adrenal gland function, and the balance between aldosterone (mineralocorticoid) and cortisone (glucocorticoid) secretion. They also indicate how well our body is responding to stress in our life.

Trace minerals: just as vital to our health as the major minerals, but we don’t need large amounts. Minerals in this category include chromium, copper, fluoride, iodine, iron, manganese, molybdenum, selenium, and zinc. We don’t manufacture these essential trace minerals in the body, and we get them from our diet. The minerals come from frocks, soil, and water, and they’re absorbed as the plants grow or by animals as the animals eat the plants. When you eat a healthy diet that includes a variety of vegetables, beans, fruits, whole grains, lean protein, and unsaturated fats (like olive oil), you’re likely consuming all the healthy minerals you need.

Below are some explanations why these trace minerals are important to our body function:

Copper (Cu): Assists with metabolizing fuel, making red blood cells, regulating neurotransmitters, and mopping up free radicals.

Manganese (Mn): Helps form bones and helps metabolize amino acids, cholesterol, and carbohydrates.

Zinc (Zn): Helps blood clot, helps make proteins and DNA, bolsters the immune system, and helps with wound healing and cell division. Zinc is also essential for energy levels and overall improves our mood and well-being due to its function in regulating enzymes and hormones in our body and protecting our immune system.

Chromium (Cr): Helps maintain normal blood sugar levels, and helps cells draw energy from blood sugar. Elevation can indicate loss of chromium from iron toxicity or another mineral imbalance. Supplementation can help with fatigue and sugar/carb intolerance.

Selenium (Se): Helps maintain the circulatory system, digestive organs, and reproductive system. It is also involved with heavy metal detoxification and is essential for thyroid function.

Phosphorus (P): Plays a role in bone structure and energy levels. High levels can indicate excessive protein breakdown of body tissues while low levels can indicate inadequate protein synthesis, low zinc, cadmium toxicity, or enzyme deficiency.

Iron (Fe): Helps make hemoglobin (the oxygen-carrying chemical in the body’s red blood cells) and myoglobin (a protein in muscle cells). Iron is essential for activating certain enzymes and for making amino acids, collagen, neurotransmitters, and hormones. Deficiency in iron leads to anemia which can leave a constant feeling of fatigue/weakness. This test looks more for toxicity screening, not deficiency. May need to follow up with your doctor for further testing.

Ultra Trace Minerals:

Nickel (Ni): Most absorbed nickel is of dietary origin from hydrogenated oils, cocoa and chocolate. Batteries (nickel-cadmium), non-precious dental materials, costume jewelry, and nickel-plated hardware are other sources that may be of concern in nickel dermatitis. Smoke, cigarette smoking and food are major sources of nickel exposure.

Cobalt (Co): Part of the Vitamin B12 molecule and is necessary for B12 activity and function. Cobalt, which is mainly stored in the liver activates numerous enzymes and is excreted in bile. High levels increase the toxic effect of selenium and suppress iron absorption. Elevated Cobalt on a hair test is a sensitive indicator of selenium deficiency.

Molybdenum (Mo): An essential trace element that is an activator of specific enzymes. Deficiency has been linked to gout. Low levels in heavy meat eaters reflect digestive disorder, the need for digestive enzymes and dietary changes.

Lithium (Li): This trace element is required to modulate nerve transmission throughout the central nervous system. It generally has a calming effect. Lithium deficiency is very common and under-recognized.

TOXIC HEAVY METAL TESTED:

Our health and wellbeing may be challenged by mineral imbalances and toxic metal excesses, aggravating conditions including cardiovascular diseases, migraines, learning difficulties, and hyperactivity in children. Toxic metal can impair thyroid function and can prevent calcium from getting into bone. It can cause brain fog, and skin rashes.

Lead (Pb): Toxic heavy metal found in paint, auto exhaust, batteries and battery manufacturing, cigarette/ tobacco smoke, coal and oil combustion.

Mercury (Hg): Gound in toxic personal care and beauty products, fish, contact lens solution, fabric softeners, tattooing, tooth amalgams, disinfectants.

Cadmium (Cd): Toxic heavy metal found in rice, water, conventionally raised chickens, seaweed, and shellfish.

Aluminum (Al): Toxic heavy metal found in water, the air, pots, baking sheets, air fryers, teas, antiperspirant deodorant, dry shampoo, processed cheese, baking powder.

OXIDATION RATE

Metabolism measured: Mixed, slow, or fast Oxidizer using the Ca/K (thyroid) and Na/Ma (adrenal) ratio.

Analysis of mineral status and ratios found in hair can reveal the general rate of metabolic function.

The metabolism of carbohydrates, proteins, and fats into energy is referred to as oxidation. This is the rate at which nutrients are converted to energy within all of your body’s cells. If oxidation occurs too slow or too fast, energy production is impaired. Your oxidation rate is influenced by both your genetics and diet. Therefore, what you eat affects your rate of oxidation and energy production, which in turn affects your mental, emotional, behavioral, and in most cases, physical health.

Determining if you are a fast or slow oxidizer can help you alter your lifestyle, most particularly your diet, to support your metabolism. If we are eating food that does not burn efficiently based on the needs of our body we will not function optimally, and this can lead to not only physical but also mental health challenges.

People can be divided into 3 general body types:

Fast oxidizers: Rapidly convert food into energy. To balance their body, fast oxidizers need to eat heavier proteins and fats.

Slow oxidizers: convert food into energy at slower rate and require higher amounts of carbohydrates rather than proteins and fats. Slow oxidizers can be more susceptible to fatigue due to the reduced activity of their adrenal and thyroid glands. Blood pH tends to be more alkaline and do better on more plant-based foods and lean animal proteins.

Mixed (balanced): individuals who do well with a mix of carbohydrates, proteins, and fats.

Chronic inflammation is often a major cause of many chronic dis-eases in the body. Unlike typical food allergies, looking at IgG reactions can pinpoint out the foods that are causing hidden immune reactions up to 72 hours after you eat. This food sensitive test will allow us really to put the fire out without the alarm going off.

This at-home easy, finger prick, blood spot lab tests 190 common foods for IgG reactions. By taking this test, you will be provided with comprehensive insight on which foods to avoid (short term) then re-introduce once at a time after addressing the underlying root causes.

This lab will provide 4 different sensitivity levels not significant, mild, moderate or severe to 190 common foods. By taking this test, you will be provided with comprehensive insight on which foods to avoid short term, so we don’t bombard our body while we are healing. We can then re-introduce one at a time after we rebalance the underlying issues.

IgG Antibody Reactions:

Test for mild, moderate, severe reactions to over 190 foods

Measurement of IgG antibodies goes above and beyond typical food allergy tests since it pinpoints the foods causing hidden immune reactions 24-72 hours after you ingest the food. Food groups tested include:

• Dairy

• Meat/Fish/Seafood

• Beans & Peas

• Fruits/Vegetables

• Grains

• Herbs/Spices

• Miscellaneous

Candida Albicans and Yeast:

Fungus that naturally lives on your body.

Candida Albicans and Yeast are common species of species of a specific fungus typically found in small amounts in your mouth, on your skin and in your intestines.

Healthy bacteria in your microbiome control the balance of Candida and Yeast. When Candida and Yeast are constantly off-balance, the overgrowth can cause food sensitivities.

This is a urine-based at home lab test that enables us to assess insight important areas relating to gut health such as intestinal imbalances of yeast and bacteria. It also provides 75 biomarkers to determine deficiencies in vitamins, energy mitochondria producers, neurotransmitter metabolites, and detoxifiers. This gives us a lot of understanding of what is happening underneath many health issues.

This test provides a snapshot of the waste products of yeast, fungus, bacteria and other metabolites in your metabolic pathways present in your urine.

The health of the microbiome impacts digestion, absorption of nutrients, immune system, detoxification, and brain function.

Yeast & Fungal Markers: Evaluate for overgrowth of Candida and mold.

Bacterial balances: Evaluate the levels of expected or opportunistic bacteria in the gut to assess dysbiosis.

Clostridia Bacteria: Identify stubborn pathogenic bacteria present.

Oxalate Metabolites: Oxalic acid and endogenous oxalate (usually yeast, mold, or diet related).

Glycolytic Cycle Metabolites: Identify mitochondrial dysfunction affecting energy production.

Mitochondrial Markers: Amino Acid & Krebs Cycle Metabolites

Mitochondria is the powerhouse of each cell in the body that help to generate energy (ATP), stress to this cycle from the toxins from candida, bacteria, oxalate, heavy metals and environmental chemicals can lead to low energy, poor exercise recovery and increased oxidative stress.

Neurotransmitter Metabolites: Phenylalanine, Tyrosine & Tryptophan

Neurotransmitters are chemicals messengers in the body that impact mood and sleep. Identify issues in tryptophan metabolism which can contribute to serotonin imbalance and excess quinolinic acid production. The relationship between two important brain chemicals dopamine and norepinephrine is critical for attention, focusing, mood, calmness, and other nervous systems functions. Deficiency or excess of serotonin can impact mood, fine and gross motor skills, calmness, and sleep.

Pyrimidine Metabolites (Folate Metabolism):

Markers uracil and thymine help indicate folate imbalance. Folate is linked to the methylation cycle that supports the inner workings of cells related to DNA function and metabolism. Poor folate metabolism can lead to cognitive problems.

Ketone and Fatty Acid Oxidation-Are you over exercise? Over fasting? Not eating enough protein.

Ketones are breakdown products of fatty acid metabolism. When fat is used as energy source it is converted into ketones in the liver by a process called ketogenesis. Elevations in ketones can lead to GI upset like vomiting and diarrhea.

Nutritional Markers-Identify Nutrient imbalances:

In order for the body to run effectively, it needs the right level of vitamins and minerals to act as cofactors for enzymatic reactions including immunity, energy production, detoxification. Without enough of these nutritional cofactors (or if someone has genetic mutations that affect how well their enzymes work), these chemical pathways are unable to function optimally.

• Vitamin B12, B6, B5, B2 (Riboflavin)

• Vitamin C

• Vitamin Q10 (CoQ10)

• N-Acetylcysteine (NAC)-key antioxidant precursor for glutathione

• Biotin (Vitamin H)

Detoxification Capacity

Identify Glutathione deficiency.

Glutathione is a powerful antioxidant in our cells and protects against toxicity. Inadequate glutathione increases oxidative stress in the brain and nervous system, that can lead to poor attention, focus and overall cognitive challenges. Glutathione deficiency can also compromise immune system health. Glutathione is an essential compound involved liver detoxification of chemical.

Amino Acid Metabolites

Mineral Metabolism

Assess elevated levels of phosphoric acid.

Measures phosphoric acid linked to dietary consumption metabolism and/or Vitamin D status. High phosphorus levels can cause damage to your body.

High oxalates in the GI tract also may significantly reduce absorption of essential minerals such as Calcium, Magnesium, Zinc, and others. Oxalate can trap heavy metals such as mercury, lead, and arsenic in the body and lead to mineral imbalances.

“All disease begins in the gut.”
-Hippocrates.

I believe that your gut is the epicenter of your health. It’s the starting point when evaluating your health. This stool test will let you take a deep dive into your gastrointestinal tract.

This 3- different-day stool test provides a comprehensive look at parasites, yeast and bacterial imbalance measured by microscopy, antigens, cultures, and occult blood in your gastrointestinal tract. This test will help pinpoint the imbalances of gastrointestinal symptoms and other chronic conditions by measuring key markers of digestion, absorption and inflammation. It is crucial to address any underlying imbalances of your gut because if not addressed, it can lead to more serious health conditions including hormonal issues, to joint pains, brain fog, autoimmune disorders and more.

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What is measure?

STOOL CULTURES

Looks closely at microbial balance or imbalances:

Expected/beneficial bacterial flora: make up a significant portion of the total microflora in a healthy & balanced GI Track. It’s important to identify any overgrowth or undergrowth of bacteria. Beneficial bacteria are expected as they may have many health-protecting effects in the gut including the manufacture vitamins, fermenting fibers, digesting proteins and carbohydrates, and propagating anti-tumor and anti-inflammatory factors.

Dysbiotic bacteria flora: are known as pathogenic bacteria that have the potential to cause disease in the GI tract. They can be present due to a number of factors including consumption of contaminated water or food, exposure to chemicals that are toxic to beneficial bacteria; the use of antibiotics, oral contraceptives or other medications; poor fiber intake and high levels of stress.

Normal and dysbiotic yeast: while normally present in small quantities, high level of yeast is considered abnormal and can contribute to bloating or skin issues. High level of yeast colonization is associated with several inflammatory diseases of the GI tract.

MICROSCOPY

Identifying potential intestinal parasites:

Intestinal parasites are abnormal inhabitants of the GI tract that have the potential to cause damage to their host. If left untreated, chronic parasitic infections can cause damage to the intestinal lining and can be an unsuspected cause of illness and fatigue. Chronic parasitic infection can also be associated with increased intestinal permeability, irritable bowel syndrome, irregular bowel movements, malabsorption, gastritis or indigestion, skin disorders, joint pain, allergic reactions, and decreased immune function.

Yeast is hard to culture on a stool sample, so the lab is looking at the yeast culture under a microscope- a high level of yeast colonization is associated with several inflammatory diseases of the GI tract.

Red Blood Cells (RBC) in the stool may be associated with a parasitic or bacterial infection, or an inflammatory bowel condition such as ulcerative colitis. Colorectal cancer, anal fistulas, and hemorrhoids should also be ruled out. Need to follow up with your doctor for further testing.

White Blood Cells (WBC) and Mucus in the stool can occur with bacterial and parasitic infections, with mucosal irritation, and inflammatory bowel diseases such as Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis.

Muscle fibers in the stool are an indicator of incomplete digestion. Bloating, flatulence, feeling of “fullness” may be associated with increase in muscle fibers.

Vegetable fibers in the stool may be indicative of inadequate chewing or eating “on the run”.

Charcot-Leyden Crystal: Structures found in white blood cells provide indirect evidence of parasitic infection.

Pollen: Specific pollen may lead to gastrointestinal upset by local allergic inflammation in the small intestine.

IMMUNOASSAY/STOOL MARKERS

Pathogenic Parasites and Bacteria

Cryptosporidium (C. parvum and C. hominus): Cryptosporidium is a parasite that causes diarrhea. Infection is spread by contaminated drinking water and occasionally food sources, which may cause significant out breaks of diarrhea.

Giardia Duodenalis: Giardia lives in the intestines of infected humans or animals. Contamination with Giardia from soil, food, water, and surfaces can occur from contact with feces from infected sources.

Helicobacter Pylori (H. Pylori) A type of bacteria that infects your stomach. It can damage the tissue in your stomach and the first part of your intestine (duodenum). This can cause redness and soreness (inflammation). In some cases, it can also cause painful sores (peptic ulcers) in your upper digestive tract.

IN-DEPT STOOL ANALYSIS

Detecting Intestinal Inflammation and Poor Nutrient Absorption:

Digestion/absorption markers

Inflammation markers

Short chain fatty acid (SCFA) markers

Occult blood (microscopic blood in the stool)

When it comes to regulating mood, weight management, metabolism, blood sugar regulation and also when and where the body stores fat, hormones are the key players. As we age, natural changes in hormone levels can trigger many symptoms of imbalance – including unexplained weight gain.

This saliva/blood hormone test will discover many hormone imbalances related to mood, metabolism and libido. Whether it be weight management, brain fog, or blood sugar regulation, this test will help guiding solutions to underlying problems.

Uncover Hormonal Imbalances Related to Mood, Metabolism & Libido

When it comes to regulating mood, weight management, metabolism, blood sugar regulation and also when and where the body stores fat, hormones are the key players. As we age, natural changes in hormone levels cab trigger many symptoms of imbalance – including unexplained weight gain.

If you feel like no matter how hard you try, you still can’t seem to lose weight or keep it off, even after following rigorous diet and exercise regimes, it’s time to take a closer look at your hormones and finally understanding the root cause of the challenges you may be facing. The truth is our weight can dictate how we feel about ourselves and our health. If your goal is weight loss, it is important to know it often has less to do with daily caloric intake or how much exercise and everything to do with hormone balance: cortisol (stress), thyroid, blood sugar (insulin) and hidden inflammation that adds even more stress to your system and this metabolism test does all that and more.

There’s no denying hormones play a pivotal role in how you feel; the problem is that being a bit too high or too low, or not in the right ratio with counter balancing hormones can send you into a spiral of metabolic dysfunction.

Low mood, low libido, low energy, weight gain, puffiness, thinning brittle hair – THERE IS ALWAYS A REASON! To restore vital hormonal balance and optimize your metabolism, THE COMPLETE STRESS, MOOD & METABOLISM TEST will give you the detailed of key hormone levels with further assessment that offers real meaning on how to rebalance your hormones.

What is measured:

Estradiol (E2) & Progesterone (Pg): The two most important hormones in the female body, individual levels as well as the ratio Pg/E2- a key indicator of estrogen dominance.

Estradiol (E2) is the primary form of estrogen created in the ovaries and in small amounts by the adrenal glands and fat cells.

Optimal levels in women promote a healthy distribution of fat in the hips, thighs, breasts and subcutaneously. Excess estrogen, coupled with low progesterone can lead to unhealthy surplus weight gain in these areas.

Sufficient levels of vit D, estrogen and testosterone are important for maintaining bone health in the menopause years. Testosterone levels drop and estrogens rise creating the same problematic weight gain in the hips, thighs, and breasts.

Men generally have much lower levels of estradiol and higher testosterone than women. In overweight men testosterone levels drop and estrogens rise creating the same problematic weight gain in the hips, thighs, and breasts (gynecomastia).

Progesterone is the hormone crucial for menstrual cycle regulation and pregnancy maintenance.

Progesterone is produced mainly in the ovaries following ovulation each month.

Low Progesterone is common due to high stress when the body produces more cortisol instead of Progesterone which has an impact on the reproductive system.

Adrenals under pressure create imbalances of other hormones, e.g., stealing Progesterone away from its reproductive duties to make extra cortisol, or inhibiting thyroid function and metabolism.

The individual level of Estrogen and Progesterone are key, but the ratio is as important to assess.

A low ratio occurs when Progesterone is low relative to estrogen commonly known as estrogen dominance.

Imbalances in these two hormones can lead to weight gain in the hips and thighs, water retention and a sluggish metabolism.

Testosterone (T) & DHEA

Key sex hormones (androgens)

Testosterone (male dominant) and DHEA are key sex hormones that increase lean muscle mass and metabolic rate. Androgens are key factors for hair health.

Testosterone can be elevated in women due to stress and or PCOS.

Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) is a hormone that your body naturally produces in the adrenal gland. DHEA helps produce other hormones, including T and Estrogen. Natural DHEA levels peak in early adulthood and then slowly fall as you age.

Low Testosterone and low DHEA can lead to decreased muscle mass with a corresponding increase in body fat, decreased metabolic rate and excess abdominal weight gain. Low levels can also reduce vitality and exercise tolerance.

In women with polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), high Testosterone and DHEA are linked to insulin resistance and weight gain, particularly around the middle.

Sufficient levels of vitamin D, estrogen and Testosterone are important for maintaining bone health in the menopause years.

Cortisol

Produced by the adrenal glands to keep up w our daily stress response.

Adequate cortisol production is essential to function optimally, both chronic over or under-production can lead to a wide range of health issues over time.

Under stress, excessive cortisol production, particularly in connection with insulin, can promote fat storage in abdominal fat stores. This visceral type of fat is closely associated with insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome.

Chronically elevated cortisol is a known risk factor for prediabetes and cardiovascular disease.

Low cortisol can lead to chronic fatigue, low energy, food and sugar cravings, poor exercise tolerance or recovery and low immune reserves.

Vitamin D

Is actually a hormone mainly produced when our skin is exposed to sunlight.

Adequate levels of active vit D3 can help support hormone balance.

Deficiency can be associated with hyperinsulinemia (excess insulin), increased belly fat and skin issues like psoriasis and acne.

Sufficient levels of vit D, Estrogen and T are important for maintaining bone health in the menopause years.

Vitamin D levels within the optimal ranges have been found to be associated with a decrease of many conditions including autoimmune diseases and cancer.

Thyroid:

Comprehensive analysis of all thyroid markers T4, T3, TSH, TPO antibodies to get a complete picture of thyroid health and function.

The thyroid is a small butterfly-shaped gland that sits behind and below the Adam’s apple. A wide range of factors from hormone imbalances to mineral deficiencies and environmental pollutants can interfere with thyroid production, leading to a wide range of health problems.

Levels of key thyroid hormones can indicate whether there is a thyroid imbalance. Our bodies produce several thyroid hormones, but two are absolutely essential: Thyroxine or T4, the most abundant in the body; and triiodothyronine or T3, the ACTIVE form of thyroid hormone.

Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH): Produced by the pituitary gland, TSH acts on the thyroid gland to stimulate production of the thyroid hormone thyroxine (T4).

Free T4- Thyroxine: The predominant hormone produced by the thyroid gland, T4 is converted to its active form, T3, within cells.

Free T3-Triiodothyronine: T3 is the active thyroid hormone that regulates the metabolic activity of cells.

TPOab- Thyroid Peroxidase Antibodies: attack the thyroid glands in autoimmune thyroiditis and Hashimoto’s.

Understanding the lab values is important to evaluate your thyroid function even sometimes these values are “in the range”.

Hypothyroidism can be linked with hypothyroidism, low metabolic rate and obesity.

Chronic stress and high cortisol levels can increase the production of binding proteins that reduce thyroid hormone bioavailability.

Insulin and Hemoglobin A1C

Stress and blood sugar regulation

Insulin is a hormone created by your pancreas beta cells that controls the amount of glucose (sugar) in your blood at any moment. The hormone acts as the key to open the gate for glucose to get into the cells.

With prolonged stress, adrenal hormones can start fluctuating up and down, triggering blood sugar and insulin imbalances, food cravings, weight gain and sleep disturbances.

Insulin resistance can occur from prolonged elevated blood sugar levels where your body is no longer able to effectively respond to insulin, making it unable to fully absorb and use the sugar from the food you eat for energy.

Over time this can lead to type 2 diabetes when your pancreas can’t compensate any longer.

Hemoglobin A1C (HbA1c) is a measure of red blood cell hemoglobin glycation and reflects the average blood glucose for the previous 3 months.

The American Diabetic Association recommends the following HbA1c levels:

Normal: <5.7%

Prediabetes: 5.7% - 6.4%

Diabetic: >6.5%

This at-home blood spot test will provide us with our Omega profile. Do you have enough anti-inflammatory Omega 3? Poor Omega profiles may have many health concerns including cardiovascular disorders, joint pain and much more?

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Detecting Inflammation

When our body is experiencing unbalanced levels of inflammation, it can cause a multitude of health challenges that range from joint pain to high blood pressure or persistent fatigue. By looking closely at Omega-3 and Omega-6 ratio levels, you are getting to the potential root cause of the imbalances that are affecting your health. Also noted, research indicates that if your blood saturation levels of Omega-3’s measure 9% or greater, your risk of a sudden cardiac event plummets by 90%!

What being measured:

Omega-6: Omega-3

EPA/AA

Key measurement for looking levels of inflammation throughout your body.

Omega-3 and 6’s are essential in the diet since our body cannot manufacture them on its own. Omega-6’s also serve an important purpose and are more widely available in the diet, so there’s a potential for imbalance between inflammatory and anti-inflammatory fats.

Optimal levels of Omega-3’s result in decreased inflammation which works to support cardiovascular health, cognitive function, mood, immune function, and provide nutrients for healthy skin, hair, and nails.

AA (Arachidonic Acid) from processed foods, fried foods, fatty cuts of animal protein can throw off our AA/EPA ratio leading to more inflammation in the body.

Ideal ratio is estimated at 2/3: 1 Omega-6 to Omega-3

For optimal health AA/EPA ratio is 5:1 or better