Testing
UAA—Urinary Amino Acids from Doctor’s Data Inc. (or equivalent)
MAP—Metabolic Analysis Profile from Genova Diagnostics, OAT from Great
Smokies (or equivalent)
CDSA/CSA—Complete Digestive Stool Analysis and/or Complete Stool
Analysis from Doctor’s Data Inc. (or equivalent)
UTM/UEE—Urinary Toxic Metals/Essential Elements from Doctor’s Data
Inc. (or equivalent)
If you wish, you can order the tests through my office at www.holisticheal.com.
I comment only on test results (in conjunction with the Nutrigenomic tests) that
are run through my office. You are also welcome to run tests yourself and through
your practitioner, and if you send those results to my office, we will keep them in
your file to make sure that our medical record on you or your child is complete.
MAP—Metabolic Analysis Profile from Genova Diagnostics, OAT from Great
Smokies (or equivalent)
CDSA/CSA—Complete Digestive Stool Analysis and/or Complete Stool
Analysis from Doctor’s Data Inc. (or equivalent)
UTM/UEE—Urinary Toxic Metals/Essential Elements from Doctor’s Data
Inc. (or equivalent)
If you wish, you can order the tests through my office at www.holisticheal.com.
I comment only on test results (in conjunction with the Nutrigenomic tests) that
are run through my office. You are also welcome to run tests yourself and through
your practitioner, and if you send those results to my office, we will keep them in
your file to make sure that our medical record on you or your child is complete.
Hair Hair tissue mineral analysis or HTMA is a soft tissue mineral biopsy that uses hair as the sampling tissue. The test measures the levels of 20 or more minerals in the hair with an accuracy of plus or minus about 3%. The hair must not be washed with solvents by the lab. read here for details on testing protocols.
Mineral levels in the hair are about ten times that of blood, making them easy to detect and measure accurately in the hair.
provides a long-term reading, while blood tests and urine tests provide a more instantaneous reading of the body.
The mineral content of the blood is also kept fairly constant.
Mineral levels in the hair are about ten times that of blood, making them easy to detect and measure accurately in the hair.
provides a long-term reading, while blood tests and urine tests provide a more instantaneous reading of the body.
The mineral content of the blood is also kept fairly constant.
Labs
from HealthyFamily.org under Gluten
https://www.enterolab.com/Home.htm
Enterolab tests for gluten sensitivity and for a limited time, milk screening too, for free, in their stool tests. We have done the stool test, which is much more sensitive than a blood test (important if you have been doing GF already for a while, or if your child is 4 years old and younger because the blood test might be a false negative.) We also did their genetic screening test which is delivered to your house and is a simple cheek swab.
http://www.greatplainslaboratory.com/home/eng/patients.asp
Another place that we have used is Great Plains Laboratories. They test for yeast and bacteria in the urine as well as nutrient profile. It is called the OAT test (Organic Acid Test). We found it to be very helpful. They also offer a stool test for yeast and bacteria.Great Plains Laboratories also has testing specific for Tics/Tourette Syndrome.
You can visit a gastroenterologist as well and do the full panel of celiac tests:
http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/celiac_disease/test.html
We also have a thread from the forum board of possible lab tests:
http://healthy-family.org/forum/index.php/topic,8.0.html
www.pyroluriatesting.com Pyroluria test (creates B6, zinc deficiencies which cause other problems
https://www.enterolab.com/Home.htm
Enterolab tests for gluten sensitivity and for a limited time, milk screening too, for free, in their stool tests. We have done the stool test, which is much more sensitive than a blood test (important if you have been doing GF already for a while, or if your child is 4 years old and younger because the blood test might be a false negative.) We also did their genetic screening test which is delivered to your house and is a simple cheek swab.
http://www.greatplainslaboratory.com/home/eng/patients.asp
Another place that we have used is Great Plains Laboratories. They test for yeast and bacteria in the urine as well as nutrient profile. It is called the OAT test (Organic Acid Test). We found it to be very helpful. They also offer a stool test for yeast and bacteria.Great Plains Laboratories also has testing specific for Tics/Tourette Syndrome.
You can visit a gastroenterologist as well and do the full panel of celiac tests:
http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/celiac_disease/test.html
We also have a thread from the forum board of possible lab tests:
http://healthy-family.org/forum/index.php/topic,8.0.html
www.pyroluriatesting.com Pyroluria test (creates B6, zinc deficiencies which cause other problems
23andMe Genome test
Deciphering results:
Posted 10 June 2013 - 09:32 AM http://www.latitudes.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=20790&hl=23andme
Step 1. Take your 23andMe raw data (pull down menu on the left when you're logged in). Download the zipped data file onto your hard drive.
Step 2. Then go to the website www.geneticgenie.org and upload your data thru the app (very easy to do). Your data won't be stored on the app server. In a matter of seconds, the genes involved in the methylation cycle will be run thru the app and you'll get a report showing you which mutations of yours are normal (shown in green), heterozygous (shown in yellow) or homozygous (shown in red). Print this report out or do a print screen to save it into a file.
Step 3. Go to this website http://www.heartfixe...trigenomics.htm and copy the entire document (50 pgs) into Word. Then in the Word document, delete all the fluff at the back - the recipes, the specific advice to the guy this report was written for, etc. Then delete all the sections that talk about genes that are normal for you. This will leave you with a 10-20 page document that talks about only the genes you have issues with. From there, you can read through it (several times) and get a feel for what sort of supplements and/or diet changes will help you.
The 23andMe site is mildly helpful for it's reports on your general health risks. I find it helpful to go to its "browse raw data" section to look up genes as I come across them in my research. But for the methylation piece, genetic genie is what you have to use. It gives you the same report that you'd get by doing Amy Yasko's testing, except 23andMe does not test for the same NOS3 mutations she does and it doesn't test SUOX like she does. Still, once you have your genetic genie report, you can then go to Yasko's site and download her book for free http://www.dramyyask...pdf_02_file.pdf and read the sections that pertain to you.
Test for...
Copper: depleted by zinc and Vitamin C
Gene mutations:
Iron: if low --> fatigue, tics
Pyroluria: blood disorder tested through urine. When the body creates hemoglobin there is a byproduct called kryptopyrroles. The kryptopyrroles in Pyroluria sufferers multiply too fast and block receptor sites for B-6 and zinc. This creates a serious deficiency of these two nutrients.
Gene mutations:
Iron: if low --> fatigue, tics
Pyroluria: blood disorder tested through urine. When the body creates hemoglobin there is a byproduct called kryptopyrroles. The kryptopyrroles in Pyroluria sufferers multiply too fast and block receptor sites for B-6 and zinc. This creates a serious deficiency of these two nutrients.