functional testing

Common Conditions:

• IBS/IBD
• Abdominal cramps or pain
• leaky gut symptoms
• SIBO
• Allergies
• Weakness
• Diarrhoea
• Bloating
• Fatigue

Analytes:

• Parasites
• Worms
• Bacteria
• Fungal/Yeast
• Beneficial gut flora
• Firmicutes:Bacteroidetes Ratio

Depending on the findings of your test results, treatment generally follows these stages:

• Removing any abnormal growth of bacteria, yeasts and/or parasites in your gut.
• Reducing inflammation and repairing the lining of your gastrointestinal tract.
• Restoring beneficial bacteria and re-establishing healthy bacterial balance in your gut
• Restoring digestive secretions and gut immunity.
• Identifying food intolerances

Your test kit will be delivered to the address provided & when your results return you will be emailed an analysis and breakdown of your results alongside a treatment plan (scripts and meal plan).

• Women struggling with infertility
• Women with cycling hormones and no menses
• Partial hysterectomy (ovaries intact but no uterus)
• Ablations
• Mirena IUD (no actual menstrual bleeding due to IUD but still has hormonal symptoms)
• Women with irregular cycles
• PCOS
• If the luteal phase shifts from month-to-month
• Not sure when to test due to long or short cycles
• Women whose hormonal symptoms tend to fluctuate throughout the cycle
• PMS, mid-cycle spotting, migraines, etc.
• Endometriosis
• Family history of breast cancer

What makes the DUTCH test better than blood or saliva tests is the comprehensive information that is collected with a single test. The DUTCH test is well-recognized for its ease-of-collection, coupled with comprehensive reporting that is not currently available from other tests.

1. Adrenal fatigue, sleep or stress issues. Testing the adrenal hormones provides specific information about how to support stress and sleep issues, by specifically looking at the HPA axis (hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal) adrenal-brain communication.
2. Fertility problems, polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS). This test is beneficial for people suffering from fibroids, PMS, irregular periods, painful periods, anxiety & moodiness, and endometriosis. It provides a comprehensive picture of how adrenal and reproductive hormone imbalances may be contributing to these problems.
3. Hormone replacement therapy. This test works well for oral progesterone, vaginal hormones, patches, pellets and injections. Note that this is only for hormone replacement therapy, not hormonal birth control pills.
4. Sleep problems. By checking melatonin levels we can assess how your sleep patterns may be affected. Melatonin can be low and related to your sleep problems, or it can be normal.
5. 5. DHEA levels. This “feel-good” hormone is produced by your adrenal glands, when low it can cause fatigue, decrease in muscle mass or bone density, depression, aching joints, loss of libido, and lowered immunity.
6. Hormone imbalance such as having too much oestrogen in the body and too little progesterone to balance it out. Oestrogen dominance can be a factor in endometriosis, PMS, painful periods, fibrous breasts, fibroids, tender breasts, moodiness, and more. It can also make perimenopausal symptoms significantly worse. As often symptoms can overlap , being able to test creates a much more accurate treatment plan.
7. Metabolic pathways of oestrogen. This is important for understanding how we are clearing estrogen’s from the body. If you don’t metabolize estrogen well, you risk estrogen dominance, as well as risks of estrogen-related cancers such as breast, cervical and uterine cancers. We can also see the methylation pathway of estrogen when doing the DUTCH test, which can tell if there are nutrient deficiencies or an MTHFR gene mutation, which would then need to be addressed in order to maximize health.

• Postmenopausal women
• Women on hormonal birth control

Your test kit will be delivered to the address provided & is a urine-based test and includes little strips to dip in your pee. You dip the strips, let them dry, and mail them off. The instructions are simple and clear.

When your results return you will be emailed an analysis and breakdown of your results alongside a treatment plan (scripts and meal plan).

The test covers an extensive 92 genes, and 113 SNP’s across the following categories:

• Digestion
• Energy
• Hormones
• Stress & Cognitive Performance
• Inflammation
• Athletic Performance
• DNA Protection & Repair
• Detoxification

A genetic strength and weaknesses summary for each section helps to identify key focus areas for health so practitioners can easily see where a patient may be doing well compared to the areas of concern or where a patient could improve.

• A personalised shopping list that highlights good sources of macro and micronutrient requirements that is unique to you
• Suggested blood tests to further analyse certain findings from the DNA test.