Test Don’t Guess!
In functional nutrition, we don’t chase symptoms or rely on guesswork. We use advanced functional medicine testing to evaluate your unique biochemistry at a cellular level.
Standard annual labs evaluate broad ranges designed to identify disease states, often dismissing red flags as “normal.” By evaluating functional, optimal markers, we uncover the exact underlying drivers of your fatigue, stubborn weight, digestive distress, and hormone shifts.
Testing saves you months of trial and error, prevents unnecessary supplement spending, and gives us an objective roadmap to get your body back on your team.
The Foundation: Required for All 1:1 Clients
Comprehensive Functional Blood Chemistry Analysis
Standard blood tests identify late-stage issues. Functional analysis catches metabolic and hormonal shifts early.
Routine physicals often miss critical markers, and standard lab reference ranges are notoriously wide. A functional analysis reviews comprehensive markers through an optimal lens, including:
- Advanced blood sugar and insulin dynamics
- Full lipid and cardiovascular risk markers
- Complete functional thyroid panel (beyond just basic TSH)
- Key nutrient, electrolyte, and inflammatory indicators
How we run it: You can provide your most recent comprehensive lab work (drawn within the past 3–6 months), take my functional requisition form to your primary care physician, or order an optimal direct-to-consumer panel through my practice without a doctor’s visit.
Specialized Clinical Deep Dives
Depending on your symptoms and goals, we may incorporate targeted functional panels to pinpoint specific imbalances.
If your doctor will not run a comprehensive hormone panel, you do not have to wait. You can order one yourself. My recommended comprehensive women’s hormone panel covers sex hormones, thyroid, adrenal function, and metabolic interactions to identify the imbalances that are most likely affecting your energy, mood, and body composition.
GUT HEALTH TESTING
GI MAP TEST
Targeting the root of systemic inflammation, stubborn bloat, and hormonal clearance.
Your gut microbiome regulates everything from nutrient absorption and immune health to thyroid conversion and estrogen metabolism (via the estrobolome). The GI-MAP uses quantitative PCR technology to detect microbial imbalances, parasites, pathogenic bacteria, opportunistic overgrowth, and markers of gut barrier integrity and inflammation.
Sample Type: Simple 1-day at-home stool collection.
The IgG Food Explorer Test
Pinpointing delayed inflammatory reactions holding your metabolism hostage.
Unlike immediate IgE food allergies, IgG food intolerances are delayed immune responses that trigger low-grade chronic inflammation, stubborn fluid retention, migraines, joint aches, and digestive distress. Testing over 250 common foods eliminates the frustration of generic elimination diets so you know precisely what fuels your body and what triggers inflammation.
Sample Type: At-home finger-prick blood spot collection.
HORMONE TESTING
THE DUTCH TEST
The gold standard for sex hormone, adrenal, and cortisol assessment.
If you are navigating hot flashes, 3:00 AM waking, stubborn midsection weight, brain fog, or low libido, serum blood tests rarely tell the whole story. The DUTCH test maps not just baseline estrogen, progesterone, testosterone, and cortisol levels, but how your liver and body metabolize and clear those hormones.
Sample Type: At-home urine and saliva collection (no blood draw required).
ROOT CAUSE-BASED BLOOD CHEMISTRIES & METABOLIC TESTING
A comprehensive blood chemistry provides a wealth of information about your health––including early signals of disease or imbalances that may develop over time. The problem with routine blood tests––like those typically done at annual physicals––is that they often miss critical markers. In addition, lab ranges are generally way too wide, making almost any result appear “normal”––even when underlying issues are present. This is dangerous, because by the time a given marker shows up outside the range, the problem may already be advanced past the preventative stage. Since the goal of nutrition is preventative, we take a different approach.
With a comprehensive blood chemistry, I can evaluate your nutritional and metabolic health and identify nutrients your body may be lacking. It also uncovers potential root causes behind weight loss challenges and other wellness concerns. This is the only test that I absolutely require you to do as it allows me to individualize your dietary and supplement recommendations for the fastest, safest, and most sustainable results.
MY IDEAL BLOOD CHEMISTRY FOR THE MENOPAUSAL YEARS
A comprehensive blood chemistry is one of the most important tools in your wellness journey––especially during the menopausal years. It serves not only as a screening tool, but also as a roadmap to uncover root causes and prioritize what your body truly needs.
Your ideal blood chemistry goes beyond a routine blood test, including markers that are particularly important during menopause: blood sugar markers, heart health markers, a complete thyroid panel, and an advanced female hormone panel. Proper interpretation is key. It should be reviewed by a healthcare practitioner with a preventative holistic approach who can guide you in making lasting changes.
My Ideal Blood Chemistry For The Menopausal Years requires a blood draw. I can provide a suggested requisition form for your healthcare practitioner, or we can use your most recent lab results and then fill in any gaps to get a complete picture of your health.
If your doctor will not run a comprehensive menopausal blood chemistry, you do not have to wait. You can order one yourself. My recommended comprehensive women’s hormone panel covers sex hormones, thyroid, adrenal function, and metabolic interactions to identify the imbalances that are most likely affecting your energy, mood, and body composition.
METABOLOMICS SPOTLIGHT TEST
Discover What Your Metabolism Is Really Telling You
Evaluating cellular energy production, nutrient utilization, and metabolic health.
Your body has a distinct metabolic signature. This advanced organic acid and metabolic panel evaluates how your cells convert food into energy, how efficiently your mitochondria function, how your body manages oxidative stress, and whether cellular nutrient deficiencies are slowing your metabolic rate.
Sample Type: At-home first-morning urine collection.
How Functional Testing Works
Precision Selection: We determine which test (if any beyond your functional blood chemistry) is clinically indicated during your consultation.
Direct Drop-Ship: Your test kits are shipped straight to your door with prepaid return packaging.
At-Home Collection: Complete your simple collection at home and ship your kit back to the clinical laboratory.
Data-Driven Protocol: Once results arrive (typically 2–3 weeks), we translate your lab markers into an actionable, step-by-step nutrition, lifestyle, and targeted supplement blueprint.
Not Sure Which Test You Need?
You do not have to figure out your lab work alone. Book a consultation, and we will evaluate your symptoms, review what you have already done, and outline the exact clinical data needed to get you feeling like yourself again.
Let’s connect and find the real answers behind your symptoms.