According to the World Health Organization, every country in the world is affected by one or more forms of malnutrition. Nutritional imbalances are often root cause contributors to disease. Correcting these imbalances can result in optimized health and well-being. Tests include a variety of biomarkers and assesses the body's functional need for antioxidants, vitamins, minerals, essential fatty acids, amino acids, digestive support, and other select nutrients. Many tests have “add on” s so a bespoke sample can be obtained based on your clinical assessment.

Nutritional assessment can help to identify areas for intervention, and help to tailor interventions based on clinical indications.

Comprehensive stool analysis provides a complete profile of your digestive health to be assessed. Testing in gut health, is one of the core areas of investigation to unpacking your health picture. Imbalances in our gut microbiome can impact our overall health

The health of your gut lining, level of inflammation, evidence of parasites and the abundance of your gut microbiome can be key markers to understanding gastro intestinal health symptoms such as constipation, diarrhoea, bloating and diagnoses of IBS and IBD.

The importance of gut health spans beyond digestive, with 70% of our immune cells residing in the colon, our defence and tolerance to pathogens can be regulated by strengthening of gut health and supporting immunomodulation. .

The gut brain axis is well established, understanding our gut health can support other conditions such as mental health, (90% of Serotonin, the feel good hormone) resided in the gut. The health of our gut microbiome can regulate, mood, stress, reactivity, anxiety as well as hormones communicating fullness (satiety).

Samples can be completed at home; the results will be analysed and interventions provided in a session with me.

Hormones are produced through our endocrine system, which is linked to organs including thyroid pituitary, brain, adrenals and reproductive organs. The production of hormones can be affected by our lifestyle and nutrition.; for example the basis of reproductive hormones is cholesterol, often considered the bad guy in health, but eating food that can support our reproductive hormones can be crucial at various life stages.

Cortisol, a regulatory hormone in our body can be a driver of ill health if we are continually producing cortisol, our body is unable to “rest and digest”. Elevated cortisol can affect our metabolic health, hormone dysregulation and mood.

Hormone panels can be relevant for fertility, hormone imbalances, menstrual disorders and irregularities, along with understanding our bodies response to and level of cortisol.

Tests analyse our response to cortisol, our metabolism and detoxification of sex hormones as well as precursor nutrient levels for sex hormone production.

Examples of tests include the DUTCH test and an OAT panel.

Metabolic dysregulation is a cluster of symptoms such as high cholesterol, high blood pressure, blood sugar imbalances, insulin resistance and being overweight. One in three adults (over the age of 50) in the UK are affected. Western medicines approach to management is often the use of long term medications to control and regulate these measures without understanding the key drivers. Medications can have side effects and other impact on health.

Genomics is the study of genes and their products, to which we are all unique.

Nutrigenomics is a subset of genomics which focuses on genes that relate and respond to nutrition and lifestyle interventions.

Nutrigenomic testing, can provide an inight into how well you absorb and use specific nutrients, and therefore this may affect your nutrient need. Our genes impact the production of sex hormones, neurotransmittiers, energy pathways. Understanding our individual nuances, and potential genetic SNPs can provide clear decisions on how we support our genetic potential. Lifecode GX are the leading experts in the field, offering the most up to date tests and science based support.Genomics is the study of genes and their products, to which we are all unique.em description