Lab Testing at LIFEstrength

Lab Testing at LIFEstrength Health Center, Naples FL
 
 

Don’t Guess … TEST

Here is a short list of the many tests we perform at the office. Again, the goal is to go beyond the symptoms and find out why they are present in the first place.

Many times, where you see or feel the symptom isn’t where the problem is. Click on any of the links to see more info and a sample test.

GENOVA

  • Organic Acids Test - This urine test is a great place to start to find an essential nutrient or diet modification needs, neurotransmitter dysfunction, carbohydrate metabolism, and mitochondrial energy production.

  • Fatty Acid Balance - It’s all about balance, especially between omega 6:3! What are your fats trying to tell you?

  • Toxic Effects - What have you been exposed to over the years and what is it doing to your health? This measures the body burden of our lifelong accumulation to food additives, industrial chemicals, pesticides and more.

  • Comprehensive Stool - Test your microbiome, bacterial, fungal, and parasitic balance, GI distress and inflammation, complete digestive condition and it’s relation to the rest of the body’s health.

MERIDIAN VALLEY LABS

  • Comprehensive Hormones - A complete view of estrogens, androgens, cortisol, adrenal health, and melatonin production. ?This dried urine test?is the new industry standard. Great for

  • Food Sensitivity - IgG and IgE food allergy testing via a convenient finger prick instead of a blood draw. Choose between 95 different foods tested or jump deeper into the combo kit and test against 190 different foods. Great for kids, gut problems, skin issues and more.

  • Comprehensive Thyroid - There is more to your thyroid than you think! This test checks all the available markers for a real look at your thyroid health. Important for tough diagnosis like Hashimoto’s Autoimmune Thyroiditis.

CYREX

  • Leaky Gut - This is one the most important tests within Functional Medicine. Local Naples neurologist Dr. David Perlmutter, author of the books Grain Brain and Brain Maker, said ”Heal the gut. And that’s coming from a brain specialist. The brain is miles away from the gut. If we heal the gut, all inflammation will fall into place.”

  • Autoimmune Reactivity Screen- Early diagnosis, sometimes 10 years, of critical and life-altering autoimmune activity. Helps address tissue damage to organs of the body.

  • Food Immune Reactivity - We can’t talk health and not talk food! ?Get to the root of food sensitivities including cooked, raw, or modified and create a personalized wellness strategy. Starts at 180 different foods or can be customized for your case.

  • Chemical Immune Reactivity - Test for sensitivity for mold, chemicals, and metals as the root of immune weakness.

NEUROSCIENCE

  • Cardiac Health - a deep look at inflammatory markers consistent with cardiovascular disease.

  • Neurotransmitters – Mood, stress, sleep…this is an amazing test that can show the impact of stress on the brain and the nerve system.

GREAT PLAINS LABS

  • Glyphosate (Round-up) – a blood test for exposure and toxicity levels for Round-up.

  • Toxic Chemicals - Urine testing for heavy metals, industrial chemicals, medications, pesticides and more.

DOCTOR’S DATA

  • Vitamin D3 - More of a hormone than a vitamin, this nutrient is key to the immune system, hormone production, genetic expression and more. We use a simple “finger prick,” no blood draw or lab visit is needed.

  • Toxic & Essential Nutrient - This urine test measures exposure to toxic metals like aluminum, mercury, and lead while also looking at key nutrients like potassium, sodium, selenium and more.

  • Toxic Hair - Much like the test above, just using hair instead of urine. This one tests for mercury, aluminum, lead, and much more.

  • Urine Halides - Should you be taking iodine? Should you be filtering your tap water to remove fluoride? How is your body responding to the chlorine in your backyard pool? Fluoride, Chlorine, and Bromide are all tested.