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Gastrointestinal Health Panel

Simple to order. Take the test at home. Mail to the lab.

Accurately identify the source of your symptoms through testing.

Gastrointestinal complaints are widespread. Although many complaints are vague, the long-term clinical consequences of untreated complaints seems to impair assimilation, reduce regenerative capacity and increased rate of aging. The causes of these complaints are investigated in the GI Health Panel.

The GI Health Panel non-invasively evaluates gastrointestinal function and health.

This is a stool and a saliva test. It includes the salvia SIgA food intolerance test. In addition, it tests for 22 indicators of parasite and other pathogen detection, micro flora disturbances, digestive capacity, causes of malabsorption and disturbances in mucosal immunity, colonic inflammation, and small intestinal irritation.

The GI Health Panel is useful in diagnosing the cause of the following:

• Inflammatory bowel disease
• Chronic loose stools or constipation
• Fat, grain and food intolerances
• Chronic abdominal discomfort/pain
• Excessive, poor or erratic eating patterns
• Sudden changes in bowel habits
• Bloating, maldigestion, heartburn
• Excessive gas and flatulence
• Chronic skin conditions
• Hyperactivity
• Poor sleeping habits

The GI Health Panel tests for the following:

SIgA Food Intolerances (saliva)

• Gluten/grain
• Cow milk
• Egg protein
• Soy protein

Parasite Tests (saliva)

• Amoeba
• H.pylori
• Toxoplasma
• Tissue worm –Trichinella
• Roundworm – Ascaris
• Tapeworm – T. solium

Parasite Tests (stool)

• Giardia
• Cryptosporidium
• Clostridium difficile

O&P Microscopy (stool)

• Wet mounts
• General stain
• Special stain

Functional Markers (stool)

• GI immunity – SigA
• Alpha Anti-chymotrypsin (ACHY)
• Lysozyme
• Chymotrypsin
• Occult Blood
• Fecal pH

Cultures (stool)

• Yeast, fungal
• Pathogen and flora cultures

The GI Health Panel offers wide range parasitic detection. Some parasites are elusive by nature making them impossible to visualize even with advanced staining techniques. The GI Health panel circumvents these limitations by assembling a slate of parasitic antigen and antibody detection tests.

Tests for toxoplasma, trichinella, ascaris and tapeworm widen the perspective on chronic illness and parasitic infections. Tissue parasites will persist indefinitely without treatment.

The GI Health Panel offers micro flora evaluation and pathogen detection. The colonic microflora is comprised of over 500 species of bacteria. The GI Health Panel globally assesses the normal gut flora and will speciate the overgrowth /pathogen bacteria and yeast. The panel includes reflex sensitivity testing for relevant bacterial pathogens.

The GI Health Panel tests for constitutional intolerances to grain, soy, egg and milk proteins using the antigen-specific Secretory IgA. This analyzes the antigen specific Secretory IgA in saliva to detect genetically inherited food intolerances to Wheat (gluten), cow’s milk (casein), egg (ovalbumin) and soy protein. Intolerant patients experience a toxic reaction when they consume the food in question. The reaction will trigger an inflammatory/immune response leading to SIgA production to neutralize the antigens. SigA testing allows detection of mild, subclinical and latent intolerance cases. SIgA has a short memory of several weeks allowing the monitoring of compliance within 60 days of treatment.

The GI Health Panel tests for digestive capacity and malabsorption. It tests for Chymotrypsin a reliable marker for all digestive enzymes from the pancreas. It also tests for occult blood and fecal pH.

The panel includes parameters of mucosal immunity, colonic inflammation, and small intestinal irritations that help diagnose and localize the site of GI problems (colon v. small intestine). The panel results allow you to detect the insults to the gut.

The GI Health Panel is a full spectrum panel that gives you a complete profile of digestive health.

How to Get the Test

Your test is ordered through me in my capacity as a Certified Nutritionist.

Call the number below or use our secure online shopping cart.

I'll have the test sent directly to you within a few days. A small shipping and handling fee applies.

You send the necessary specimen to an independent laboratory.

The test results are sent to me and I forward a copy to you.

We schedule a time to discuss the interpretations and implications of the results and possible nutritional and longevity wellness programs appropriate for you based on the information.

The main value of these tests is to enable us to more accurately and precisely implement preventive and wellness measures to increase your health and well-being and reduce your future risks of illness and degenerative conditions. These tests have a practical advantage because the test kit is sent directly to your home. Samples are collected at your convenience and mailed back to the lab.

To Your Health,

The fee for the
The Expanded Gastrointestinal Health Panel
functional health test is
$385