This article provides info on how to test yourself or your child for exposure to mold, mildew, fungi and mycotoxins. A simple urine test can provide detailed information about potential environmental exposures to molds and mycotoxins, the metabolites produced by fungi and mold which can infest buildings, vehicles, and foodstuffs. The majority of mycotoxin exposures […]
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If you eat an Asian diet and consume many foods commonly found outside the 96 food items that standard food allergy tests look at, then this test is for you: Asian Food IgG Allergy Test Abalone, adzuki beans, shiitake mushrooms, seaweed and many more foods commonly found in the Asian diet are tested in the
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The DUTCH test is a urine steroid hormone profile that measures hormones and hormone metabolites (called conjugates) in a dried urine sample. DUTCH stands for “dried urine total complete hormones” and the test is offered by Precision Analytical lab in Oregon. This is not a standard normal hormone panel since the test focuses on free
One out of 6 Americans reading this takes a psychiatric medication and 31 percent of Americans have a close family member or friend who has been diagnosed with mental illness. Psychiatric medications are some of the least understood medications prescribed and often are incompatible with the genetic make-up of an individual. Dosing of psychiatric medications
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Most people experience distress of their gastrointestinal tract without even being aware of the true cause. The most common among these are lactose intolerance, where one’s body is unable to digest lactose—a milk sugar that is found in milk and milk products. Surprisingly, even up to 70% of people who are lactose intolerant are unaware.
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As DNA scanning technology becomes cheaper and faster and growing interest in the microbiome as a primary determinant of human health, a new company has formed to be the 23andMe of your microbiome. UBIOME, who offers this test, reached out to me to allow a few free samples to be processed and I just got
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The rise of genetic testing has allowed the average individual to look into their genome and see where small mutations or defects can have big impacts on health. One such genetic variation with a potential large impact on health, mood and reproduction is the MTHFR gene sequence which is a relatively common genetic variation that
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