Symptoms aren’t “random” they’re your body’s way of signaling that something is out of balance

Your gut is the foundation of your health, and an imbalanced microbiome can lead to a host of issues like bloating, bowel irregularities, skin conditions, anxiety, and more. The GI MAP is one of the most comprehensive stool tests available, offering insights into:

• Gut infections (bacteria, parasites, fungi, and viruses)
• Imbalances in gut flora
• Inflammation markers
• Digestive enzyme function
• Intestinal permeability (with the option to add on zonulin to check for leaky gut)

By understanding what's happening in your gut, we can address your symptoms at their root.

Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO) is a condition where excessive bacteria grow in the small intestine, leading to symptoms like bloating, gas, diarrhea, constipation, and more. The SIBO Breath Test measures the presence of hydrogen and methane gases produced by bacteria fermenting in the small intestine. This simple, non-invasive test can be a great tool for anyone experiencing unexplained gut issues.

Hormones have a profound effect on your health, and imbalances can contribute to symptoms like fatigue, mood swings, weight gain, and irregular cycles. The DUTCH Complete is an advanced hormone panel that offers detailed insights into:

• Cortisol patterns
• Estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone levels
• Adrenal health
• Organic acids to measure cellular stress

This test helps us understand how your body is processing hormones and can pinpoint underlying imbalances that could be holding you back from feeling your best.

Your hair holds valuable information about your body's mineral status, heavy metal exposure, and metabolic function. The HTMA offers a snapshot of your mineral levels, showing:

• Deficiencies in essential minerals (like magnesium, zinc, and calcium)
• Toxicity from heavy metals (like lead, mercury, and cadmium)
• Imbalances that could affect energy, mood, and overall health

This test can reveal nutrient deficiencies that might be contributing to fatigue, brain fog, and other persistent symptoms.

Thyroid health is complex, and traditional tests like TSH and T4 only tell part of the story. A full thyroid panel includes comprehensive markers that give us a complete picture of your thyroid function, including:

• Free T3 and T4 (active and inactive thyroid hormones)
• Reverse T3 (an important marker to understand thyroid dysfunction)
• Antibodies (to check for autoimmune conditions like Hashimoto’s)
• Thyroid binding globulin (to assess how thyroid hormones are being transported)

This thorough approach to thyroid testing is crucial for identifying imbalances that affect metabolism, energy levels, mood, and more.

This complete metabolic panel goes beyond the basic blood work typically offered by primary care providers. It is one of the most powerful tools we have to assess your overall metabolic health giving us a deeper understanding of your body’s ability to process nutrients, regulate blood sugar, and manage inflammation. This test provides a comprehensive snapshot of your metabolic and cardiovascular health, allowing us to identify potential imbalances that could be affecting your energy levels, weight, and long-term health outcomes.

Your body relies on a wide range of vitamins and minerals to function optimally. If you're not getting the right nutrients in your diet, you might experience fatigue, poor immune function, skin issues, and more. Using NutrEval, this test allows us to identify deficiencies and imbalances, so we can customize a plan to optimize your health.

While food sensitivity testing is popular in the health world, it’s not a tool we use at The Social Nutritionist for one simple reason: accuracy. Food sensitivity tests, particularly those that rely on bloodwork, often produce results that are unreliable and can lead to unnecessary food restrictions without addressing the root cause of your symptoms.

Food sensitivities are complex and can vary based on factors like gut health, stress, and inflammation. Testing for them too early or relying on these tests exclusively can often give misleading results, which might not align with your actual triggers. Instead, we prefer to take a more comprehensive, root-cause approach through testing that reveals underlying factors - like gut imbalances, hormone fluctuations, and nutrient deficiencies - that may be driving your symptoms.

Our focus is on understanding what’s going on beneath the surface. Once we have a clear picture of your health we can work together to address food sensitivities, if they are relevant, in the context of your overall health. This ensures that we are targeting the most effective solutions for your unique needs rather than relying on inaccurate or premature testing.