GUT HEALTH ANALYSIS
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Uncover Hidden Infections
Identify bacteria, parasites, yeast, and pathogens that may be disrupting your gut and overall health.
Understand Your Gut Balance
See how your beneficial bacteria, harmful microbes, and inflammation markers are truly functioning.
Personalized Treatment Strategy
Get clear, targeted recommendations based on your unique gut results, not guesswork.
Why Advance Testing
Unlock Your Gut’s Hidden Story with GI-MAP™ Comprehensive Analysis
Your gut influences digestion, immunity, energy, mood, hormones and detoxification. But standard labs often miss the root causes of chronic discomfort, bloating, fatigue, and stress-related symptoms. The GI-MAP™ (Gastrointestinal Microbial Assay Plus) is an advanced functional stool analysis that reveals what’s truly happening in your digestive system, so we can build a personalized plan that restores balance, resilience, and wellbeing.
What Is a GI-MAP™ Test?
The GI-MAP™ is a functional, DNA-based stool test that measures the presence and abundance of bacteria, beneficial microbes, opportunistic organisms, parasites, yeast, and markers of digestion, inflammation and immunity. Unlike routine stool tests, it shows:
Functional imbalances rather than just presence/absence
Immune and inflammatory activity
Root-cause contributors to symptoms
This is not about labeling your condition — it’s about understanding function so we can support your body with precision.
Is This Right for You?
Clients choose GI-MAP™ when they’re experiencing:
Chronic bloating, gas or irregular bowel movements
Frequent discomfort after eating
Low energy or fatigue despite good sleep
Unexplained mood swings, anxiety, or brain fog
Recurring yeast or bacterial issues
Poor stress tolerance or immune weakness
If you’re tired of guessing and want clarity on your gut’s actual microbial and functional status, the GI-MAP™ provides the insight we need.
How GI-MAP™ Works
Easy Home Collection Kit
You’ll receive a discreet kit mailed to your home with simple instructions — no clinic visit required.Advanced DNA Analysis
Your sample is analyzed for a comprehensive panel of microbes and biomarkers using PCR technology.*Personalized Interpretation
We review your results together in a consultation, identify functional patterns, and create a tailored plan to support digestion, immunity, stress response and detox pathways.
*This testing is a functional assessment — not intended to diagnose disease or replace medical evaluation.
What You’ll Receive
Your GI-MAP™ report includes:
Quantitative gut microbial profile
Markers of inflammation & immune activity
Indicators of digestive function
Identification of opportunistic organisms
A results debrief + next steps plan
This is functional data you can use — not just numbers.
The Value of Functional Gut Analysis
With GI-MAP™, we move beyond symptoms to mechanisms.
You’ll gain:
✔ Clarity on what’s driving gut imbalance
✔ Insight into immune and inflammatory activity
✔ A personalized roadmap for diet, lifestyle, and supplements
✔ Confidence in your next steps
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During this 15-minute call we’ll determine if GI-MAP™ is appropriate for your goals and map your next steps.
What If You Finally Had Clear Answers?
Imagine understanding exactly what your body has been trying to tell you.
Picture waking up with steady energy instead of dragging yourself out of bed.
See yourself thinking clearly, handling stress with resilience, and feeling calm instead of overwhelmed.
Hair Mineral Analysis helps uncover hidden mineral imbalances so you can stop guessing and start restoring balance with a clear, personalized plan.
What's included
✓ Hair analysis test kit
✓ Online consultation
✓ Personalized mineral guidance
What Is Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis (HTMA)
Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis (HTMA) is a non-invasive metabolic assessment that evaluates patterns of nutrient minerals and toxic elements stored in the body. Rather than offering a momentary snapshot like many blood tests, HTMA reflects metabolic trends over approximately 3 to 4 months, providing insight into how your body has been regulating, compensating, and adapting over time.
As hair grows, minerals and trace elements are incorporated into the strand in proportion to your internal chemistry. This makes hair an ideal tissue for assessing long-term mineral balance and cumulative heavy metal exposure. Because minerals govern energy production, thyroid activity, adrenal function, detoxification, and nervous system regulation, their patterns can reveal underlying stress responses that routine labs often overlook.
HTMA does not diagnose disease. Instead, it helps identify mineral imbalances and toxic burdens that may be contributing to symptoms such as fatigue, mood instability, slow metabolism, hormone disruption, or difficulty detoxifying, even when standard lab work appears “normal.”
Why Mineral Status Matters
Standard blood work is invaluable for detecting acute pathology, infection, or significant deficiency. However, blood levels are tightly regulated for survival. The body will pull minerals from tissues to keep blood values within a narrow range, even when cellular stores are depleted.
This means you can have “normal” lab results while your cells are struggling.
Minerals function as the spark plugs of metabolism. They activate enzymes, regulate thyroid and adrenal hormones, support detox pathways, and stabilize the nervous system. When mineral relationships become imbalanced, whether from chronic stress, nutrient depletion, environmental exposure, or restrictive diets, the body compensates in ways that can create persistent symptoms.
HTMA allows us to see those patterns clearly, so we can support the body in restoring balance at the foundational level.
The Missing Pieces Blood Work Can’t Show
Beyond "Normal" Thyroid Lab Results
Standard thyroid panels (like TSH, T3, and T4) measure hormone levels in the blood, but they don’t always explain why you still feel sluggish. For thyroid hormones to actually work, they must be able to enter your cells.
HTMA can identify mineral imbalances, such as a lack of bioavailable potassium that act as "gatekeepers." If your potassium levels are dysregulated, your cells may struggle to accept thyroid hormones, leading to symptoms like fatigue and weight gain even when your blood work looks perfect.
Uncovering the Root of Low Iron
When blood tests show low ferritin or hemoglobin, the common solution is simply to take more iron. However, HTMA helps us understand why your levels are low in the first place.
For example, an excess of calcium can sometimes inhibit iron absorption, or a lack of copper might be preventing your body from moving iron to where it needs to go.
By addressing these mineral relationships, you can support your iron levels naturally and sustainably, often avoiding the digestive upset caused by high-dose supplements.
The "Subclinical" Gap
It is incredibly frustrating to feel exhausted or foggy only to be told your labs are "within normal range." Blood levels are tightly regulated by the body to maintain homeostasis, meaning imbalances often won't show up there until a problem is advanced.
HTMA is much more sensitive to early shifts in your biochemistry. It reveals the hidden patterns of stress and depletion that explain why you don't feel your best, providing a roadmap to recovery that standard testing might miss.
Through HTMA, we can detect:
Essential Nutrient Deficiencies: See if your body is missing important minerals like magnesium, calcium, zinc, or potassium—nutrients that support energy, mood, and overall resilience.
Hidden Toxins: Find out if heavy metals such as mercury, aluminum, or lead are quietly accumulating and interfering with your health.
Adrenal & Thyroid Health: Understand how your adrenal and thyroid glands are functioning. Even when standard blood tests look normal, these key systems can be underperforming, affecting your metabolism, weight, and energy levels.
Stress Impact: Discover how long-term stress may be affecting your body and learn actionable ways to restore balance and vitality.
FAQ's
Is this a medical test?
No. The GI-MAP™ is a functional health assessment. It is not used to diagnose or treat medical conditions, but to identify imbalances that can be corrected through lifestyle, nutrition, and system-supportive protocols.
Do I need a doctor?
The GI-MAP™ can be ordered through your functional practitioner (like me). We interpret the results together and design the plan that fits you.
What are the benefits of hair mineral testing?
Hair mineral testing gives you more than just a quick snapshot, it offers a longer-term picture of how your body has been storing and using essential nutrients and potentially harmful metals over several months.
Because minerals play a role in energy production, stress response, thyroid and adrenal function, and detox pathways, seeing how they relate to one another can help uncover hidden imbalances that routine labs often miss.
It’s a simple, non-invasive test that can highlight patterns in nutrient status and exposure to environmental metals, giving us a richer foundation for personalized nutrition and lifestyle recommendations tailored to your unique needs.
Will hair treatments like dye affect my results?
Chemical treatments such as hair dye, bleaching, or perming can slightly change the outer structure of the hair strand. That said, these treatments typically do not dramatically distort the overall findings of a Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis.
Although untreated hair is ideal whenever possible, we know that many people color or treat their hair. Even with treated hair, the results can still offer meaningful information about mineral patterns and potential metal accumulation.
To minimize any potential influence from past treatments, the lab analyzes only the 1 to 1.5 inches of hair closest to the scalp. This portion represents the most recent growth, giving us the most current and relevant insight into your body’s mineral activity.
What kind of support can I get after the consultation?
If you’d like ongoing guidance, we can review my programs to find the one that best suits your needs.
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