Digestive Health Testing

We use a take home stool test called the GI Map by Diagnostic Solutions Laboratory. Once you meet with one of our practitioners, you may purchase this kit at Leaves of Life to take home and complete. Once you mail it to the laboratory, they send your practitioner the results for you to review with her and to create a plan to bring healing and balance to your digestive health. (See a sample report here). To learn more about the GI Map Testing, see their website here.

-The amounts and types of harmful bacteria, candida, viruses and parasites present in the digestive tract

-Relative type and abundance of beneficial flora present

-If there is gluten sensitivity at the mucosal barrier (via secretory IgA)

-Short chain fatty acid production

-pH levels

-Digestive markers (elastase, steatocrit)

-Measure of inflammation present (calprotectin)

and more!

It has been said by many in the integrative health field that disease begins in the colon. GI health is key for good digestion, nutrient absorption, toxin elimination and normal immune response. Poor digestion and malabsorption leads to immune dysfunction, nutritional insufficiencies, food sensitivities, allergies, toxicity, mental health issues, and eventually contributes to numerous disease states.