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As a functional medicine practitioner, I run a lot of lab tests for my patients, and one of the main reasons is that labs are great for pinpointing specific problem areas. The results help guide my treatment recommendations in a major way.
Each person’s health situation, genetics, and biochemistry are unique, and labs can suss this out more effectively than general symptom identification. That’s why talking to your doctor about testing is a great place to start reclaiming your good health.
There is one aspect of health that is predetermined, but even though you may not be able to change it, you can do a whole lot to influence how your body responds. I’m talking about your DNA, which can affect many aspects of your health. Specifically, certain genetic mutations can make you more susceptible to certain nutrient imbalances, drug reactions, and other health problems.
23andMe and other specialized genetic lab tests will lay out all of your possible genetic weaknesses for your functional medicine practitioner to interpret. This can help you intervene, balancing risk factors with natural medicines and lifestyle changes.
You can read about the nine genes I take into consideration most often in my patients, but one of the main dysfunctions I look for is a methylation impairment. Methylation is a complex process that acts like your body’s biochemical superhighway. This process assists in keeping your gut, brain, hormones, and detox pathways healthy and fully functioning.
Methylation happens a billion times every single second, so if it isn’t working well, it can greatly affect your overall health. Certain genetic mutations can impede certain methylation pathways, with a ripple effect of symptoms and problems
Dysfunction in your adrenal glands can be at the root of a wide variety of symptoms related to fatigue, anxiety, depression, blood sugar imbalances, brain fog, weight gain, irritability, decreased sex drive, and trouble sleeping. The reason is that the adrenal glands release several hormones, including your body’s main stress hormone (called cortisol), through a complex web of communication between your brain and adrenal glands, known as the HPA-axis.
Adrenal fatigue occurs when there is an imbalance in cortisol due to miscommunication in the HPA-axis. This causes cortisol to be low when it should be high, high when it should be low, always low, or always high.
All health begins in the gut—that famous saying attributed to Hippocrates, the founder of modern medicine, has a lot of truth to it. Research is finally starting to show that many chronic and autoimmune diseases can be connected to gastrointestinal problems.
When your gut lining is damaged due to stress, poor diet, medications, and other triggers, it can cause undigested food particles and bacterial endotoxins to pass into the bloodstream, leading to a cascade of chronic inflammation that can pop up all over the body, leading to a wide variety of symptoms. This is commonly known as leaky gut syndrome.
You can figure out if this is happening to you (and might be a cause of your symptoms) with a gut permeability lab test.
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