Health Testing

Do you know what your eyes say about you? Quite a lot, actually.

Our Naturopaths use iridology to determine the current state of your health, how you tend to get sick, and the emotional and behavioural triggers that cause these problems. All that just from looking at the patterns, colours and characteristics of your eye.

At your Initial Consultation we will recommend our Comprehensive Naturopathic Testing which includes:

• Microscopic Blood Analysis - this test gives us a clear picture of your current state of health, including nutritional deficiencies, digestive issues, oxidative stress, immune system imbalance, inflammation, allergies and more.
• Dry Blood Analysis - this test looks at the degree of oxidative stress in the body, particularly which organs or systems are under stress. This test tells us about your adrenals (stress burnout), thyroid, hormonal balance, food intolerance (not specific), parasites, yeast, bowel toxicity, lymphatic toxicity, heart stress, lung stress and kidney stress. This test is a guide only and not used for diagnostic purposes.
• Iridology - from looking at the patterns, colours and characteristics of your eye, we can determine the current state of your health, how you tend to get sick, and the emotional and behavioural triggers that cause these problems.

A Microscopic Blood Analysis gives a clear picture of your general health, including:

• Nutritional deficiencies, including iron, B12, folic acid and essential fatty acids.
• Digestive issues like leaky gut syndrome and liver stress.
• Oxidative damage due to stress, smoking, alcohol or other poor lifestyle habits.
• Immune system balance.
• Inflammation.
• Digestive health including digestion of fats.
• Parasitic infections.
• Allergic tendencies.

It only takes a small drop of blood from your finger to discover all this. The blood is then placed under a high-powered microscope and displayed on a large monitor so your practitioner can analyse all the living components.

This test looks at the degree of oxidative stress in the body, particularly which organs or systems are under stress. This test tells us about your adrenals (stress burnout), thyroid, hormonal balance, food intolerance (not specific), parasites, yeast, bowel toxicity, lymphatic toxicity, heart stress, lung stress and kidney stress. This test is a guide only and not used for diagnostic purposes.

Food intolerance is your body’s abnormal reaction to certain foods. Some of the most common symptoms include severe headaches, bloating, irritable bowel syndrome, tiredness, skin conditions and respiratory problems.

It is often difficult for people to tell if they have an intolerance – especially when they have been living with it for some time – as symptoms often take hours or even days to appear.

Using a small sample of blood taken from a finger prick, we can determine whether you have antibodies to specific foods in your system. We can test for:

• Cereals – corn, durum wheat, gluten, oats, rice, rye, wheat.
• Nuts and beans – almond, brazil nut, cashew, cocoa bean, peanut, soya bean, walnut and legumes including pea, lentil and haricot.
• Meats – beef, chicken, lamb and pork.
• Fish – freshwater fish (salmon, trout), shellfish (shrimp, prawn, crab, lobster, mussel), tuna, white fish (haddock, cod, plaice).
• Vegetables – broccoli, cabbage, carrot, celery, cucumber, leek, peppers (red, green, yellow) and potato.
• Fruits – apple, blackcurrant, grapefruit, olive, orange, lemon, strawberry, tomato and melon (cantaloupe, watermelon)
• Other – egg (whole), cow’s milk, garlic, ginger, mushroom, tea and yeast.

This is a non-invasive test used to measure the level of minerals and heavy metals in your body. We simply cut a small sample of untreated, uncoloured hair from the nape of the neck or back of the scalp to test.

Minerals are essential for growth, healing, vitality and wellbeing. An imbalance in minerals can lead to conditions such as:

• Cardiovascular disease.
• High cholesterol.
• High blood pressure.
• Migraines.
• Learning difficulties and hyperactivity in children.
• Depression.
• Anxiety.
• Thyroid disorders.

While it is ideal that we get all the minerals we need from a balanced diet, modern living makes this extremely difficult. Hence, it is more important than ever to measure our mineral levels and correct them where necessary.

Each blood type has different characteristics that allow you to digest and assimilate food. By taking just two drops of blood, we can determine your blood type - O, A, B or AB. We use this to discover foods you may be incompatible with and come up with specific dietary guidelines just for you.

Poor digestion and imbalanced gut flora may cause a number of health conditions, with symptoms ranging from constipation and bloating to diarrhoea and flatulence. This non-invasive test provides an overview of the digestive system’s absorption, intestinal function, microbial flora and pathogenic bacteria, parasites and yeasts.

Your genes contain all the information required to construct, regulate and maintain all of your bodily processes. By conducting a genetic test, we can determine your specific nutritional, lifestyle and environmental requirements to help manage any current conditions or prevent the onset of conditions in the future.

Using a cheek swab or saliva sample, we can determine if you have a predisposition to common diseases and conditions like diabetes, as well as how you metabolize nutrients and medications.

Our health assessment is a snapshot of your general health and wellbeing. We test your toxicity, zinc levels and pH in order to determine the challenges you face and how we can best help you achieve optimum health.

• Zinc Level Test.
• Toxicity Test.
• pH Test.

A pH test measures the acid/alkaline balance of your system using urine and saliva samples. Virtually all degenerative diseases – including cancer, heart disease, arthritis and osteoporosis – are associated with excess acidity in the body. These imbalances can be rectified using diet and herbal medicine.

Pyrrole may be a relatively unknown condition, but it affects over 10% of the population. It is characterised by the abnormal metabolism of haemoglobin, which leads to the excretion of excessive amounts of zinc and B6 in urine.

This condition can have a profound effect on a patient’s mental and physical health as a result of the underlying nutritional deficiencies. Pyrrole is also a marker of oxidative stress, which occurs in the body as a result of physical and emotional distress.

Conditions associated with Pyrrole include depression, anxiety, ADD/ADHD, autism, tourette syndrome, alcoholism, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.

As well as our in-house testing, we can also arrange for the following tests if needed:

• Salivary Hormone Levels Test.
• Methylation Gene Test.
• Salivary cortisol and DHEA Test.
• Digestive Stool Analysis.
• Genetic Test.
• Pyrrole Test.

This test measures adrenal function in clients who experience anxiety, depression, mood swings, insomnia, headaches, low energy, stress, hormonal imbalance or poor immune function. It is a non-invasive saliva test used to monitor the levels of the stress hormones Cortisol and DHEA-S in your system, which indicate adrenal exhaustion and immune suppression.

This test requires a sample of saliva to determine hormonal imbalances and the potential impact this can have on physical and emotional health. An imbalance can result in weight gain, mood swings, night sweats, disturbed sleep patterns, loss of libido and hot flushes. Results make it possible for practitioners to individualise treatment to establish the best hormone balance for you.

Our Toxicity Test measures your body composition and overall health at a cellular level. To determine body composition, this test measures:

• Overall weight.
• Fat tissue.
• Muscle tissue.
• Extra cellular fluids.
• Skeletal tissue.
• Body Mass Index (BMI).

Your cellular health is then determined from toxicity, inflammation, muscle mass and quality, muscle to fat ratio, cellular fluids and the vitality of your cells.

We can then calculate the rate at which your cells are aging by finding the difference between your chronological age and your biological age.

The good news is if you don’t get the results you would like, there are so many things you can do to impact your biological age for the better.

A simple taste test is used to determine the level of zinc in your body. A low zinc level is very common and can be detected by swirling a special fluid in your mouth. Zinc deficiency can be associated with:

• Poor absorption of vitamins and minerals.
• A compromised immune system.
• Eating disorders.
• Food sensitivities and allergies.
• Recurrent infections.
• Hair loss.
• Skin disorders.
• Infertility.
• Depression.
• Insomnia.
• Learning and behavioural problems in children.