A guide to four different gut assessments, from a basic barrier check to comprehensive microbiome mapping to advanced pathogen analysis.
This test answers a question most people have never thought to ask: is your gut lining actually intact? The gut barrier is the wall that decides what gets absorbed into your bloodstream and what stays out. When it's compromised, what's commonly called "leaky gut", bacteria, toxins, and undigested food particles can pass through and trigger a slow, systemic immune response.
You'll see whether your barrier is holding, whether your immune system is reacting to things escaping from your gut, and whether bacterial toxins are circulating in your blood, a hidden driver of inflammation, fatigue, hormonal disruption, and metabolic dysfunction.
If the barrier is compromised, that changes everything else, what supplements make sense, what dietary changes will actually land, how much your microbiome work will stick. It's the foundation. We start here so nothing else is built on sand.
Your gut is home to trillions of bacteria, and the mix matters enormously. BiomeFX maps your entire microbial ecosystem in detail, showing not just which bacteria are present, but what they're actually doing. Are they producing the compounds that fuel your gut lining and keep inflammation in check? Are there imbalances that might be affecting your mood, your hormones, your energy, or your immune system?
You'll also see how your microbiome connects to hormone balance, there's a specific group of bacteria that processes estrogen, and when they're off, estrogen metabolism suffers. That connection shows up here.
Rather than generic probiotic or dietary advice, this gives us a specific map to work from. We're not guessing what your gut needs, we can see it.
Unlike a food allergy, which causes an immediate, obvious reaction, a food sensitivity is slow and quiet. You eat something, and hours or even days later your immune system mounts a low-grade response that contributes to bloating, fatigue, joint pain, brain fog, skin issues, or headaches. Because the reaction is delayed, most people never connect the dots.
This test measures IgG antibodies, a marker of immune reactivity, against a broad panel of common foods. The result is a personalized map of which foods your immune system is reacting to, so we can design an elimination and reintroduction protocol that gives your gut a real chance to heal.
Food sensitivities are often a consequence of a compromised gut barrier, not just the cause of symptoms. Addressing them works best alongside gut barrier and microbiome work, not in isolation.
The most comprehensive gut test available. When something is clearly wrong, persistent bloating, pain, irregular digestion, suspected infection, this maps the full picture: bacteria, parasites, fungi, viruses, inflammation markers, and digestive function all in one report.
It can identify specific organisms that are driving your symptoms, show whether your gut lining is inflamed, and flag whether your body is mounting an immune reaction inside the gut itself. It goes further than BiomeFX in terms of pathogen detection and clinical depth.
300+ markers is a lot of data. Without a clear clinical context and the right interpretation, it can overwhelm more than it clarifies. This is a powerful tool, and like all powerful tools, it works best when used at the right moment.
In my practice, this test is used when: you have significant digestive symptoms (pain, chronic bloating, irregular stool, suspected infection or SIBO), or as a 2nd or 3rd step after foundational work is already in place. It's not a starting point, and without a clear context to interpret it, a 300-marker report can create more confusion than clarity.
Where Gut Zoomer casts a wide net, GI-MAP goes deep on a specific question: is there something in your gut that shouldn't be there? It uses a highly sensitive DNA detection method to identify and quantify specific pathogens, bacteria, parasites, viruses, with a level of precision other tests don't match.
It also tells you whether your gut is inflamed, how well your pancreas is producing digestive enzymes, and whether there's hidden bleeding, things that often get missed in standard GI workups.
When there's a specific suspected problem, H. pylori, a parasite, SIBO, or persistent symptoms that haven't responded to foundational work. This test is built to answer a focused clinical question, not to give a general wellness picture.
In my practice, this test is used when: there's a clinical reason to investigate a specific pathogen (H. pylori, parasites, bacterial overgrowth), or when digestive symptoms are significant and other foundational steps haven't resolved them. This is a tool for a specific question, not a general wellness screen.
Once you have your results, I translate them into plain language and build a personalized protocol around them. Two ways to work together depending on how much support you want.
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