By Michelle Palmer, MS, NCC, LPC, ACS, CMHIMP, AMH
As an herbalist and mental health integrative medicine provider, I love having functional lab testing in my arsenal of evaluation tools because it not only helps me as the provider narrow down underlying root causes, but it gives my clients an answer they may not have otherwise gotten. Functional lab testing is so important because it goes deeper and beyond most regular blood work lab tests. For example, while your conventional medicine doctor may recommend food allergy testing, a functional medicine lab test has the ability to look beyond the broad spectrum of food allergies and instead will pinpoint for food sensitivities.
If you have been struggling with symptoms and KNOW something is off, functional lab testing can offer some answers where other venues have not. So many of my clients tell me that they have seen multiple doctors who have repeatedly told them that nothing is wrong, they may be testing negative on blood work, or my personal favorite, being told my their medical professional that "it's all in your head". Here is where my Holistic Health Evaluation comes in and your access to at-home functional lab testing begins!
IgG Food Sensitivity + Candida and yeast Test example
Mosaic Diagnostics is the name of the company that performs all of the functional lab testing that we utilize at Alternative Therapies. After a holistic health evaluation is complete, an at-home functional lab test may be recommended for you. Here are a few things to keep in mind:
Sometimes these tests are covered by your insurance, please be sure to call your insurance to check.
If your insurance does not cover the test, it is an out of pocket expense which is paid directly to Mosaic Diagnostics.
I will order your lab testing kit for you, schedule an appointment with you to go over all of the directions, and walk you through the test on the day of testing if you wish.
Tests can only be mailed FedEx on Mondays or Tuesdays.
All testing is either a dried blood spot, hair follicle, urine sample, fecal sample, blood serum sample, or saliva sample.
37 Functional Medicine At-Home Test Kits Available through the Holistic Health Evaluation with Alternative Therapies:
