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Functional Testing

In addition to regular blood tests offered by physicians, such as FBC, glucose, lipid and thyroid tests and so on, House of Health offers unique tests your regular doctor doesn't offer. Most tests performed at doctor's offices aim to assess pathology and sickness. They are excellent tools for figuring out if any bodily systems are diseased. With the advent of functional and nutritional medicine, tests have also been developed to identify imbalances and interactions of physiological systems.

Rather than wait for disease to strike, we can identify and treat a functional imbalance before it becomes a real illness. For chronic conditions, functional laboratory tests can help identify the true cause of disease.

At House of Health we offer numerous tests that can pinpoint areas of dysfunction in your body. Though we can't list every test available, we provide here an idea of the wide range of tests available through our clinic. Note that most of these tests are sent to overseas laboratories, simply because we don't have the population in NZ to support such specialised labs.

Send-Away Tests

Tests for Allergies

• Serum IgG and IgE Antibody Panels for Foods, Spices and Herbs
• IgG Antibody Panels for Foods, Spices and Herbs

Mineral and Toxin Tests:

• Body Mineral Status (Laboratory certified analysis of minerals in human hair)
• Toxic Element Test (Urine)
• Active Elements Mineral Assessment (online)

Hormonal profile tests/ Endocrinology:

* Womens Hormonal Profile (urine or saliva):
* Menopause Profile test
* Mens Hormonal Profile (urine or saliva)
* Adrenal Fatigue/Stress
* Comprehensive Thyroid test
* Sleep Dysfunction

Metabolic Function Tests

* Osteoporosis test (Bone resorption test) Also known as Urinary Telopeptides
* Comprehensive Urinary Metabolic Profile
* Gastrointestinal function
* Hepatic detoxification
(please contact us for details about these tests)

In-Clinic Tests

* Live Blood Analysis (Herne Bay Clinic only)
* Zinc Taste Test
* Blood Sugar Test (for diabetes)
* Salivary and Urinary pH test
* ABO Blood typing
* Mood Assessment Questionairre
* Urine Free Radicals
* Metabolic Type Testing
* Nutritional deficiencies (using QRA analysis)

Tests for Minerals and Toxins:

Body Mineral Status

Hair Mineral test. Hair is a painless, non-invasive way to assess the mineral and toxin (heavy metal) status of the body. Mineral nutrients and trace elements are needed by the body in both the correct amounts and appropriate ratios. It can be extremely destructive to take mineral nutrients and trace element supplements (calcium, magnesium, selenium, etc.) without knowing the exact internal levels and balance of minerals and trace elements.

Analysis of body tissue is the most most reliable method to measure the mineral and trace element levels and balance in the human body and to test for the presence of the greatest range of toxic materials. Hair is a convenenient tissue to use for testing. Prior to a hair mineral test being taken, will be given instructions regarding shampoo types, hair dyes etc. In the abscence of head hair, pubic hair may be used. Click here for a sample report.

Urinary Toxins. This test uses chelating compound to pulling heavy metals out of the body. The urine is collected and analysed for several heavy metals, including lead, mercury, arsenic, tin, aluminium and more. Your sample is analysed using ICP-MS methods by Doctors Data in the USA. For a sample report, click here.

Free Radicals Test (urine). By measuring Malondialdehyde, a marker of oxidation of fats in the urine, we can assess your cardiovascular disease risk and assess if your current antioxidant regime is adequate.  This test can be done in clinic or you can complete it at home.  Contact us to order your kit

Metabolic Function Tests:

Osteoporosis Test -Urinary Telopeptides. This is an assessment of your Bone Resorption. It is a simple, direct urinary assay useful in identifying current rate of bone loss and to monitor the efficacy of bone support therapies. It has a number of advantages over Bone Density Scanning, which uses radiation (a well-known cancer-causing energy) and is subject to error and interpretation. By contrast, the bone resorption test gives information relating to the rate of bone turnover - when bone breakdown exceeds bone building, the by-products (telopeptides) are measurable in the urine and the effectiveness of nutritional interventions to correct this are able to be determined quickly. Read our Bone Health page here.

Metabolic Type Testing

Completing and online questionaiire, which is computer analysed enables you to find out which of your fundamental homeostatic controls is running your show!  Read more about Metabolic Typing here. A results session typically takes one hour.

ALLERGY TESTING

Serum IgE & IgG - This test involves taking a blood sample which is sent to US Biotek in the USA for analysis using reputable ELISA methodology.  Every analyte tested for every immunoassay is run in complete duplicate for precision, that is, consistently reproducible results.

The simplest version of this a comprehensive food allergy test covers 96 foods. A vegetarian option is also available. Add-on panels of an extra 15 foods, 48 herbs and spices. A full results report is available here (PDF file)

Serum IgG - a blood sample is obtained by finger-prick collection in the clinic - this is analysed using reputable ELISA methodology by US Biotek in the USA, where every analyte tested for every immunoassay is run in complete duplicate for precision, (ie; consistently reproducible results.)

The simplest version of this a comprehensive food allergy test covers 96 foods. A vegetarian option is also available. Add-on panels of an extra 15 foods, 48 herbs and spices are also available. A full results report is available here (PDF file)

For current prices please contact us.