• Broad metabolic health assessments: Evaluating genetic factors in lipid metabolism, methylation, detoxification, and insulin regulation for proactive insights.
• Family health optimisation: Considering cardiovascular or metabolic history to inform targeted investigation and management.
• Metabolic pattern clarification: Addressing genetic factors linked to dyslipidaemia, insulin resistance, or weight management challenges.
• Preventive wellness: Providing risk stratification to complement clinical markers and to aid the creation interventions focussing on root cause management
• Nutrient handling optimisation: Assessing genetic variations in vitamin and mineral metabolism as well as key genes around lactose and gluten tolerance.
• Lifestyle response enhancement: Tailoring strategies for individuals with variable responses to standard nutrition approaches to enhance clinical outcomes.

Overview

DNA Health® is a genetic test that evaluates variation in genes involved in metabolic processes such as lipid handling, methylation activity, inflammatory signalling and detoxification pathways. These areas influence how individuals process nutrients and respond to physiological stressors. This test can be used as the basis for your genetic testing recommendation with additional specific testing added on (e.g. DNA Gut, DNA Hormone etc.) to personalise your investigations for your patient.

Individual genetic variability may help provide clinical context in individuals with metabolic challenges, unexpected response to dietary intervention or a strong family history of chronic disease. Assessment of nutrient metabolism and regulatory pathways can support understanding of variability seen in lipid markers, glucose regulation or inflammatory tendencies. Pair this test with a functional test like the Metabolimix to assess real time impacts of gene variances on health.

Results are interpreted alongside clinical findings, lifestyle factors and biochemical testing where appropriate. The test may be useful for refining nutrition strategy, risk assessment or longer-term monitoring in selected individuals.

Practical

Test type:

DNA: Gene, health, nutritional genomics, metabolism

Sample required:

Blood Spot

Average processing time:

10-18 days

Privacy policy:

The DNA and the original sample material are destroyed after 3 months, so that there are no names or other identifiers on the samples. The samples are analysed only for the SNPs that are included in the tests at DNALife, and no other research or analyses are performed without a separate permission from the patient. We do not give or sell the results to any third parties.

Limitations:
Nordic Laboratories has effective processes in place to protect against technical and operational problems which might result in it being unable to obtain interpretable results, whether for a particular SNP or otherwise. Due to technical or biological limitations, it may not be possible to report on the results for a particular SNP, health trait, or condition.

As with all laboratories there is a small possibility that a false result is reported. This can be due to technical limitations or sample quality that is not detectable in the normal laboratory processes. Nordic Laboratories assumes no liability arising from any such errors, technical and operational problems and/or false results however they may occur.