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GI Effects Profile is unlike any other stool analysis profile. It goes beyond the standard parameters for identifying gastrointestinal disorders. The GI Effects Profile uses DNA analysis to identify microbiota including fungus, parasites, bacteria, mold, and Candida. Anaerobes, a previously immeasurable area of the gut environment with traditional stool testing, can now be reported. (99% of gut microbiota are anaerobic.) DNA assessment is specific and accurate, avoids the pitfalls of sample transport, reports results as specific numbers, and is more sensitive than classic laboratory methods.

The advantages of which include far greater accuracy, fewer samples to be collected, and the ability to measure previously immeasurable areas of the gut environment. Whereas many laboratories split testing into several costly profiles, yeast, inflammation, parasites, bacteria, pharmaceutical and botanical sensitivities and more. These are all included in the GI Effects DNA profile and analysis.

Advantages of the GI Effects Stool Profile:

1. Greater Accuracy - highly accurate snapshot of the gut environment
2. Antibiotic Resistance Genes - superior tool for effective patient treatment plans
3. Single Sample - easy collection
4. High Sensitivity - detects as few as 5 cells per gram (5000-fold increase over traditional testing)
5. Additional data - measures healthy bacteria/flora, opportunistic and pathogenic bacteria, pathogenic bacteria, parasites, and yeast

Functional Medicine is an approach to health care that evaluates functional systems, rather than only treating symptoms. An example is that certain micronutrients are essential for our bodies to function optimally, and the lack of these essential nutrients can lead to illness. Functional Medicine uses sophisticated laboratory testing procedures to examine biochemical imbalances in the body, which can cause or complicate a specific health problem. Doctors that practice Functional Medicine use the test results to reinstate balance into the body often by designing personalized diets or supplementation programs. Giving the body what it needs to function normally will help the patient feel better.

Functional Medicine is effective preventive health care, but often specializes in "chronic illness". Conditions like cardiovascular disease, inflammatory bowel disease, neurological disorders, musculoskeletal disorders (like arthritis and fibromyalgia), autoimmune diseases, and certain types of cancers are all types of "chronic illness". Functional Medicine offers a therapy that addresses the root of a condition, not just the symptoms, providing the body with the components to heal from within and help prevent the onset of life altering disease.

One of the benefits of Functional Medicine is that it employs compounds that have evolved with the body. Vitamins, minerals, amino acids, and fatty acids are part of what naturally make up the body. Consequently, they are very low in toxicity. The body is capable of handling them, even in doses much higher than the recommended daily allowance. Herbal products, on the other hand, are used as an alternative therapy that can produce stronger effects.