It consists of analyzing blood, urine, and saliva for indicators of toxicity, deficiency, infection, hormone imbalance, inflammation, stress, and more. It truly gives you the “lay of the land” – a broad picture of your current health and functioning – your unique and current biological terrain.
Bioterrain testing amplifies a standard blood test because urine and saliva offer information about health that are not available in the blood. Just looking at the bloodwork is an incomplete picture of the body’s state of health. Tens of thousands of people will go to their doctor in January and be told everything looks good. These same people could be diagnosed with a life-threatening disease like cancer or suffer a major illness like stroke or heart attack just months later. At Red Moutain, we offer you a higher level of service and better tool kit. Combining blood, urine, and saliva together gives you a comprehensive picture of health you cannot get by looking at blood alone.
During this appointment, your doctor will perform an in-depth analysis of your urine and saliva, and discuss your recent blood work results with you. Your doctor will connect the dots and show you where your internal environment is being stressed. You will gain real-time data about your biochemistry, and you will be given an individualized diet, supplement, and nutrition plan to improve your health.
Bioterrain testing looks at the following lab markers:
- Anemia tests: Iron, ferritin, TIBC, % saturation
- Diabetes tests: Vitamin D, Insulin, HgA1C
- Inflammation tests: Homocysteine, hcCRP, ESR
- Immune Tests: Red blood cell count, white blood cell count, platelet count, hemoglobin, hematocrit, RDW, MCV, MCH, MCHC, Neutrophils, Lymphocytes, Monocytes, Eosinophils, Basophils
- Lipid Tests: Cholesterol, HDL, LDL, Triglycerides, VLDL
- Liver and Kidney Tests: Glucose, Calcium, ALT, AST, Alkaline Phosphatase, Bilirubin, Chloride, Potassium, Sodium, Carbon Dioxide, BUN, Creatinine, GFR, Total Protein, Albumin
- Urine tests: Ammonia, Nitrates, Vitamin C, Adrenal Stress, Calcium loss/bone loss, Electrolytes, Blood sugar levels, Urine pH, Bilirubin, Ketones, Glucose, Blood, Protein, Specific gravity, Urobilinogen, Nitrites, White blood cells
- Saliva tests: Salvia pH/acidity balance, Zinc levels