Blood is the window into the body
Functional lab testing for when “normal” doesn’t feel normal
Told your bloodwork is normal, but still feel terrible? You’re not imagining it. We read labs in functional ranges, look for the patterns between results, and walk you through every one in plain language. Test, don’t guess.
Functional lab testing is personalized to your symptoms, history and goals.
Sound familiar?
If any of this sounds like you
You don’t need to know the name of a test to start. Find what sounds closest, and we’ll show you where we might look.
“I’ve had bloodwork done, and I was told everything looks normal.”
Where we might look
We read the same markers against tighter, functional ranges, and run more of them.
“Bloating and constipation have been around so long, I’ve stopped mentioning them.”
Where we might look
Digestion comes first for us: how you break down food, what is living in your gut, and what has overgrown where it shouldn’t.
“I eat well, and I still react to foods I can’t pin down.”
Where we might look
How strongly your immune system reacts to 140 foods and 30 chemicals.
“My energy, sleep or cycle feel off, and nobody can tell me why.”
Where we might look
Hormones and cortisol move across the day; this follows them from samples you collect at home.
“I’m worried about mold, or about what I’m exposed to day to day.”
Where we might look
Environmental toxins, mycotoxins and heavy metals, and how your immune system has responded to mold.
Not sure where you fit? Tell us on a complimentary consult
TaraFounder & Lead Practitioner 
MelissaTeam Practitioner
Why we test
A note from Tara and Melissa
We believe in the saying “test, don’t guess.” Too many people are told their results are normal and sent home still feeling terrible, then left to guess at diets and supplements on their own.
So we look at your results differently. We run more markers, read them against tighter functional ranges, and look for the patterns between them, alongside your history and how you actually feel.
Then we sit down with you and walk through every result in plain language. You should leave understanding your own body, not holding a report you can’t read.
Tara & Melissa
What we can look at
Test, don’t guess
We are trained to read functional labs for patterns worth exploring, and to build nutrition and lifestyle guidance around them.
Digestion
Stool Test
Digestion is the top healing priority of the body.
You are what you digest and absorb, and what you absorb depends on a healthy digestive tract. Without the integrity of the digestive system, the body cannot support the other foundations of health.
What it looks at
- How well you are breaking down your food
- Pancreatic function: protein, carbohydrate and fat breakdown
- Gallbladder function and bile flow
- Inflammation markers
- Immune function: roughly 70% of the immune system lives in the gut
- Pathogens: bacteria, H. pylori, viruses, yeast, Candida, parasites, overgrowth
- Whether you are producing gluten antibodies in the gut
- How well you are detoxifying hormones and environmental toxins
Gut health shows up differently in everyone: digestive issues, weight-loss resistance, joint pain, bloat, constipation, acne, hormonal imbalance, migraines, anxiety, mood. Sometimes there are zero symptoms and still work to be done.
Bloodwork
Comprehensive Bloodwork
Functional ranges, not pathological ones.
The pathological range is used to diagnose disease, and the sicker the population gets, the wider those reference ranges become. This is why so many people are told their bloodwork is normal but still feel terrible. The functional range is far narrower. It looks for patterns earlier, and asks why something is out of balance.
What it looks at
- Full thyroid panel including antibodies: TSH, T3, T4, T3 uptake, Reverse T3, FTI
- Full iron panel: TIBC, UIBC, iron, ferritin
- Immune system markers
- Liver: AST, ALT, ALK PHOS, GGT, LDH
- Lipid panel
- Fasted glucose and insulin
- Inflammation: hsCRP, homocysteine, ESR
- Uric acid, vitamin D, electrolytes, urinalysis
Nutrients
NutrEval
Nutritional deficiencies panel.
A blood and urine profile evaluating over 125 biomarkers, assessing the body’s functional need for 40 antioxidants, vitamins, minerals, essential fatty acids and amino acids, alongside oxidative stress, mitochondrial dysfunction and digestive support.
Food response
MRT Food Sensitivity Test
140 foods. 30 chemicals.
This test measures how strongly your immune system reacts to 140 different foods and 30 different chemicals. It is the one food sensitivity test we trust. You can be eating a healthy diet, but if you’re eating foods you are uniquely sensitive to, you won’t get very far. And it isn’t enough to simply know your sensitivities: the results matter only when you have the blueprint to act on them.
Toxic burden
Total Tox Burden
39 toxins. 31 mycotoxins. 20 heavy metals.
Every day we are exposed to hundreds of toxic chemicals through pharmaceuticals, pesticides, packaged foods, household products and environmental pollution. This urine test screens for 39 of the most inflammatory environmental toxins, 31 mycotoxins from mold, and 20 of the most common heavy metals.
Metabolism
Organic Acids (OAT)
76 metabolic markers.
A urine test offering a comprehensive metabolic snapshot. It evaluates intestinal yeast and bacteria, vitamin and mineral levels, oxidative stress and neurotransmitter levels, and is the only OAT to include markers for oxalates.
SIBO
SIBO Breath Test
Non-invasive.
Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth is exactly what the name suggests: an overgrowth of bacteria in the small intestine. The GI tract normally holds the largest numbers of bacteria in the colon and far lower amounts in the small intestine. This is a non-invasive breath test.
Hormones
DUTCH Test
Dried Urine Test for Comprehensive Hormones.
Cortisol rises and falls across the day, which a single blood draw can miss. The DUTCH test uses four or five dried urine samples collected at home over about a day. It measures sex and adrenal hormones and their metabolites, the forms the body breaks them down into.
What it looks at
- Estrogens and testosterone with their metabolites, and progesterone metabolites
- How estrogen is being broken down and cleared
- The daily cortisol and cortisone pattern
- DHEA and overall adrenal output
- A melatonin metabolite, from the waking sample
- Organic acid markers tied to B vitamins and neurotransmitters
Mycotoxins
MyMycoLab Mycotoxin Test
Mold exposure, read in the blood.
A blood serum test from MyMycoLab that looks for IgG and IgE antibodies to 14 mycotoxins, the toxic compounds some molds produce. Antibodies show whether the immune system has responded to an exposure, rather than measuring toxins passing through in the urine. We use it alongside your history when mold exposure is a question.
What it looks at
- IgG antibodies to 14 mycotoxins
- IgE antibodies to the same 14 mycotoxins
Immune reactivity
Immune Zoomer
Tissue-specific autoantibodies, in one profile.
A Vibrant Wellness blood panel that measures 60+ tissue-specific autoantibodies across multiple organ systems in one organized profile. An antibody result is not a diagnosis, and we encourage you to share it with your physician. Which panels we order depends on your history and symptoms.
What it looks at
- Systemic immune activity, including ANA and dsDNA
- Thyroid, insulin and other endocrine tissues
- Joints, muscle and connective tissue
- Nervous system and sensory tissues
- Gut and gastric tissues, including tTG and gliadin
- Vascular and immune-signaling markers
Testing begins with a conversation
Testing is chosen for your case: as part of the 4-month program, or recommended with a one-time consultation or Wildly Primal Continuum. Here is how it goes.
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We talk first
A complimentary, no-obligation consult about what’s going on and what you’ve already tried. Virtual, US only.
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We choose the panels for you
Not a fixed bundle. What we suggest depends on your symptoms, history and goals, and we talk through the cost before anything is ordered.
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You collect your samples
Each kit comes with its own instructions. Some, like the DUTCH test, are collected at home.
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We walk you through every result
In plain language, and we build your plan from what we find.