What are functional labs?

Functional lab testing goes beyond standard blood work to uncover hidden imbalances that contribute to chronic symptoms. Instead of just checking if you’re “in range,” these tests look at how your body is actually functioning on a deeper level—so we can identify the root causes of fatigue, digestive issues, hormone imbalances, brain fog, and more.

Functional labs may measure things like:

  • Gut health and microbiome balance

  • Mitochondrial and energy production

  • Nutrient deficiencies

  • Detox and liver function

  • Hormone metabolism and stress response

  • Toxin and heavy metal burden

By using these advanced tools, we can create a personalized roadmap for healing—helping you restore balance, improve resilience, and prevent chronic disease rather than just managing symptoms.

Functional Labs vs. Standard Blood Work

Standard blood work (what you typically get at your doctor’s office) is designed to look for disease states. It checks whether you fall inside or outside of a “normal range” and is often focused on diagnosing conditions once they are already advanced. This is very useful for ruling out major health concerns—but it doesn’t always explain why you still feel unwell when your labs look “normal.”

Functional labs, on the other hand, are designed to look for patterns, imbalances, and early dysfunction before it becomes a diagnosable disease. They measure things like gut health, nutrient status, mitochondrial function, hormones, and toxins—giving a deeper picture of how your body is working at the cellular and metabolic level.

  • Blood work: “Do you already have a disease?”

  • Functional labs: “What imbalances are keeping you from feeling your best—and how can we correct them?”

Together, both approaches can complement each other: blood work ensures safety and rule-outs, while functional labs guide personalized, root-cause healing strategies.

Available iNDIVIDUAL testing options

Mineral/ Mitochondrial/ Toxicity Testing

Organic Acids Test (OAT): is a simple at-home urine test that provides a detailed snapshot of how your body is functioning on a cellular level. It measures over 70 markers that can reveal hidden imbalances in gut health, detoxification, energy production, neurotransmitter metabolism, nutrient levels, and more.

By looking at organic acids—substances produced when the body breaks down food and toxins—the OAT can help identify:

  • Yeast and fungal overgrowth (including mold exposure)

  • Bacterial imbalances in the gut

  • Mitochondrial and energy production dysfunction

  • Nutrient deficiencies (such as B vitamins, carnitine, or CoQ10)

  • Neurotransmitter metabolism and mood imbalances

  • Detoxification pathway blocks and oxidative stress

Because it connects gut health, brain chemistry, and cellular energy, the OAT is often described as one of the most comprehensive root-cause tools in functional medicine. Results guide personalized nutrition, supplementation, and lifestyle strategies to support your unique needs.

Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis (HTMA): is a non-invasive test that measures the levels of essential minerals and toxic metals in your body. Because hair provides a longer-term record of mineral balance (unlike blood, which can fluctuate daily), HTMA gives valuable insight into your cellular health and metabolism over the past 2–3 months.

This test can reveal:

  • Mineral imbalances that affect energy, mood, and metabolism

  • Heavy metal accumulation (such as mercury, lead, or arsenic)

  • Stress response patterns (adrenal and thyroid function)

  • Nutrient ratios that impact hormones, blood sugar, and detoxification

  • Clues about chronic fatigue, mood swings, inflammation, and resilience to stress

By understanding your mineral blueprint, HTMA helps uncover the root causes of fatigue, burnout, hormone issues, and detox challenges. With results, we create a personalized plan to restore balance through targeted nutrition, lifestyle strategies, and supplementation.

Total Tox Burden Test: is a comprehensive at-home urine test that screens for the presence of mold toxins (mycotoxins), environmental chemicals, and heavy metals—three of the most common hidden sources of chronic illness. By measuring these toxicants together, this test provides a powerful overview of your body’s total toxic load and how it may be impacting your health.

This test can help identify:

  • Mycotoxins from mold exposure (a root cause of fatigue, brain fog, and immune issues)

  • Environmental toxins such as parabens, phthalates, and pesticides

  • Heavy metals like mercury, lead, and arsenic that disrupt cellular and neurological function

Understanding your toxic burden allows us to create a personalized detox and healing strategy, supporting drainage, liver health, and safe removal of toxins so your body can repair and thrive.

Inflammation Testing

igG Complete Food Sensitivity Test: this state of the art lab specializes in analyzing your blood droplets against the most common foods and provide you with an analysis of which foods you are mildly, moderately, and highly reactive to. Price is dependent on comprehensiveness of test (80-190

Omega-3 + Inflammation Test: this test measures your omega-3 markers and omega-6 to 3 ratio. By now you likely know how important reducing inflammation and the impact of inflammation on your health. This test will provide insight necessary to improve cardiovascular and overall health profile. 

Hormone Testing:

Stress, Mood and Metabolism Test: the foundation of weight loss has everything to do with your hormone balance, cortisol levels, and metabolism. By looking at inflammatory triggers and hormone imbalances, we can discover whats holding you back.

If you experience symptoms such as insomnia, fatigue, difficulty concentrating, dry hair/skin, depression, infertility, joint/muscle pain, inability to lose weight, low stamina/ energy, low libido, anxiety, hyperactivity, sensitivity to temperature or hair loss, this test is for you.

DUTCH Hormone Test:

The DUTCH Complete test measures a range of hormones such as cortisol, cortisone, estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone. This comprehensive approach provides a more complete picture of a person's hormonal balance compared to traditional blood tests.

The test also measures hormone metabolites, which are the products of hormone breakdown. This can offer more detailed insights into how hormones are being processed by the body.

Taking an in-depth look into sex hormones can give a lot of insight on symptoms related to conditions such as PCOS, painful periods, infertility, irregular periods, irritability, weight gain, insomnia, etc

Stool Testing

Bacteria + Parasite Stool Test: Get to the root cause of your GI issues and inflammation. If you're doing your best to live a healthy lifestyle but continue to feel unwell, an imbalanced gut microbiome could be to blame. This simple lab takes a comprehensive look at key gut bacteria and parasite markers to identify any possible underlying imbalances.

GI Map: Cutting-edge stool test that uses DNA technology to measure the balance of bacteria, yeast, parasites, and viruses in your gut. Unlike standard stool testing, the GI-MAP provides a highly detailed picture of your digestive function and gut-immune health, helping uncover the root causes of chronic symptoms.

This test can reveal:

  • Levels of beneficial and harmful bacteria

  • Yeast, fungal, and parasitic overgrowth

  • Markers of leaky gut and gut inflammation

  • Digestive enzyme output and absorption issues

  • Immune function in the gut (secretory IgA)

  • Pathogens linked to IBS, IBD, autoimmunity, and more

Because 70% of the immune system resides in the gut, the GI-MAP is one of the most powerful tools to understand how gut health is impacting your overall wellness. Results allow for targeted nutrition, supplementation, and lifestyle protocols to restore balance and resilience.

Mold Testing

MycoToxin Test:

The MycoTOX Profile is a comprehensive mycotoxin test. It uses advanced mass spectrometry to screen for eleven different mycotoxins, from 40 species of mold, in one urine sample.

Additional Test upon request:

Estrogen, Progesterone, Testosterone, Thyroid Panel, TSH, Vitamin D, Women’s Fertility, Toxic Heavy Metals, Women’s Wellness, Men’s Wellness, Cortisol Testing, Glyphosate Toxicity, Environmental Tox Testing and more.