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Like Hippocrates said, “All Disease Begins in the Gut.” Here in functional/personalized medicine, stool testing is an important tool to help get to the root cause of chronic conditions or to optimize health. Given its vital role in clinical practice, choosing the right stool test becomes paramount and being mindful of the information you are seeking is key.
In today’s episode, we're taking the conversation deeper, refocusing on why studying the microbiome is so critical. This episode redefines the clinical utility of Genova's stool tests, giving you the insights you need to make informed decisions and get better results for your patients.
Today on The Lab Report:
- 4:55 Stool testing - High-level why’s
- 8:00 Clinical guide to basic gut function
- 11:00 Inflammation biomarker overload
- 13:30 Measuring maldigestion/malabsorption
- 16:15 Gut metabolites – direct vs. Next-Gen Sequencing
- 20:10 Infection – bacterial culture
- 24:45 Finding parasites
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