Gut Health Premium is a next-generation laboratory test designed to analyse your gut microbiome and help prevent conditions such as obesity, diabetes, constipation, and intestinal discomfort.
Gut Health Premium is a next-generation laboratory test designed to analyse your gut microbiome and help prevent conditions such as obesity, diabetes, constipation, and intestinal discomfort.
Trillions of microbial cells live in your gut, forming what is known as the gut microbiome.
Weighing approximately 200 g of bacteria and other microrganisms, this complex ecosystem plays a vital role in maintaining your health and well-being by:
- Supporting the digestion of food;
- Helping to maintain a healthy immune system;
- Protecting against infections;
- Synthesising essential nutrients, including vitamins K and B12, as well as certain amino acids.
Innovative
Essential
Relevant
Reliable
Innovative
Shotgun technology enables the sequencing of all microbial DNA present in a faecal sample, allowing the identification of bacteria, archaea, fungi, yeasts and eukaryotic parasites, with resolution down to the species level.
This approach offers a comprehensive and integrated view of the gut ecosystem, overcoming the limitations of conventional methodologies.
Essential
The gut microbiome is a complex ecosystem that interacts with multiple systems within the body.
Assessing its diversity, balance and microbial richness provides essential information on the stability and resilience of the gut environment, contextualised by comparison with healthy reference populations.
Relevant to clinical practice
Analysis of the gut microbiome provides detailed information on the composition and functional potential of this ecosystem, offering relevant data to support a more integrated and personalised clinical and nutritional approach.
In addition to taxonomic characterisation, the report includes an analysis of the microbiome’s functional potential, including metabolic pathways involved in the production of bioactive metabolites.
Reliable
Analysis carried out in a certified and licensed clinical pathology laboratory, specialising in molecular and genetic pathology, subject to rigorous quality control, ensuring consistent, reproducible and scientifically robust results.
How is the test carried out?
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Collect a kit from a Germano de Sousa collection center;
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Collect a small stool sample at home;*
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Take the sample tube to one of the Germano de Sousa collection centres;
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We analyse the DNA of your microbiome in our laboratory;
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We send you your report in digital format within 21 days;
Results
By analysing your gut microbiome, your healthcare professional can provide tailored recommendations, including:
- A personalised dietary plan to help improve your well-being;
- Targeted lifestyle adjustments that can positively influence your health;
- Foods that promote digestive comfort and help reduce bloating, abdominal pain, constipation, and diarrhoea;
- Nutritional supplements best suited to you.
Where to find it:
Collect your test kit from a Germano de Sousa collection point near you.
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If you have any questions, please contact us.
We’ll be more than happy to help.
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