Cutting Through The Confusion Of Blood, Urine, & Stool Testing To Measure Gut Health, Toxins, Amino Acids, Fatty Acids, & Much More With The Genova Diagnostics Team

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Ben Greenfield

Education, Fitness, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 13 July 2023

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Summary

Welcome to today's episode, where we plunge into the cutting-edge world of precision health testing with Genova Diagnostics.

Join me as I share my personal experience and results from the Metabolomix+ and GI Effects tests, both renowned for their insights far surpassing those of conventional blood tests. They are also tests I require of each of my VIP coaching clients.

The Metabolomix+ is an all-inclusive nutritional test offering analysis of critical nutritional biomarkers. This test uses a simple first-morning void (FMV) urine collection and provides an optional add-on bloodspot finger stick and buccal swab for assessment. It effectively identifies your functional need for antioxidants, B vitamins, minerals, digestive support, fatty acids, and amino acids, enabling incredibly targeted nutritional therapies.

Next up is the GI Effects test. This is your go-to for a complete assessment of gut health. It's designed to uncover the root cause of most GI complaints using a combination of PCR, culture, and microscopic testing methods. The test ensures the identification of all relevant organisms, from yeast and parasites to markers of gut inflammation and bacterial imbalances.

Both these tests are the creation of Genova Diagnostics, a leading clinical laboratory renowned for its work in diagnosing, treating, and preventing complex chronic diseases. They offer specialized testing services in gut health, nutritional status, immune function, hormonal health, and specialty testing. Most recently, they've launched Genova Connect aimed at athletes, high performers, and fitness enthusiasts.

Joining me for this enlightening conversation are three esteemed members of the Genova team:

Meet Jeffrey Ledford, Patricia Devers, and Michael Chapman, who bring a wealth of experience and innovation to the table.

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0:00.0	My name is Ben Greenfield and on this episode of the Ben Greenfield Life Podcast.
0:04.2	Under oxidative stress, there's a couple main things that we look at.
0:08.0	And for one, we look at signs of oxidative damage.
0:11.2	Those are going to be the biggest drivers of a score of oxidative stress.
0:15.2	And oxidative damage means free radical damage.
0:18.3	Right, so you're familiar with whether there's a toxin in our environment
0:21.6	or things that that nature that might be driving oxidative stress from free radical exposure.
0:26.9	But we often don't think about how much oxidative stress might come from internal stress,
0:32.8	whether that's in the form of exercise, for instance, or even some of the things that we're
0:37.2	taking from a nutritional standpoint. To get into some of the details, one of the markers that
0:41.4	was high on your test, Ben, was lipid peroxides, which is a marker for fat damage,
0:46.8	damage to fat molecules. And this is actually a marker that's very commonly elevated in people
0:52.0	who are doing a lot of physical exertion, a lot of exercise, because it makes sense.
0:56.5	When you're exercising, you're turning over a lot of your internal cells, right?
1:00.4	You're breaking down muscle tissue, which is all surrounded in fat,
1:04.3	and those things are spilling out into the urine. So for people who are heavily involved in
1:09.6	exercise, that's not uncommon to see high levels of this marker lipid peroxides.
1:14.4	Faith, family, fitness, health, performance, nutrition, longevity, ancestral living,
1:27.3	biohacking, and a whole lot more. Welcome to the show.
1:38.4	All right, so let's say you're looking to elevate your skincare routine.
1:41.5	And you may have heard that I do this clay mask every week with some derma rolling,
1:45.2	and I smear all this crazy, age reversal stuff onto my face, because I just like to take
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