Testing and objective measurement forms an essential part of the Nature’s Medicine scientific approach.
Objective measurement and testing provides tools for independent assessment for the current state of your health and is vital to measure progress. Obtaining a baseline for some tests is crucial to evaluating results, outcomes, measuring improvements and may be used to refer you back to your own doctor for additional testing and exploration.
Measured improvements help to motivate and keep you on track to achieve your health goals, AND provide a way to assess my performance too! After all, ‘you can’t manage what you can’t measure‘.
Nature’s Medicine uses a range of testing & analysis methodologies including indicative in-clinic tools, Australian pathology laboratories, overseas laboratories and specialist suppliers.
Indicative in-clinic (Point of Care) testing may include –
- Temperature
- Blood pressure, pulse & pulse oxygen
- Zinc & iodine levels (important immune, endocrine and metabolic nutrients)
- Iridology
- Bio-impedance & body composition analysis, including weight, body fat percentage, muscle mass, water percentage, cellular age, bone mass (This tool is accurate within 5% of the hospital-grade standard, DEXA)
- Random and fasting blood glucose
- Subjective questionnaires
- Waist measurement
- Palpation & examination
- Functional pathology analysis
Additional clinical testing conducted in-house include –
- Urinary indicans
- Food intolerances and sensitivities
- Heavy metals
- Blood type
- Urinalysis
Pathology tests that can be ordered through an external or specialist laboratory include –
- Hair tissue mineral analysis
- Thyroid hormones
- Salivary hormones
- Comprehensive Digestive Stool Analysis (CDSA)
- Urinary organic acids
- Vitamin D and other vitamins
- MTHFR polymorphism test
- Urinary pyrroles
- Genetic polymorphisms
- Autism profile
If you’d like to find out how I can help or you are after a test not listed here, please Contact me, or if you’re ready to take the next step Book Appointment.
Please note:
- All consultation types may use any one or all of the available indicative in-clinic testing to help direct treatment at no additional charge.
- Additional clinic testing or external laboratory testing are an additional cost and if indicated or requested, will be advised during consultation.
- Nutritional support, supplements and herbal formulae are prescribed at an additional cost.
- Naturopathy consultations are GST free. Herbal and nutritional supplements are not GST free.
