A review of at-home health test kits

Show notes

Dr. Sophie and Fiona discuss:

• The GlycanAge test • What are glycans? • Nuchido NAD+ and how this decreases biological age • Thriva health testing • Blood collection / pin prick tests • Gary Brecka • Body Fabulous testing (and genetic tests) • The MTHFR gene • The COMT gene • Methylation / the MTHFR mutation / B9 (folate) and B12 • How to manage the MTHFR mutation • Sure Screen Health microbiome / gut health testing • ZOE • Sure Screen Health omega 3 testing • The DUTCH test • Medichecks • Trucheck Intelli cancer markers in-clinic test • Health anxiety • Long-term health tracking vs. one-off health checks • Other at-home test kits • NHS test kits inc. bowel health tests

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Dr Sophie mentions a few studies and ideas – see below and press ‘episode website’ for the full list.

Note that Dr Sophie and Fiona’s experiences and decision-making was personal to them and any advice was personal to them – for example, not everyone should up the dose of any supplements such as magnesium.

With all testing, note that physical symptoms don’t always match test results – e.g. inflammation in the digestive system might show up in a calprotectin test ahead of any physical symptoms.

If you’re having oestradiol testing, please note the sensitivity and specificity around this kind of testing – e.g. certain herbs can impact the results.

If you have any symptoms or worries, your GP should always be your first port of call.

Dr Sophie references a Guardian podcast episode on home test kits with the health journalist Emma Wilkinson.

Dr Sophie also mentioned a range of other health test providers including:

Smart Nutrition

Lloyds Pharmacy

Forth

Manual

Vitall

The Chuckling Goat Microbiome Test – designed in partnership with scientists at Cambridge Genomics at Cambridge University.

Let’s Get Checked – which does a test to tell women how many eggs they have left in their ovaries by testing the anti-Müllerian hormone.

Tesco’s at-home HIV test kit.

The NHS makes use of at-home tests – for example they send out bowel cancer screening home test kits to everyone over 50. It also now offers at-home HPV tests as part of their cervical screening programme. You’ll also often see home-test chlamydia kits within many surgeries.

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