Your gut microbiome plays a critical role in your overall health and well-being. The microbiota helps to break down your food, synthesize vitamins and nutrients, and stimulate the immune system. In fact, 70% of the immune system lives within the gut microbiota. Plus, mounting research shows a strong connection between your gut and brain.

If you want to care for your overall wellness, you should start with your gut. The Vibrant Wellness Gut Zoomer helps you do just that. Let’s discuss the key findings you’ll get in your Gut Zoomer report that will help you optimize your health.

What Is the Vibrant Wellness Gut Zoomer?

In today’s world, just about everyone has some sort of imbalance in their gut. It’s almost inevitable – your diet, exercise routine, sleep pattern, infections, and exposure to antibiotics can lead to various imbalances. The Vibrant Wellness Gut Zoomer is a foundational baseline test. It can provide an understanding of where you’re at now, so you can figure out a path forward.

This health test is the most comprehensive gut panel on the market – it measures nearly 300 microbes. You get a top-to-bottom assessment, including a comprehensive review of your digestive metabolites and inflammatory markers.

Once completed, you can review the results with your doctor. From there, you can work together to create a customized plan, including things like adjustments to your diet, sleep routine, and probiotics. With your comprehensive test results, there’s no guesswork – you can tailor your plan forward to your unique microbiome.

What’s Included in the Gut Zoomer?

This test is extensive, providing you with tons of data and even more value. Here’s a glimpse into what you’ll learn when you get the Gut Zoomer.

1.   Gut Microbiome Diversity

Your gut microbiome is its own little ecosystem. The more diverse it is, the stronger and healthier it is. We measure gut microbiome diversity according to two scales:

• Shannon’s Index: Measures the richness of the microbiome
• Simpson’s Index: Measures the evenness of the microbiome

Both scores are important in their own right. The first tells you just how diverse your microbiota are, while the second gives you a better understanding of whether or not there’s a dominating species that is throwing off your balance of diversity.

A variety of elements can play a role in your diversity. That includes toxic exposures, chemicals in your environment, food, inflammation, stress, lifestyle, diet, and medication. With the diversity index, you can learn exactly where you’re at so you know what you need to work toward.

2.   Key Ratios

The lab results highlight key ratios. If these ratios are significantly elevated than the norm, you may be at higher risk of conditions like obesity or irritable bowel syndrome. By learning your risk now, you can adjust and avoid worsening conditions.

3.   Gut Commensals

The gut commensals section can provide insight into what conditions you may be at risk of, according to your microbe levels. This includes areas of your health including intestinal permeability, liver diseases, hormones, metabolic health, and more. If you have a moderate or high risk of developing diseases in these areas, you have the opportunity to correct your microbiota and potentially lower your risk.

It’s important to note that this isn’t a diagnostic test. Instead, Vibrant Wellness is simply comparing your microbe levels to those that are normal and those that others with these conditions experience. This gives you a great place to start your health journey.

4.   Gut Pathogens

Pathogenic bacteria can be somewhat harmless in the gut, but they can also have extremely adverse effects. They use your gut microbiota-derived sources of nitrogen and carbon to grow, create inflammation, and alter your intestinal environment. The Gut Zoomer provides a list of pathogens found, as well as potential treatments.

5.   Inflammation

Inflammation, especially chronic inflammation, is linked to serious diseases like arthritis, heart disease, and cancer. It’s important to treat inflammation at the source. This health test notes the inflammatory markers related to various aspects of the intestinal barrier. You’ll get insight into each marker and what you can do to treat that specific inflammation.

6.   Digestive Sufficiency and Absorption

Your gut plays a key role in helping you digest your food and absorb vitamins and nutrients. If you test positive for digestive insufficiency and malabsorption markers, it’s time to make some changes to support your gut health so you can start getting the full benefit of the food you’re eating. The Gut Zoomer provides recommendations here, as well.

This is just a small glimpse into the information you’ll receive when you complete the Gut Zoomer. This extensive test provides valuable insight into each area of your gut’s health, as well as personalized recommendations to help you get on the right track.

Ready to get started? Get the Gut Zoomer from Vibrant America Lab Tests today.

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