Nutrigenomic Testing

Nutrigenomic testing is a personalised approach to nutrition that looks at how your genes influence the way your body processes nutrients, responds to foods, and manages key biological functions such as inflammation, detoxification, and energy production.

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Your DNA contains small variations called single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). These variations are completely normal and help explain why people respond differently to the same foods, supplements, and lifestyle habits.

Nutrigenomic testing analyses selected genetic markers to provide insights into areas such as:

Nutrient metabolism (for example B vitamins, vitamin D, omega-3s)
Inflammation and immune response
Detoxification pathways
Methylation and cellular repair
Antioxidant capacity
Nervous System function
Steroid hormone pathways (for example Oestrogen metabolism, progesterone and androgen pathways)
Cardiovascular and metabolic health
Food sensitivities and nutrient requirements

The test itself is simple and non-invasive, usually involving a saliva sample or cheek swab. Your DNA does not change throughout life, so the results provide lifelong insights.

Rather than diagnosing disease, nutrigenomic testing helps identify genetic predispositions that may influence your nutritional needs and health outcomes.

Why Consider Nutrigenomic Testing?

Each person is biologically unique. What works well for one individual may not work the same way for another. Nutrigenomic testing helps explain some of these differences and allows nutrition and lifestyle recommendations to be tailored more precisely to you.

You may consider nutrigenomic testing if you:

Want a more personalised approach to nutrition
Have ongoing health concerns that have been difficult to resolve
Want to understand your inflammatory or detoxification tendencies
Are interested in optimising energy, metabolism, and long-term health
Want guidance on which nutrients and supplements your body may benefit from most
Are interested in preventative health and longevity

By combining your genetic information with your health history, diet, and lifestyle, nutrigenomic testing can help create a highly personalised nutrition strategy designed to support your body’s unique needs.

How Nutrigenomic Testing Can Support Your Health

Genetic information does not determine your destiny. Instead, it provides valuable insights that can help guide nutrition and lifestyle choices.

Using the results, we can develop a personalised plan that may include:

Targeted nutrition strategies
Specific micronutrient support
Lifestyle and environmental recommendations
Strategies to support detoxification, inflammation balance, metabolic health, nervous system, immune function and hormone balance

This approach allows us to move beyond general recommendations and focus on nutrition that works with your biology.

The Nutrigenomic Reports

I am a certified practitioner with Lifecode Gx, the UK based, leading experts in nutrigenomic testing and education. Lifecode Gx offer a range of specialist nutrigenomic panels

Nutrient Core

This foundational test analyses how gene variants can affect food tolerance (and intolerance), appetite control and blood sugar balance, vitamin and mineral needs, detoxification ability, and susceptibility to inflammation and infection.

Metabolic Report

Metabolism refers to all cellular chemical reactions and is essential for life. It can be divided into ‘anabolism’ (‘build up’ e.g synthesis of sugars, fats, proteins and nucleic acids) and catabolism (‘break down’ e.g., releasing energy in the form of ATP). These processes, and the balance between them, are the key to healthy energy metabolism and cellular function.

The Metabolics Report transforms our understanding of how genes confer metabolic individuality and underpin energy regulation, longevity and healthspan.

Hormone Report

Steroid hormones are a group of hormones derived from cholesterol that act as chemical messengers in the body. They are involved in the regulation of many physiological processes in both men and women, such as the development and function of the reproductive system, metabolism, inflammation and immune system.

Nervous System Report

The nervous system supports the transmission of messages around the mind and body, enabling an individual to respond to their environment. A neurotransmitter is a molecule that carries signals between neurons and across nerve junctions (synapses). Excitatory neurotransmitters increase the likelihood a neuron will fire a signal, while inhibitory neurotransmitters have the opposite effect. In order for us to interact effectively with our environment these must remain in balance.

Detoxification Report

Detoxification is the physiological removal of toxic substances from the human body. It is mainly carried out by the liver, and to a lesser extent the small intestine, kidneys and lungs. Substances such as nutrients, food additives, pesticides, medications, air pollutants, alcohol and hormones are transformed from being fat-soluble to water-soluble, allowing them to be more easily excreted from the body. The process occurs in two major phases: Phase I primes toxic molecules for deactivation and Phase II finishes the deactivation and prepares for elimination.

Methylation Report

Methylation is the process of adding methyl groups, consisting of one carbon and three hydrogen atoms, to other molecules. It is involved in almost every metabolic process in the body, occurring billions of times every second in our cells and contributing to numerous crucial functions.

Nutrigenomic Pricing

Costs for Nutrigenomic Testing involves a single cost for the cheek swab + cost per report. Lifecode Gx offer a discount when purchasing 5 or more reports in the initial order. The DNA sample is held for 6 months allowing for additional reports to be added within the 6 month time period. After 6 months the DNA sample is destroyed.