Start with your baseline, don't guess. Test.
This package establishes your baseline properly. We consider your existing habits, what your biochemistry says, your genetic blue print to assess risks and strengths and give us a direction to move in so that what comes next is based on evidence rather than assumption.
Purchase the Health Foundations Package - $1200 →Foundations first. It works better.
Unnecessary expensive, specialised testing that produce an impressive-looking report is not that useful, or necessary for everyone. It's not because those tests lack value it's because in a great many number of cases the answer is sitting in the basics.
Iron that has been low for years, a thyroid nobody has checked properly, an alcohol intake that has crept up quietly, sleep that has never recovered from a demanding period. These are economical to measure, common, and genuinely fixable.
If your foundations are sound and you still do not feel right, that is valuable information too. It tells us the answer lies somewhere more specific, and we will go and look for it properly.
What's in this package - Two halves of the same picture.
Your habits, measured properly
A structured questionnaire covering six critical lifestyle areas with the strongest evidence (lifestyle medicine) behind them: movement, food quality, eating pattern, alcohol and substances use, sleep and rhythm, and connection and purpose.
Each area is scored separately, which matters more than an overall number. Most people are strong in some areas and not in others, and knowing which is which is what makes a plan realistic rather than aspirational.
Your biochemistry, at baseline
Standard pathology covering liver function, thyroid function, full iron studies, cholesterol and lipids, blood glucose, vitamin D, B12 and folate, zinc, copper, ceruloplasmin, homocysteine and inflammatory markers.
We test genetics where it adds something. Testing for key genetic markers relevant to how you process nutrients, and for factors that are modifiable with lifestyle and diets. We never consider genotype on its own though, we consider these results in the context of who is sitting in front of us, their habits and their biochemistry and presenting symptoms.
A word on genetic testing, because it's often oversold or overpromised.
Genetic testing is useful. It is also the area of this field where a lot of hype is sold and people think they will have more information than they actually will have. Your DNA report is not a crystal ball, it cannot tell the future. Only a small handful of genes are "predictive" in the true sense of the word.
That's why I measure the biochemistry alongside your DNA. For example your homocysteine levels tells us whether a biochemical pathway is performing well or not right now. A gene variant only tells us about predisposition, a bit like it's potential, but we need to know the pieces of the puzzle like, your diet, your habits and your biochemistry to actually see what's happening at a point in time. Just looking at genes won't give us that information, some of the variants marketed most aggressively as "indicators or answers" like MTHFR are carried by a large proportion of the population. Two people with the same gene can have different presentations.
So genetics is used to help us understand what we are looking at and explain something we have measured. If your bloodwork is unremarkable, a gene result won't always changes what I would advise, and I will tell you that rather than sell you the supplement.
I don't do the type of testing looking for rare genes and diseases. The type of testing I do is to look for things we can influence with lifestyle medicine, that's why they are worth knowing.
The Process - Four steps.
Questionnaire
Conveniently online - completed before we meet, so the first consultation starts with getting to know you rather than admin.
Initial consultation
Full history, your questionnaire profile, reviewing physical measurements, and agreeing together on which testing is genuinely warranted.
Testing
I try to keep testing costs to a minimum. One option is if we can order standard pathology (blood tests) through your GP where Medicare criteria are met. Additional testing (and when we can't order through your GP) is done through reputable labs privately, at cost.
Results consultation
Your results reviewed together, and presented with insights and actionable steps. I pull together a written summary of results and a foundational plan, recommendations to move forward with and whether anything further is needed.
What's included.
- ✦The lifestyle foundations assessment, scored across six domains
- ✦Two consultations — initial consultation and a results review consultation via zoom
- ✦Personality Trait Assessment
- ✦Results summary, DNA and your pathology results. A written plan with prioritised recommendations.
- ✦A clear recommendation on whether a further pathway is warranted (testing or follow-up sessions), including if the answer is no
Who this is for.
- ✓Anyone who wants a proper baseline rather than a guess
- ✓People who have never had comprehensive bloodwork, or not for some years
- ✓Those who feel generally below par without an obvious cause
- ✓People taking supplements without knowing whether they need them
- ✓Anyone deciding where to focus first, with limited time and attention to spend
Who it is not for.
If you have a specific, complex or long-standing problem that has already been investigated thoroughly, this package will likely tell you what you already know. One of the more specialised pathways will serve you better, and I am happy to advise which at a first consultation.
This package assesses and supports nutritional and lifestyle health. It does not diagnose or treat disease and does not replace medical care. Where results belong with your GP, I will tell you clearly and promptly.
Common questions.
Know, rather than guess.
A clear baseline might not sound glamorous but it is one of the most valuable things you can invest in for yourself and the one I recommend most often. It is difficult to improve something you have never measured.