The Test Your Doctor Isn’t Ordering, But Should Be.
ORGANIC ACID TESTING (OAT)
This at-home urine analysis is one of the most clinically valuable laboratory diagnostics available today. This little known test tells you everything you need to know about your cellular metabolism and is what I consider “the most bang for your buck”. You can think of this test like an emissions test you run on your car. The exhaust is examined to see how efficiently the engine is burning fuel. Similarly, these “organic acids” in your urine reveal how efficiently several of your body systems are running. Organic acids are byproducts resulting from the metabolic pathways, or chemical reactions, your body uses to transform food into energy, during growth, maintenance, and repair of body tissue. This test looks at 46 organic acids to give a comprehensive snapshot of a patient’s overall health and how effectively metabolism is functioning. Our state of metabolism determines our state of health and is the result of an interplay of our genetics, diet, lifestyle, toxic exposure, stress response, thoughts/emotions, and other environmental factors. With this one sample we can gain insight into several different processes happening in the body and discover where any breakdowns may be occurring. Read more
