Nutritional Endocrinology Practitioner Training (NEPT)
Clinical Pearl
August 7th, 2016
DUTCH Test
What’s the best way to test hormones?
It’s hard to make generalizations, but I am sure enjoying the new DUTCH test from Precision Analytics. Meridian Valley just announced that they have one too.
Here are some videos that discuss it.
Become a provider, and they let you purchase your first tests for half off. It’s a great deal.
https://dutchtest.com/providers/
They have the most amazing flow chart; it includes some of the genetic SNPs so you can see where people’s pathway blockages are. We will have a whole segment on DUTCH and interpretation as part of our reproductive hormone testing module in Mastery and Certification. Until then, I suggest you watch some videos and get familiar with it, and if you run one on yourself or a client, submit it for lab interpretation.
Here’s the sample report:
https://dutchtest.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/DUTCH_Complete_Female_Sample_Report_June2016.pdf
I am totally in love with the chart on page 6. A lot to learn, but eye opening.
Here’s a link to the chart as a single page PDF:
https://dutchtest.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Steroid_Pathway_Jan2016.pdf
Here’s the info on the one from Meridian Valley:
http://meridianvalleylab.com/dried-urine
They have a very nice interpretative guide too.
http://meridianvalleylab.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Urine-Hormone-Interp-Guide.pdf