Clinical Assessment Tools (CAT):
Module 5 Digestion Testing
Quick Links
- Digestion Testing – Section 1 Video
- Digestion Testing – Section 2 Video
- Digestion Testing – Section 3 Video
- Digestion Testing – Slides
- Ordering Digestion Lab Tests – Resources
- Documents
- Case Studies – Digestion Testing
Section 1
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Digestion Testing – Section 1 – Video (download link): (Mp4)
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Section 2
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Section 3
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Presentation Slides
Digestion Testing – Video Slides: View the slides that accompany the presentation and take notes as you follow along.
Digestion Testing – Video Slides – 4 Slide Page: This is a more printer-friendly version of the slides with 4 slides per page. You can adjust your printer’s printing properties and select your printer’s “grayscale” color setting for best black and white results.
Module 5 Digestion Testing & Module 6 Immune System Testing – Chat Log – March 2nd, 2013: Access an unedited copy of the chat conversations shared during the LIVE call.
Ordering Digestion Lab Tests – Resources
If you are a licensed practitioner, you can set up an account with any of the following labs to run stool digestive analysis tests.
- Diagnostechs: Comprehensive stool test with parasitology
- Biohealth: Order GI Pathogen screen, with or without H-Pylori. I have found this to be the most sensitive for H-Pyloti
- Metametrix/Genova: CDSA, GI Effects (including sensitivity tests, Intestinal Permeability urine, Hydrogen Methane Breath Test, sibo, candida)
- Enterolab: Gluten Test – Stool Antibodies
- Cyrex Labs: Blood tests for intestinal permeability, gluten cross reactivity, gluten antibodies complete
If you are not licensed, you can order tests through the following:
- Dr Ritamarie’s Website: This is a special page on Dr. Ritamarie’s website for program participants to order a selection of lab tests. This is for your personal use only. Please do not send your clients here. Instead send them to one of the sites below. We are not set up to handle a large number of test orders.
- Direct Labs: Allows direct ordering by anyone in the US. Type stool in the search box At time of this writing the following tests were available (see screenshot below):
- Accessa Labs: Has access to several of the labs above. Compare prices and availability before ordering
Documents
Case Studies – Digestion Testing
- Bacterial-Overgrowth-Sample-Report.pdf
- CDSA-Sample-Report.pdf
- CDSA2-Sample-Report.pdf
- GI-Effects-GI-Function-SampleReports.pdf
- Intestinal-Permeability-Sample-Report.pdf
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