NutrEval Plasma - Urine and Blood
Urine Blood
Performed by: Genova Diagnostics
NutrEval: The Ultimate Comprehensive Nutritional and Functional Assessment
The NutrEval Profile is a cutting-edge diagnostic tool designed to uncover the root causes of dysfunction in the body. It offers health practitioners unparalleled insights into nutritional deficiencies, biochemical imbalances, and metabolic dysfunctions, enabling targeted interventions that promote optimal health and prevent chronic conditions. Recognized as one of the most comprehensive nutritional evaluations available, NutrEval empowers patients and clinicians alike with actionable information for long-term wellness.
What Does the NutrEval Test Assess?
The NutrEval test examines a wide range of biomarkers to evaluate key aspects of health, including macronutrient and micronutrient status, digestion, energy production, detoxification, and oxidative stress. Key areas assessed include:
1. Organic Acids
Indicators of metabolic and digestive function, revealing insights into energy production and gut health.
2. Amino Acids
Measures essential and nonessential amino acids, assessing protein metabolism and absorption critical for muscle, brain, and immune function.
3. Fatty Acids
Evaluates essential fatty acid intake and metabolism, highlighting inflammation balance and cellular health.
4. Oxidative Stress Markers
Identifies imbalances between free radicals and antioxidants, which play a role in aging, chronic disease, and cellular damage.
5. Nutrient & Toxic Elements
Assesses essential minerals (e.g., magnesium, zinc) and exposure to heavy metals (e.g., mercury, lead), offering a complete picture of nutrient status and potential toxicity.
Why Choose the NutrEval Test?
The NutrEval Profile uses an integrative, systems-based approach to assess over 125 biomarkers from a simple blood and urine sample. This comprehensive data supports clinicians in creating personalized treatment plans for various health concerns.
Key Benefits of NutrEval Testing:
- Comprehensive Analysis: Evaluates over 40 key nutrients, including vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, amino acids, and essential fatty acids.
- Personalized Nutrient Recommendations: Tailored to each patient's unique results, ensuring precise supplementation and dietary advice.
- Functional Imbalance Scores: Highlights issues such as mitochondrial dysfunction, oxidative stress, detoxification inefficiencies, and nutrient deficiencies.
- Biochemical Pathway Charts: Visual representations simplify complex metabolic processes, improving patient understanding.
- Educational Insights: Provides detailed explanations of nutrient functions, deficiency causes, and dietary sources.
When Should NutrEval Testing Be Considered?
The NutrEval test is ideal for individuals experiencing health challenges related to nutrient imbalances or metabolic dysfunction. It’s especially beneficial for patients with:
- Mood Disorders: Links neurotransmitter imbalances and nutrient deficiencies to conditions like anxiety and depression.
- Cardiovascular Disease: Identifies fatty acid imbalances and oxidative stress markers affecting heart health.
- Diabetes & Insulin Resistance: Reveals metabolic inefficiencies contributing to poor glucose regulation.
- Fatigue: Uncovers mitochondrial dysfunction or nutrient gaps that may cause low energy levels.
- Cognitive Decline: Identifies nutrient needs essential for brain health and mental clarity.
- Athletic Performance: Optimizes nutrition for enhanced recovery and performance.
- Malnutrition & Maldigestion: Addresses poor nutrient absorption or inadequate intake linked to digestive issues.
Focused NutrEval Subpanels
For patients not requiring a full evaluation, the NutrEval Profile offers subpanels for targeted assessments, including:
- Organic Acids
- Amino Acids
- Fatty Acids
- Oxidative Stress Markers
These subpanels allow for focused insights into specific areas of concern, making it easier to design precise treatment strategies.
How Does NutrEval Work?
The NutrEval Profile combines intracellular, extracellular, direct, and functional measurements to provide a holistic view of nutritional health. Unlike standard nutrient tests, NutrEval synthesizes data from multiple biomarkers to create a detailed picture of biochemical and metabolic imbalances. Its proprietary algorithm generates personalized nutrient recommendations based on your unique results, ensuring precision in treatment.
Personalized Nutritional Support for Optimal Health
The ultimate goal of the NutrEval Profile is to empower individuals to achieve optimal health by addressing the underlying nutritional and biochemical imbalances hindering their wellness. With tailored interventions, healthcare providers can help patients improve digestion, energy production, detoxification, and overall vitality.
For those seeking a comprehensive and individualized nutritional assessment, the NutrEval test is an indispensable resource for promoting long-term health and preventing chronic disease.
Optimize Your Health Today!
Take control of your well-being by identifying and addressing nutritional imbalances. Speak with your healthcare provider about how the NutrEval Profile can help you achieve better health and vitality.
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Biomarkers included in this panel:
1-methylhistidine is derived from the dipeptide anserine (which consists of the amino acids 1-methylhistidine and beta-alanine). Anserine and its derivatives are associated with the consumption of poultry and fish. Both 1-methylhistidine and 3-methyl
Learn moreBoth 1-methylhistidine and 3-methylhistidine are histidine metabolites which have been proposed as markers of meat intake. Note that some confusion exists in the literature regarding the numbering of atoms in the imidazole ring of histidine &ndash
Learn moreAlpha-Amino-N-butyric acid (α-ANB), also known as alphaaminobutyric acid, is a nonessential amino acid derived from the catabolism of methionine, threonine, and serine. α-ANB is both formed and metabolized by reactions which require vi
Learn moreAlpha-aminoadipic acid (also known as 2-aminoadipic acid) is an intermediary biomarker of lysine and tryptophan metabolism. The further metabolism of alpha-aminoadipic acid to alpha-ketoadipic acid requires vitamin B6. Plasma alpha-aminoadipic aci
Learn moreAlanine is a nonessential amino acid. It is the second most abundant amino acid in circulation, after glutamine. It is found in many foods including eggs, meat, lentils, and fish. Alanine is involved in sugar metabolism for energy and is import
Learn moreArginine is found in all protein foods and is very abundant in seeds and nuts. It is considered a semi-essential amino acid during early development, infection/inflammation, or renal and/or intestinal impairment. It has many functions in the body inc
Learn moreAsparagine is a non-essential protein amino acid that is present in many fruits and vegetables including asparagus, from which it gets its name. Other dietary sources include meat, potatoes, eggs, nuts, and dairy. It can also be formed from aspart
Learn moreAspartic acid is a nonessential amino acid that plays roles in many important metabolic processes, such as energy production (citric acid cycle), hormone metabolism, CNS activation, and the urea cycle. It is found in many protein sources such as oyst
Learn moreβ-alanine is a breakdown product of carnosine and anserine, which are dipeptides from meat consumption. Although β-alanine’s properties are limited, its relationship to carnosine makes it important. Both have antioxidant properties. A
Learn moreBeta-aminoisobutyric acid (also known as 3-aminoisobutyric acid) is a non-protein amino acid formed by the catabolism of valine and the nucleotide thymine. It is further catabolized to methylmalonic acid semialdehyde and propionyl-CoA. Levels are
Learn moreCitrulline is an intermediate, nonprotein-forming amino acid in the urea cycle serving as a precursor to arginine. It derives its name from the watermelon (Citrullus vulgaris), where it was first isolated and identified. It is easily absorbed by t
Learn moreCysteine is a nonessential sulfur-containing amino acid. It is obtained from the diet and is also endogenously made from the intermediate amino acid cystathionine. Dietary cysteine sources include poultry, eggs, beef, and whole grains. This ami
Learn moreCystathionine is an intermediate dipeptide within the process of transsulfuration. Transsulfuration is the main route for irreversible homocysteine disposal, glutathione production, and energy. The initial step involves the enzyme cystathionine &b
Learn moreEthanolamine is an intermediary metabolite in the serine-to-choline sequence. It can be used to synthesize phosphatidylethanolamine (PE), a very important membrane phospholipid. Ethanolamine is not only a precursor, but also a breakdown product of PE
Learn moreGamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) is an amino acid that functions as an inhibitory neurotransmitter. It serves one-third of brain neurons and is involved in depression and mania. Although there are some dietary supplement and food sources for GABA (c
Learn moreGlutamic acid is a nonessential amino acid is derived from the diet and from the breakdown of gut proteins. Glutamate is a major excitatory neurotransmitter in the brain. It plays a role in neuronal differentiation, migration, and survival in the
Learn moreGlutamine is a nonessential amino acid and is the most abundant amino acid in the body. It is formed from glutamate using the enzyme glutamine synthetase. Approximately 80% of glutamine is found in the skeletal muscle, and this concentration is 30
Learn moreGlycine is a nonessential amino acid that is synthesized from choline, serine, hydroxyproline, and threonine. It has many important physiologic functions. It is one of three amino acids that make up glutathione. Glycine’s dietary sources inc
Learn moreHistidine is a semi-essential amino acid which is formed in the breakdown of carnosine. Red meat is a common source of carnosine, and therefore histadine. Other food sources include poultry, fish, nuts, seeds, and grains. Histidine and hista
Learn moreBranched Chain Amino Acids (Isoleucine, Leucine, Valine) are the three branched chain amino acids (BCAAs). Branched chain amino acids (BCAA) are essential amino acids and must be obtained from the diet (mainly meat, grains, and dairy). No
Learn moreBranched Chain Amino Acids (Isoleucine, Leucine, Valine) Isoleucine, leucine and valine are the three branched chain amino acids (BCAAs). Branched chain amino acids (BCAA) are essential amino acids and must be obtained from the diet (mainly meat,
Learn moreLysine is a nutritionally essential amino acid abundant in meat, fish, fowl, and legumes and is needed for formation of body proteins and enzymes. Lysine can be methylated using S-adenosylmethionine (SAM) to synthesize carnitine, which is needed f
Learn moreMethionine is an essential amino acid that plays an important role in the methylation cycle. Methionine is obtained from dietary intake or through homocysteine remethylation. Methionine’s dietary sources include eggs, fish, meats, Brazil nuts,
Learn moreOrnithine is an intermediate nonprotein-forming amino acid of the urea cycle. Arginine is converted to ornithine via the arginase enzyme, with urea as a byproduct. Ornithine combined with carbamoyl phosphate is then converted into citrulline via t
Learn morePhenylalanine is an essential amino acid found in most foods which contain protein such as meat, fish, lentils, vegetables, and dairy. Phenylalanine is the precursor to another amino acid, tyrosine. Because tyrosine is needed to form several
Learn morePhosphoethanolamine is an intermediate in the serineto-choline sequence. It is both a precursor and byproduct of phospholipid biosynthesis and breakdown. As a precursor to the phospholipid phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphoethanolamine plays a key rol
Learn morePhosphoserine is the phosphorylated ester of the amino acid serine. The addition of a phosphoryl group to an amino acid, or its removal, plays a role in cell signaling and metabolism. Phosphoserine is a byproduct of glycolysis and subsequent intermed
Learn moreProline is a nonessential amino acid. It contains a secondary α-imino group and is sometimes called an α-imino acid. Proline, and its metabolite hydroxyproline, constitute a third of the total amino acids found in collagen. Lysine, pro
Learn moreSarcosine is an amino acid made within the methylation cycle when S-adenosylmethionine (SAM) is conjugated with glycine. It can also be made by catabolism of dimethylglycine (DMG). There are many dietary sources of sarcosine including eggs, legume
Learn moreSerine is found in soybeans, nuts, eggs, lentils, shellfish, and meats. Serine is a nonessential amino acid used in protein biosynthesis and can be derived from four possible sources: dietary intake, degradation of protein and phospholipids, biosy
Learn moreTaurine differs from other amino acids because a sulfur group replaces the carboxyl group of what would be the nonessential amino acid, β-alanine. It takes part in biochemical reactions and is not fully incorporated into proteins. In most tis
Learn moreThreonine is a large neutral amino acid and a precursor for the amino acid glycine. Foods that contain relatively high amounts of threonine include cheeses (especially Swiss), meat, fish, poultry, seeds, walnuts, cashews, almonds and peanuts. Thre
Learn moreTryptophan is involved in serotonin production via vitamin B6-dependent pathways resulting in the intermediate 5-hydroxytryptophan (5-HTP). 5-HTP is often used as a supplement for serotonin formation instead of tryptophan, which can be quickly metabo
Learn moreTyrosine is a conditionally essential amino acid which can come directly from the digestion of dietary protein. Common food sources include dairy, beans, whole grains, meat, and nuts. If intake is insufficient, tyrosine can be formed from the e
Learn moreUrea is a nontoxic byproduct of nitrogen (ammonia) detoxification. It is formed in the liver via the urea cycle and is the end product of protein metabolism. It is essentially a waste product with no physiological function.
Learn moreBranched Chain Amino Acids (Isoleucine, Leucine, Valine) Isoleucine, leucine and valine are the three branched chain amino acids (BCAAs). Branched chain amino acids (BCAA) are essential amino acids and must be obtained from the diet (mainly meat,
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