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Gut Bacteria

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Illustrated comparison of blood testing and gut microbiome sequencing, showing blood markers such as glucose and cholesterol alongside gut microbes, sequencing data, and a human figure.

Blood Markers and the Microbiome: Two Views of the Same Body

A blood panel reports what is circulating in your body right now. Gut microbiome sequencing reports which microbes are living in your digestive tract and what they are equipped to do. The two answer different questions. Read together, they show more than either shows alone. Somewhere in the last few

Illustrated comparison of a GI test and gut microbiome test, showing a woman between medical diagnostic imagery on one side and microbiome sequencing imagery on the other.

Gut Microbiome Test vs GI Test: What Each One Actually Tells You

A gut microbiome test and a GI diagnostic test answer two different questions. Traditional GI tests look for a specific problem a provider already suspects, such as infection, bleeding, or inflammation. Gut microbiome sequencing describes the wider community of microbes living in your digestive tract and how they function. One

Illustrated infographic showing that roughly two-thirds of gut microbiome species remain unstudied, with a magnified gut filled with unidentified microbes, and sequencing image.

Two-Thirds of the Species in Your Gut Have Never Been Studied

Roughly two-thirds of the species in the human gut were unknown to science until recently. Hidden bacteria like the CAG-170 group turn out to matter for health. The probiotics on store shelves have not caught up, which is why deep sequencing reveals what a label cannot. Here is