Testing to Better Guide Your Path

 
 

SWEAT SODIUM COMPOSITION TESTING

Athletes easily forget to prioritize their hydration and electrolyte strategies. This results in race day gut bombs, sloshy stomachs, and the dreaded performance decline. Whether to use supplemental electrolytes (and how much) is not a black and white answer. Let’s learn your unique physiology to fine-tune your hydration strategies and arm you with the knowledge for how to account for sweat rate variances, environmental factors, aging, and women’s hormonal flux. We are an approved partner of the Precision Fuel & Hydration company and use their medical grade equipment to conduct this testing. This non-exercise test takes about 20-25 minutes and tells us how “salty” one liter of your sweat is. We include a hydration-focused consultation as a part of this service so you are more clear as to your specific strategies for training and competition.

Schedule your sweat test in Boulder, or arrange an onsite testing clinic for your team or group by contacting Dina.


METABOLIC TESTING

Metabolic testing provides insight into your unique physiology and is a gamechanger for:

  • Learning how much fat and carb your body burns to get a personalized fueling plan for your endurance training & racing

  • Determining what range of "high carb fueling" is right for you and how to train your gut

  • Getting a nutrition plan to support body composition change (fat loss, muscle gain)

  • Understanding your "metabolic flexibility" and ensuring you are using "the right fuel at the right time" for your exercise intensities

  • Resolving GI distress and gut bombs that have resulted in DNFs

  • Avoiding low energy availability and metabolic compensation by learning your current resting metabolic rate (RMR) and understanding how to build a nutrition plan in line with your health and exercise goals

  • Supporting your metabolic health and longevity (genomic testing and blood work may be recommended based on your situation)

Dina has over 12 years of metabolic testing experience, is certified in Metabolic Efficiency Training, and has tested hundreds of athletes of all abilities. Inquire for more details on how this testing can help you.

Menopause metabolic testing
Triathlete metabolic testing

NUTRIGENOMIC TESTING

Your gene profile serves as your unique blueprint for your health. Learning your gene picture enables us to get to “root cause” if you’ve struggled with issues such as weight loss resistance, nutrient deficiencies, gut issues, injuries, chronic illness or autoimmune conditions. Dina is a partner with one of the leading testing companies, 3x4 Genetics, a service that features over 145 research-based and validated genetic markers that empowers us to better personalize your dietary pattern and lifestyle based on your gene variants (SNPs) and their impact on various cellular pathways in the body, in conjunction with health issues you are aiming to treat or improve. This service combines a nutrition assessment and an action plan for targeting root causes of health issues. Additionally, we blend in proactive strategies for food selection and preparation to better work with your unique genetic blueprint. This service embodies personalized nutrition. Download a sample report here and when ready to proceed, contact Dina for next steps. *In order to get personalized guidance, we do not recommend ordering your test directly from the company since there is no consultation included.


BLOOD BIOMARKER TESTING

Blood testing can reveal incredible insights into your physiology, disease risk and management, and responses to your current nutrition and training patterns. Additionally, results can indicate your athletic training tolerance and recoverability, which are fundamental to manipulation of training and nutrition programming. Inquire about using Dina's most trusted sport science partner to ensure expert analysis in the athlete context. If you are not a competitive athlete, we will discuss the best way to get proper and specific blood work through your local medical resources. Contact Dina to discuss further.

Blood testing

GUT MICROBIOME

The gut microbiome affects weight regulation, immunity, hormone balance, sleep, digestion, metabolic health, micronutrient status, brain function and so much more of our daily living. Athletes are even more susceptible to gut dysbiosis due to training stressors, fueling choices, and environmental impacts on gut permeability. The GI-MAP quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) technology allows for accurate stool testing to detect pathogens, overgrowth, and microbial diversity. This service is bunled with a nutrition coaching package to create a treatment plan and fine-tune through regular assessment and monitoring. Contact Dina to discuss whether this service is right for you.


OMEGA-3 INDEX TESTING

Learning your current ratio of omega-6 to omega-3 fatty acids in your body helps us to determine whether adjustments are needed to your daily nutrition or supplementation is needed to lower systemic inflammation and support optimal health and longevity. Inflammation is a driving factor behind many chronic diseases, and omega-3 fatty acids play a critical role in keeping whole-body inflammation in check. Depending on your health history, dietary pattern, and goals, we may combine this testing with the 3x4 Genetics testing to get a more complete individual blueprint to guide our nutrition and lifestyle recommendations.