Lab Testing
You order the blood tests yourself, and the results come to you.
| Blood | Hair | |
|---|---|---|
| What it shows | Copper, iron and their cofactors, today | Mineral trends, stress patterns and toxic metals |
| Window | Today | About three months |
| Where | Quest or Labcorp, in the United States | A kit at home, shipped anywhere |
| Who you pay | Request A Test, at their price | Me, from $125 including the kit |
Iron status lives in blood, so pair the two when iron is the question you came with.
That blood panel link is an affiliate link, so Request A Test pays me a small commission and your price is the same.
Officially it is the Mag, Zinc and Copper Panel with Iron Panel plus Vitamin A and Vitamin D. Everyone in this world calls it the Full Monty.
| Group | Markers | What it shows |
|---|---|---|
| Copper status |
| Copper that is bioavailable and doing work |
| Iron and how it moves |
| Saturation, storage and inflammation |
| The cofactors |
| Magnesium inside the red cell, retinol and stored vitamin D |
| The rest of the picture |
| Zinc for context, uric acid for antioxidant status |
If your laboratory runs a shorter menu, the five to insist on are ceruloplasmin, serum copper, serum iron with TIBC, magnesium RBC and retinol. Ceruloplasmin, retinol and magnesium RBC are the three that standard panels tend to leave to you.
Outside the United States, clients have put this panel together in Canada, Europe, Australia and South America. Tell me where you are and I will tell you what has worked there.
Trace Elements, a CLIA licensed clinical laboratory running hair since 1984, reports thirty six elements and twenty seven ratios from an unwashed sample.
No. The requisition comes with your order.
Request A Test sets the price and shows it on their page, with any fasting instructions.
Yes, a small affiliate commission that Request A Test pays out of their own margin. Your price stays the same.
Yes, many people do. Blood can follow when you can get it.
Yes, in part. Send me what you have and I will tell you which markers to add.
Within about three months, and ideally within six weeks. Mineral status moves.
Carry on as you are and tell me what you take and when. That tells me more than a washout would.
Read beside transferrin saturation and ceruloplasmin, ferritin is an inflammation signal. I wrote about this at length.
These sessions are built to leave you able to read your own numbers and run your own protocol.
Mineral Balancing consultation, $350. Blood and hair read side by side across ninety minutes, recorded, with the protocol written for you.