Lab Testing at Aralia Health
Lab testing is a key part of how we understand your health. At Aralia Health, we use both standard serum labs and specialized functional testing, depending on your individual needs.
Basic blood work helps assess core health markers such as metabolic function, cholesterol, thyroid health, and nutrient status. Functional lab panels go deeper, evaluating patterns related to hormones, digestion, inflammation, and overall system balance.
Just as important as which labs we run is how we interpret them—looking beyond “normal” ranges to identify trends, imbalances, and opportunities for preventative, personalized care.
Lab testing may be ordered at any point during your care at Aralia Health.
Your doctor will work closely with you to determine which tests are most relevant based on your symptoms, history, and health goals.
More information about the types of functional lab panels we offer can be found below.
Advanced Serum Laboratory Testing
Our comprehensive blood testing evaluates key systems involved in energy, metabolism, hormone balance, and long-term health Including: Sex hormones - Measured using high-precision LC-MS methods for greater accuracy and clinical insight Thyroid & adrenal markers - A comprehensive assessment that goes beyond standard primary care screening Cardiometabolic and cardiovascular risk markers - Including advanced lipid markers, insulin dynamics, and inflammatory risk factors Inflammation and immune signaling - To help identify drivers of chronic symptoms and disease risk Key nutrient status and utilization - Including iron status, B-vitamins and methylation markers (e.g., homocysteine), and vitamin D
Gut health, microbiome, and digestive function
Evaluates patterns related to digestion and microbiome balance, which can play an important role in gastrointestinal symptoms. It also looks at immune reactivity that may be contributing to ongoing digestive concerns. It can be especially useful for identifying post-infectious gut changes, fungal sensitivity, or inflammatory contributors that may be affecting gut function over time. These insights help clarify what may be driving symptoms and support a more targeted next step in care.
Hormone Balance & Adrenal Function
May include salivary and/or urine-based testing to evaluate hormone production, hormone metabolism, adrenal rhythm, and markers related to endocrine disruption. This advanced hormone and stress assessment organizes information about cortisol timing, sex hormone metabolism, melatonin, oxidative stress, and bone turnover into a clear, whole-system view. It helps clarify how endocrine patterns are functioning across the day, rather than looking at hormone levels in isolation.
Environmental Toxin & Mold Exposure
There are different types of environmental toxin testing, including targeted panels for heavy metals, mycotoxins (mold), PFAS (“forever chemicals”), and other persistent environmental exposures. Each type of testing focuses on a specific category of toxins that may contribute to metabolic, immune, hormonal, or neurological effects. Results help clarify whether environmental exposures may be playing a role in chronic illness, inflammation, detoxification strain, or ongoing symptoms. This information supports more intentional, personalized strategies to reduce toxic burden and protect long-term health.
Advanced Nutrient Assessment
There are options to assess both intracellular and circulating levels of key vitamins, minerals, amino acids, antioxidants, and essential fatty acids. Measuring nutrients at the cellular level provides a more complete picture of nutrient status than blood levels alone. This in-depth nutrient assessment helps guide personalized nutrition and supplementation strategies. Clinically validated results support more precise nutrient management and long-term metabolic health.
Inflammation & Oxidative Stress
It’s possible to test for inflammation, oxidative stress, and metabolic strain by assessing different aspects of cellular health. Testing may include urine and/or saliva-based markers of oxidative damage, antioxidant and detox capacity, metabolic and mitochondrial function, neurotransmitter metabolites, and genetic factors that influence how the body responds to oxidative stress. This type of cellular assessment may help clarify contributors to inflammation, aging, and chronic symptoms, supporting more personalized lifestyle, nutrition, supplement, and detox strategies.
Food Sensitivity Testing
Assesses immune reactivity to foods and additives that may be driving inflammation or symptom patterns over time. It measures IgG and IgA immune responses to a wide range of foods and food additives. Food sensitivity testing helps distinguish patterns related to immune activation and gut permeability, offering insight into potential food-related contributors to symptoms. Results can support more informed, individualized dietary decisions when food sensitivities are suspected.
Neurotransmitter Balance
It’s possible to assess neurotransmitter balance using targeted urine-based testing that measures key chemical messengers involved in mood regulation, stress response, and cognitive function. These markers help evaluate patterns related to emotional regulation and mental resilience. This testing provides clinically validated insight into neurotransmitter levels such as serotonin, dopamine, and GABA. Results can help clarify whether neurotransmitter imbalances may be contributing to symptoms like anxiety, depression, or cognitive changes and support more personalized mental health strategies.
Neuroimmune & Neurological Assessment
Some neurological symptoms may be influenced by immune activity affecting the brain and nervous system rather than structural or metabolic abnormalities alone. Neuroimmune testing evaluates immune signaling related to the brain, nerves, neuromuscular junction, and blood–brain barrier. This type of assessment helps clarify whether immune patterns may be interacting with neural tissue, synaptic signaling, or barrier integrity over time. It can be especially useful when routine imaging or standard evaluations do not fully explain ongoing neurological or cognitive symptoms, supporting more intentional sequencing of care.
Viral & Immune
Activation Patterns
Advanced viral testing evaluates immune responses to past or chronic viral exposures, including viruses such as Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), cytomegalovirus (CMV), and other herpes-family viruses. This type of testing can be especially useful when symptoms such as chronic fatigue, persistent weakness, unexplained joint pain or inflammation, headaches, brain fog, recurrent infections, or neurological changes are present. Results may help clarify whether ongoing or prior viral activity could be contributing to inflammation or chronic symptoms and support more informed clinical decision-making.
Cardiometabolic Health
Assesses markers related to cardiovascular and metabolic health, including cholesterol patterns, advanced lipid markers, inflammation, blood sugar regulation, and insulin sensitivity, providing a more detailed view of cardiometabolic risk than standard screening labs alone. Advanced cardiometabolic testing supports earlier identification of cardiovascular and metabolic disease risk and helps guide more personalized strategies to improve lipid balance, support vascular health, and reduce long-term cardiometabolic risk—particularly for individuals with elevated cholesterol, metabolic concerns, chronic inflammation, or a family history of heart disease and/or diabetes.
Genetic insights
Genetic testing can provide insight into inherited patterns that influence cardiovascular risk, metabolism, detoxification, clotting, and neurological health. Different targeted tests are available to evaluate specific genes involved in cholesterol transport, inflammation, blood pressure regulation, clotting pathways, folate metabolism, detox efficiency, and medication response—often identifying risk patterns before symptoms or abnormal labs appear. Depending on individual history and clinical goals, testing may include assessments of cardiovascular genetics, APOE status, MTHFR variants, clotting risk genes such as Factor II and Factor V Leiden, or genes involved in detoxification pathways. These insights help explain individual differences in disease risk, nutrient needs, toxin handling, and medication tolerance, supporting more proactive, personalized prevention and long-term health strategies.
