Fertility Nutritional Profile
Fertility Nutritional Profile
€195.00 + phlebotomy and shipping
Appropriate levels of key nutrients play an important role in optimising your fertility. Research has also shown that over-supplementing with some of these nutrients may have adverse effects. Testing your levels of these key nutrients and antioxidants will allow your nutritionist to tailor your nutrition and supplement plan.
Who can benefit from this test?
Your nutritionist may recommend this test if you have:
- Started trying to conceive and would like to optimize your health for a successful and healthy pregnancy
- Difficulties conceiving or anyone undergoing assisted reproduction or IVF/ ICSI
- Recurrent miscarriage or implantation failure
- Poor semen quality or quantity, elevated DNA fragmentation, poor egg quality or unexplained infertility
Learn More about our Fertility Nutritional Profile
Blood test (phlebotomy)
This test will allow your nutritionist to identify any gaps you may have and tailor your dietary and supplement plan to restore deficiencies. This will give you a targeted approach to support egg quality, sperm quality and quantity, and healthy conception and pregnancy. See also our Functional Nutritional Profile for an extended version of this test.
This test measures:
- Copper
- Zinc
- Selenium
- Antioxidant status: super oxide dismutase (SOD) and glutathione peroxidase (GPX)
- Optional: Vitamin D
Robert undertook the Fertility Nutritional Profile to assess any key deficiencies that might impact sperm health. He had low numbers of sperm and high DNA fragmentation. The test identified low levels of selenium which have been shown to increase the risk for DNA fragmentation. His antioxidant activity was raised indicating possible oxidative stress which is detrimental to sperm and sperm DNA. Robert had a dietary and supplement protocol designed to address these issues and a repeat DNA fragmentation test showed much improved results after 3 months.
Key findings:
- Deficiency of selenium
- High activity of super oxide dismutase (SOD) and glutathione peroxidase (GPX)
