How to Collect Your Lab Samples
HTMA (HAIR TISSUE MINERAL ANALYSIS)
In the video we go over:
The steps to prep to collect your hair sample
How to collect your hair sample
Information required to send it back to the lab
You can purchase Distilled Water at Shoppers Drug Mart, London Drugs (Canada) at CVS (Usa)
*There is a downloadable PDF as well with instructions
GI MAP (GUT TEST) STOOL SAMPLE
In this video we are going over how to collect your stool sample for your GI Map Collection!
PLEASE NOTE: taking the supplement NAC (N-acetyl cysteine) is recommended 12-14 days before collecting stool sample.
Take 600mg for first 6 days, Take 1200mg for the next 6-8 Days.
Recommended to take in the morning on an empty stomach
Brand Recommendations:
*PLEASE NOTE: Lab Results Take Between 2-4 weeks to be processed once received by the Lab
*MAKE SURE TO DROP YOUR SAMPLE OFF BETWEEN MONDAY AND FRIDAY (weekends they will NOT take your sample).
If you cannot ship the specimen on the day of collection, please refrigerate and ship as soon as possible.
When you drop your specimen off at fedex it takes 24 hour to arrive at the lab. Your sample must be received within 6 days of collection.
*When your receive your test kit there will be a commercial invoice with 3 pages (do not throw this out!)
You need to sign the button of the page. The rest of it you can leave blank. This document fedex needs to look over and will be placed on the outside of your package.
