TRIAD Bloodspot Profile

Now available in a non-invasive option for your patients

The TRIAD Bloodspot Profile gives your patients an easy-to-use option to collect their specimens at home—no blood draw required! With simple finger sticks and an overnight urine collection, the TRIAD Bloodspot Profile gives you the same quantitative information as the TRIAD Profile.

Using the synergetic power of the Organix, Amino Acids, and Allergix IgG4 Food Antibodies testing, faster and more effective results are produced. Because targeted, individualized interventions based on the TRIAD Bloodspot Profile can be more cost-effective than simple protocol-based treatment plans, the TRIAD Bloodspot Profile represents real value.

Profiles included:

• Organix Comprehensive Profile: Measures organic acid levels to reveal the nutritional and metabolic basis of patient symptoms, including anxiety, mood changes, and immune responses.
• Bloodspot Amino Acids 20 Profile: Determines essential amino acid imbalances that affect both physical and mental function.
• Allergix Bloodspot IgG4 Food Antibodies Profile: Measures the level of IgG4 reactions for 30 common foods.

The TRIAD Bloodspot Profile includes fully customized intervention guidelines—custom vitamin/mineral formulas, custom amino acid blends, and an online food reaction guide—so you can focus your interventions on the specific needs of each patient.

The TRIAD Bloodspot Profile allows simultaneous assessment of:

• Vitamin and mineral sufficiency
• Insufficiencies of carnitine and NAC
• Oxidative stress and antioxidant sufficiency
• Detoxification adequacy
• Functional status of B-vitamins
• Neurotransmitter metabolism
• Mitochondrial energy production
• Methylation sufficiency status
• Lipoic acid and CoQ10 sufficiency
• Specific markers of bacterial and yeast dysbiosis
• Essential amino acids sufficiency
• Food sensitivities
• Intestinal hyperpermeability

Why Bloodspot?

• Easy to implement in any practice
• Does not require venipuncture
• Easy enough that patients can complete at home
• Customized amino acid formulations based on your patient's specific test results

Test name(s)

0410 -TRIAD Bloodspot Profile*

Description

This profile is a combination of the Allergix Bloodspot IgG4 Food Antibodies Assay (0076), Organix Comprehensive (0091) and Bloodspot Amino Acids 20 (0113) profiles. The TRIAD Bloodspot Profile allows simultaneous assessment of food sensitivities and intestinal hyperpermeability; urinary microbial metabolites, detoxification indicators, functional vitamin and mineral sufficiency markers, and neural function markers; and essential amino acid status. The TRIAD Profile provides the clinician with a powerful array of clinical tools to design appropriate therapeutic interventions for the patient.

Method

LC/MS-MS, HPLC, Spectrophotometry, EIA

Turnaround time

13-15 days, 14 days average

Analytes

All analytes from the following profiles:
0113 Amino Acids 20 - Bloodspot
0091 Organix - Urine
0076 IgG4 Food Antibodies - 30 Antigens - Bloodspot

*Not available in New York

Specimen Collection Instructions

• TRIAD-Bloodspot-KI.pdf

Sample Reports Example of how test results will be reported, including reference ranges and graphs indicating high and low percentiles of each analyte.

• TRIAD-Bloodspot-SR.pdf

Interpretive Guides Information on individual analytes and possible patterns that may be indicated on your test results. Further supplement recommendations, diet modifications, and other treatment options may also be included to help guide your treatment.

• TRIAD-IG.pdf
• Allergix-IG.pdf

Patient Briefs

• TRIAD-PB.pdf
• Allergix-PB.pdf

Additional Downloads

• Allergix 4 Day Rotation Diet Form

If you do not have the free Adobe Acrobat Reader, download it here.

Articles

• What Are Organic Acids? - Organic acids are products of metabolism that can sensitively identify nutrient deficiencies that lead to metabolic roadblocks.
• Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Disease - This article examines the structure and function of mitochondria, details the mechanisms by which acquired mitochondrial dysfunction can create a wide range of symptoms and provides a rational approach to treatment.
• Urinary Markers of Intestinal Yeast - Letter to the editor of Towsend Letter for Doctors and Patients gives the argument against the use of urinary arabinose for detection of invasive candidiasis and for the use of urinary D-arabinitol instead.

Books

• Laboratory Evaluations for Integrative and Functional Medicine - Your evidence-based resource for the biochemical basis of chronic illness. A must-have desk reference for laboratory testing associated with nutritional and metabolic medicine.

Presentations

• IFM: The New Paradigm of Medicine - This PowerPoint presentation was developed by the Institute for Functional Medicine. It provides a concise explanation of the new paradigm of medicine that focuses on underlying causes of disease and treatment from that level rather treating symptoms alone, the approach often taken by modern medicine.

References

• TRIAD Bloodspot References