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Where To Go To Get Tested?

  • 03-11-2010 03:18PM
    #1
    Zak Flaps
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,355 ✭✭✭


    Hi. I'm a first timer to this section of boards.ie.
    Hopefully someone can give me some help.

    I'd like to know where would be the best place in Dublin to get tested to see what nutrients I may be short of (eg, am i low in iron, vitamin d12, zinc etc....). Some place where they can do a thorough and accurate test, and then recommend me the foods i need to be eating more of, or the supplements I may need to take.

    Thanks in advance.

    Zak.


Comments

  • #2
    Adelie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 266 ✭✭Adelie


    Your GP can do this with a blood test. You should ask for a copy of the results and do your own research though, because if you are in the normal range at all they'll tell generally you everything is fine, even if you're at the low end or even if the normal range is actually suboptimal.


  • #3
    danlen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 630 ✭✭✭danlen


    how extensive are the tests?? i.e. can you gain results for a whole range of measurements with one test?? are there any extra charges on top of a usual GP visit?


  • #4
    El_Dangeroso
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    You can't test everything, As far as I know they are all done separately.

    Some that are worth doing are:

    25(OH)D - Vitamin D
    Zinc - Keep in mind that disease usually causes low zinc, most diets are zinc replete.
    B12
    Iodine loading test (Awkward! This involves peeing in a bucket all day)
    Cellular Magnesium (Not serum) - This is reeeeeallly expensive, over 400 euro.

    As you can see it's not as simple as we'd like, it'd be great if everything could be got from a single blood test but it's not possible.(and don't believe anyone who tells you that it is)


  • #5
    mloc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,567 ✭✭✭mloc


    With the costs of all these tests, would you not be better off just taking a good multivit? Even the cost of that over a year would outweigh the medical bills.


  • #6
    El_Dangeroso
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    mloc wrote: »
    With the costs of all these tests, would you not be better off just taking a good multivit? Even the cost of that over a year would outweigh the medical bills.

    Well there's not enough D or Mg in a multivit, plus if you are deficient in B12 it's most likely down to the fact that you're not absorbing it in the gut. Hence why some people need B12 injections.

    D needs a test before supplementing but you can very safely supplement with magnesium 300mg/day.


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