Vitamin B12 is essential for your health and well-being and performs several important functions in the body, including keeping the nervous system healthy.

Understanding your levels is important as low levels of Vitamins can have severe effects on blood and overall health. Vitamin is particularly important for those on a plant-based diet.

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This profile checks the function of your thyroid gland. Thyroid disorders are common but often remain undiagnosed. It will give you a good indication as to whether your thyroid is functioning normally or not by checking your levels of Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH) and Free T4 (FT4).

These tests are mainly used to see whether or not you have an underactive thyroid gland (Hypothyroidism) or an overactive one (Hyperthyroidism) which can lead to tiredness, mood problems, and weight issues.

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This home test includes checks that have been shown to be very important indicators of risks to your heart’s health. Including a full cholesterol profile and tests for inflammation.

It also includes a test for diabetes which shows you how well your body controls your blood sugar.

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Cholesterol (7 Biomarkers)

High cholesterol levels can cause your arteries to become blocked – leading to coronary heart disease, heart attack or stroke. Finding out about high levels of cholesterol can help you to make the positive lifestyle and dietary changes needed to improve your chances of a long and healthy life.

Total Cholesterol

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Iron is an essential component of the body that makes up red blood cells to transport oxygen all around the body.

Low iron can cause anemia, a common issue causing a list of problems starting with fatigue, weakness, and coldness which can then progress to more serious conditions.

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One in 100 people does not produce antibodies against their vaccine and not developing antibodies against the virus has been linked to increased hospitalization and serious illness. Recent research has shown that the early immune response in people who have been vaccinated for COVID-19 can predict the level of protection they will have against the virus over time and potentially your body’s efficacy to combat viral variants such as the delta variant currently responsible for the majority of new Covid-19 cases in the UK. Some scientists have suggested that a test for antibody status may now become the norm when people are admitted to a hospital with severe Covid-19.

This new test (January 2021) “was designed to aid in evaluating the immune status of individuals with a quantitative measurement of IgG antibodies against the spike receptor binding domain (RBD) of SARS-CoV-2.”

The home test uses a finger-prick blood sample you can take yourself in the comfort of your own home. Or you can choose to have a blood sample taken in-store.

Whether you have been recently vaccinated or caught Covid-19 naturally, this IgG test will confirm whether your immune system has developed neutralizing IgG antibodies and give you a quantitative measure of your body’s response (between levels of 0 – 80,000 AU/ml).

It will help you to know how your immune system has responded to vaccination or infection to confirm whether the illness you had was Covid-19 or something else.

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This simple home test can indicate your risk of developing cardiovascular problems. High cholesterol levels can cause your arteries to become blocked- leading to coronary heart disease, heart attack or even a stroke. Finding out about high levels of cholesterol can help you to make the positive lifestyle and dietary changes needed to improve your chances of a long and healthy life.

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This home test checks your levels of HbA1c. This biomarker is used to confirm whether you have (or are at risk of developing) diabetes. It is a potentially life-saving test and it is quite common for people who have diabetes and do not know about it. Unmanaged or undiagnosed diabetes is one of the leading causes of mortality. For anyone who already knows they have diabetes, regular HbA1c checks are essential to monitoring progress.

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Diabetes (1 Biomarker)

Checking your levels of HbA1c is a way of confirming if you have (or are at risk of developing) diabetes. Unmanaged or undiagnosed diabetes is one of the leading causes of mortality. For anyone who already knows they have diabetes, regular HbA1c checks are essential to monitoring progress.

HbA1c (Glycosylated Haemoglobin)

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Allergies affect around one in four of the general population. Many allergic patients do not take their allergy seriously and are suffering from subsequent complications, e.g. hay fever, allergic asthma or are subject to unnecessary dietary restrictions.

This home and in-store test allow you to fully understand all your allergies to help you to reduce the impact of allergies on your life.

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