Is Lab Work Included? Our Honest Answer About Labs, Hormones and Stool Testing

The short answer

Foundation includes no labs. It is assessment-driven foundational wellness.

DNA Precision pairs the same assessments with epigenetic DNA testing — stress on your DNA and your organ systems, not consumer SNP testing.

Private Concierge is the only tier with blood and urine labs, and those panels are dictated by the doctor's intake and your DNA results — never a template.

Why the intake matters more than the draw

Integrative You, and every product inside it — Foundation, DNA Precision, Private Concierge — was born to give more people access to integrative medicine. It was also born on a philosophy: 90% of the clarity that produces outcomes comes from a highly detailed, investigative intake process.

A series of questions nobody else has asked you. A lens that looks at all of you and all the parts of your life that matter: health, relationships, business, purpose, family.

Dr. Nicole has taught practitioners for 15 years, and she has always said the same thing: your patient intake should be so precise and so detailed that you are 99% sure you know exactly what is going on — and then the labs just confirm your hypothesis. That curated intake framework is what these programs run on.

We still value labs. But nearly everyone who comes to us has already been told "your labs are normal" while feeling terrible. So we built the thing that gives insight beyond the labs.

Three hard truths about lab work

1. Labs are a snapshot in time. They capture one moment, not your pattern, and they can read differently day to day.
2. Labs read your state, not just your biology. A stress response — road rage on the drive to the draw, a skipped meal, a bad night — moves markers before the needle goes in.
3. Labs are wrong a lot. Storage issues, processing problems, and human error are ordinary, not rare.

Labs are not the gold standard. They are one data point.

The hierarchy that actually works

We found the magic in assembling a series of data points, in this order:

Labs earn their place when they are precise, specific, and chosen for you. That's exactly how they're used in Private Concierge: the doctor's intake and your DNA results dictate the panel, which is why we routinely run markers you've never had run — and that, honestly, your specialist has probably never seen ordered.

Why we don't rely on stool testing

Parasites feed on a host — you. By the time they exit the body in a bowel movement they autolyse and break down. By the time your sample reaches the lab, it is very often confirmed negative regardless of what is actually living in you.

That single false-negative has sent an enormous number of people home believing nothing is wrong. We assess parasitic burden through the intake pattern and epigenetic testing instead, and we sequence drainage and detox accordingly.

Where to start

Take the free Integrative Life Compass — 13 questions, four minutes, no email required. It's the intake philosophy in miniature: better questions, asked properly, produce more clarity than another normal-looking panel.