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DNA Health

The genetic blueprint behind every personalised protocol

  • SNP panel across MTHFR, COMT, GST/GPX, SOD2, APOE, VDR and more
  • Reads methylation, detoxification, oxidative defence, lipid & bone biology
  • Nutrigenomics: how your genes shape your response to diet, caffeine & nutrients
  • One painless cheek swab, your genotype is fixed for life, tested once
  • Translated into food, nutrient and lifestyle choices matched to your DNA

Cheek swab · taken at home or in-clinic

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DNAlife · Nordic · DNA Health

Your Genome, Read Once for Life

Methylation (MTHFR)
Detox & antioxidant genes
Hormone clearance (COMT)
Caffeine metabolism
Lipid & heart (APOE)
+ more
7 core pathways · one cheek swab
How this test can help

Select the area and specific problem to see exactly how we approach it through this test.

Energy & methylation

MTHFR and methylation variants tell us which form and dose of folate and B12 fit you, since the TT genotype carries higher homocysteine that targeted nutrients can lower (Liew & Gupta, 2015).

From data to action

Precise markers mean precise actions. Once the test shows what is actually driving the pattern, the plan can target that, instead of guessing.

ReadMTHFR statusHow efficiently you convert folate to its active form.
ChooseThe right form for youYour genotype decides which form works. That is the whole point of testing once.
SupportEnergy cofactorsSpecific supplements alongside the pathway, in the forms you can use.
ConfirmHomocysteineOne blood marker tells us the choice is working.

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Where we focus

DNA Health is not one risk score, it reads several connected biological pathways at once.

1 cheek swab · SNP panel across 7 core pathways · tested once for life
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Methylation

MTHFR and related variants set how well you convert folate and keep homocysteine in check, the methylation engine behind DNA repair, neurotransmitters and cardiovascular biology (Liew & Gupta, 2015).

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Detoxification & oxidative defence

GST/GPX phase-II enzymes and SOD2 determine how you neutralise toxins and free radicals; null GST deletions abolish key enzyme activity (Gao et al., 2011), guiding where to support glutathione and antioxidants.

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Neurotransmitter & hormone clearance

COMT controls the speed you break down dopamine, adrenaline and oestrogens, shaping stress resilience, hormonal clearance and how much caffeine suits you.

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Lipid, cardiovascular & bone

APOE reads lipid handling and cognitive-relevant risk by allele dose (Farrer et al., 1997), while VDR informs vitamin-D and bone strategy, positioned around nutrient handling, not fracture prediction (Mu et al., 2022).

Read together, these pathways show which nutrient forms suit you, how you clear what your body makes, and where your diet has the most leverage.

Your methylation capacity, MTHFR C677T and related folate/homocysteine variants
COMT status, how fast you clear catecholamines and oestrogens, and your caffeine tolerance
Detoxification genotype, GST/GPX phase-II and antioxidant enzyme function
Oxidative defence, SOD2 and your mitochondrial free-radical handling
Cardiovascular and cognitive-relevant lipid biology, APOE allele status
Bone and vitamin-D handling, VDR variants read for nutrient strategy, not fracture prediction
Often paired with

Most people run one test. Where a second genuinely adds an answer the first cannot give, this is the pair we reach for.

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Testing at home
01Your kit arrives
02Collect your sample
03Ship it back, prepaid
04Results, then your protocol

Cheek swab · taken at home or in-clinic

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The people behind your results

A lab number on its own changes nothing. What matters is who reads it, and your results pass through two layers of expertise before they ever shape your protocol.

Alessandra Ginsburg

Alessandra Ginsburg

IFM-certified Functional Nutrition Practitioner

Alessandra interprets every marker against your full clinical picture, your symptoms, history, lifestyle and goals, not against a generic reference range. She is the one who turns raw lab data into the specific, personalised actions in your protocol, and who decides when a finding warrants medical evaluation and a referral to a physician.

Nordic Laboratories

Nordic Laboratories

Specialist functional-medicine laboratory · since 1997 · 100+ countries

Your sample is processed by Nordic Laboratories, a specialist functional-medicine lab operating since 1997 across more than 100 countries. Their scientific team runs the validated PCR and metabolomic assays under strict quality control, so the data Alessandra works from is accurate, reproducible and clinically meaningful.

Common questions
No. Your genotype is fixed at birth, which is why this test is a one-time investment that informs every protocol we build for you afterwards.
The evidence

Every claim on this page is anchored in published, peer-reviewed science. The studies behind it:

References ground the science of each marker, they describe the biology and published outcomes, not a guarantee of individual results.

Functional testing at FunctionAlps is used to guide nutritional optimisation within ASCA and EMR scope. It is not a medical diagnostic tool. When findings warrant medical evaluation, we coordinate with a referring physician.

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