Vitamin Deficiency

$198.00

Results: 1 to 5 days

Collection: blood draw

Biomarkers: 8

Vitamins play an essential role in metabolism, immune function, brain health, and cellular repair.

The Vitamin Deficiency BioMap evaluates both direct vitamin levels and functional metabolism markers, ensuring a comprehensive assessment of nutrient status.

BioMap included tests are listed below.

    • Reference range: <11.4 umol/L

    • Optimal range (male/female): <7.0 / <9.0

    • Homocysteine is an amino acid involved in protein metabolism.

    • An important marker for methylation status, cardiovascular risk, and inflammation.

    • When the body cannot break it down efficiently, it can accumulate in the blood, potentially increasing the risk of blood clots, stroke, heart attack, and vascular diseases. 

    • Homocysteine is increased by functional deficiency of Vitamin B12 or Folate (Vitamin B9).

    • Reference range: 38–98 mcg/dL

    • Optimal range: 40–60

    • Test measures the level of Vitamin A, also called retinol, in your blood.

    • Retinol is a fat-soluble vitamin needed for healthy eyesight, cell growth, reproduction, metabolism, and a strong immune system.

    • Getting enough retinol is important for your heart, lungs, bones, and skin. Too little retinol may increase your risk for developing infections, weakened bones, vision problems, anemia, tiredness or dry skin and hair.

    • Humans cannot naturally produce Vitamin A from scratch, and must obtain it from food or supplements.

    • Moderate consumption of liver, eggs, dairy, or cod liver oil covers retinol needs well.

    • Reference range: 200–1100 pg/mL

    • Optimal range: 500–1000

    • Test measures the level of vitamin B12, also known as cobalamin, in the blood.

    • Cobalamin is an essential water-soluble vitamin that helps your body make red blood cells, create DNA (the genetic material present in our cells), and keeps your nervous system healthy.

    • Early detection of Vitamin B12 deficiency is important to prevent irreversible damage over time, especially to the nervous system.

    • Our bodies don’t make cobalamin, so we need to get it daily from food or supplements.

    • Cobalamin is naturally found in animal proteins and other foods such as red meat, fish, poultry, eggs, and dairy.

    • Plant foods are not a reliable source of cobalamin unless they are fortified. Vegetarian sources of Vitamin B12 are found in eggs and dairy products like milk and cheese, fortified grains, and breakfast cereals, as well as soy and rice milk, and nutritional yeast.

    • Reference range: >5.4 ng/mL

    • Optimal range: 8.0–12.0

    • Test measures the level of vitamin B9, also known as folate, in your blood.

    • Folate is a water-soluble vitamin that is needed for red and white blood cell development; tissue growth; cell function; the breakdown, usage, and creation of proteins; and the production of DNA.

    • This vitamin is also essential during pregnancy, as folate enables the proper growth of fetal tissues and cells. 

    • Our bodies don't make folate, so we need to get it daily from food or supplements (in the form of folic acid).

    • Folate is found naturally in foods such as beef liver, seafood, asparagus, dark leafy greens, oranges, peanuts, black-eyed peas, sunflower seeds, and eggs..

    • Reference range: >30 ng/mL

    • Optimal range: 50–70

    • Test measures the amount of 25-OH vitamin D in your blood, an indicator of the level of Vitamin D in your body.

    • Vitamin D helps to regulate calcium and phosphorus, which are essential nutrients for strong bones and healthy cells.

    • Vitamin D also helps the immune system fight infections and is involved in the proper functioning of your heart, blood vessels, insulin, and mood.

    • Your body makes vitamin D after direct exposure to sunlight. It then stores an inactive form of vitamin D in fat cells until it's needed.

    • Your liver and kidneys change the inactive form of vitamin D into the active form (25-hydroxyvitamin D) your body needs.

    • Vitamin D is naturally found in foods such as meat, seafood (trout and salmon), cod liver oil, or fortified dairy and plant-based milk products. It can also be found in supplement form.

    • Reference range (Alpha Tocopherol): 5.7–19.9 mg/L

    • Optimal range: 10.0–15.0 (levels of <5 mg/L are consistent with Vitamin E deficiency in adults)

    • Tocopherol is a fat-soluble vitamin that protects cells from damage caused by free radicals (unstable molecules) because it is an antioxidant.

    • Tocopherol also helps strengthen your immune system, make new red blood cells, heal wounds, reduce inflammation, and stop blood clots from forming inside blood vessels.

    • Too little tocopherol may cause tiredness, weakened immunity, difficulty with balance and coordination, poor vision, or digestive problems.

    • Our bodies do not make tocopherol, so we need to get it daily from food or supplements.

    • Tocopherol is naturally found in foods such as plant oils, poultry, eggs, olives, nuts, seeds, and leafy green vegetables (beet greens, collard greens, and spinach).