Name: Full Body Intelligence™ Test
Brand: Viome
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Price: 399 USD
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Our premiere health test features all 3 tests in one! Address your health holistically and improve your microbiome for ultimate resilience and longevity.

Receive tailored nutrition recommendations based on
50+ detailed Health Scores
Full Body Intelligence™ Test
Integrated Health Scores
Biological Age
Gut Health
Oral Health
Cellular & Energy Efficiency
Inflammation Response
Immune System Health
Brain & Cognitive Health
Heart & Cardiometabolic Health
Functional Scores

These scores describe both beneficial and harmful biological functions. They are made by combining pathway activities and are used to form your Health Scores.

Inflammatory Activity
Metabolic Fitness
Digestive Efficiency
Gut Lining Health
Protein Fermentation
Gas Production
Gut Active Microbial Diversity
Microbiome-induced Stress
Cellular Senescence
Cellular Stress
Immune System Activation
Breath Odor
Dental Health
Gum Health
Oral Active Microbial Diversity
Oral Pathogen Activity
Kidney-Heart health
Microbiome-Heart health
Vascular Health
Neurotransmitter Production
Neurocognitive Health
Anxiety & Stress Response

Pathway Activities
Pathway activities describe biochemical reactions that produce beneficial or harmful molecules.

Butyrate Production Pathways
LPS Biosynthesis Pathways
Methane Gas Production
Sulfide Gas Production
Ammonia Production Pathways
Flagellar Assembly Pathways
Putrescine Production Pathways
Oxalate Metabolism Pathways
Uric Acid Production Pathways
Salt Stress Pathways
Biofilm, Chemotaxis, and Virulence Pathways
Bile Acid Metabolism Pathways
TMA Production Pathways
Mitochondrial Biogenesis Pathways
Energy Production Pathways
Oral Sulfide Production Pathways
Oral Polyamine Production Pathways
Cavity Promoting Microbes
Cavity Promoting Pathways
Oral Mucin Degradation Pathways
Oral Inflammatory Pathways
Vitamin D Pathways
Homocysteine Pathways
Renin-Angiotensin Pathways
TMA Production Pathways
Uremic Toxin Production Pathways
LDL Cholesterol Pathways
Immune System Clearing
Discover which foods might be triggering inflammation and imbalance throughout your gut and your body
Gain insights into the most beneficial supplements, gut biotics, and oral biotics for you
Support health functions tied to digestion, oral health, brain & cognitive function, heart health, immunity, healthy aging, and more*

Sample Collection

Stool, Blood, Saliva

Health Scores

50+

Results Time

Within 2-3 weeks

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What’s included

Your Full Body Intelligence™ Insights

Gut + Cellular + Oral Microbiome Support

Discover the secrets to a healthier you with our Full Body Intelligence Test - the world’s most advanced microbiome and cellular health test! You'll receive over 50 health scores that reveal how your current diet and lifestyle impact your health and might be contributing to the symptoms you experience.

We'll show you how personalized nutrition, based on your biochemistry, can optimize your microbiome and cellular function, leading to improvements in gut, brain, immune system, metabolism, heart, cellular, and oral health functions. Our recommendations are designed to protect your body against stress and toxins contributing to age-related decline.

Our cutting-edge technology, backed by years of research and development, uses proprietary RNA sequencing and advanced AI algorithms to provide personalized health scores and recommendations for food, supplements, probiotics, and prebiotics. We base our approach on the latest microbiome and cellular health science, which means our AI engine can provide science-backed recommendations for nutrients ideal to your body's molecular needs.

Our gene expression testing lets you track how your body moves towards balance by reducing inflammatory activity and restoring the microbial ecosystem. Get ready to take control of your health and unlock your body's full potential.

About this test

Sample Collection: Stool, Blood, Saliva

Results: Within 2-3 weeks

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Your Food Recommendations

Your customized food list of over 400 foods is sorted into four categories for Avoid, Minimize, Enjoy, and Superfood status.

Enhance nutrient uptake for maximum nutrient absorption
Stimulate beneficial gut microbes to increase vitamin and butyrate production
Inhibit the activity of harmful gut bacteria and reduce the risk of toxic byproducts like LPS, TMA, gas, and biofilm
Reinforce the gut lining to minimize the risk of "leaky gut" and improve digestive health
Address the underlying factors contributing to inflammation
Personalize your dietary approach to optimize blood sugar levels and minimize food-related inflammation
Support oral health by inhibiting the growth of bacteria that causes bad breath, balancing oral pH, and addressing inflammatory activity in your mouth
Slow biological aging by addressing activities contributing to inflammation throughout your body

Your Supplement Recommendations

Your carefully curated selection of ingredients is chosen to help support health functions you personally need to focus on*. Every user's recommended supplements are unique and based on your results. When considering how much you need of a particular ingredient, we consider the dosages used in clinical trials, the severity of your suboptimal scores, and your stage of life. You will receive recommendations and supporting insights for:

Vitamins
Digestive enzymes
Polyphenols
Amino acids
Minerals
Herbs
Food Extracts

Your Gut Probiotic + Prebiotic Recommendations

We bridge the gap between your gut's needs and the most effective probiotic strains and fibers to achieve optimal results. Your personalized recommendations only feature safe strains that promote gut health and avoid those that could have negative effects.

Taking the right probiotics for your needs can have a tremendous impact on

Gastrointestinal issues & bloating*
Boosting richness & diversity*
Motility & regularity*
Gut-brain health*
Gut-skin health*
Gut-immune health*

Easy testing process
at-home

Register your kit
Collect & ship your sample to our CLIA-certified lab
Complete your questionnaire
Receive results within 2-3 weeks

How it works

Where we focus for this test

The gut microbiome

As the largest micro-ecosystem in the human body, your gut microbiome is in a symbiotic relationship with you as its “host". A great deal of research has produced evidence that metabolites produced in your gut microbiome play a key role in maintaining balance and overall health for your entire body.

What does Viome look for in my gut?

When it comes to microbes, it's not just about which microbes are there, but how they're behaving and the impact it has on your health! Your diet and lifestyle can often be the cause behind poor microbiome health. Our Gut Intelligence Test is unique in that it not only identifies and quantifies all microorganisms, including human, plant, and phage RNA viruses in your gut, but also examines their activity within your gut. Our analysis takes into account 400 pathways to provide deeper insights into ways to optimize gut health through targeted foods, supplements, and biotics.

Are there bad microbes?

Harmful microorganisms can cause infection or disrupt normal patterns in health. However, many commensal microbes within our body can act in beneficial or harmful ways depending on their environment (health, stress level, and access to different nutrients). This is why we rather classify microbial activities as either harmful or beneficial rather than specific microbes themselves. Like humans, whether you are bad depends on your actions, which can be influenced by the environment you live in.

The oral microbiome

The oral microbiome, the second largest micro-ecosystem in your body, performs vital functions to help keep our mouths healthy, including the transportation of ionic minerals from saliva to the surface of teeth to aid in remineralization, carrying molecular oxygen to the gums and soft tissue, and eliminating free radicals.

What are the signs of an unhealthy oral microbiome?

Typical signs associated with an unhealthy oral microbiome may include ‘biofilm’ formation on the teeth. Also known as plaque, biofilm acts as a cityscape for colonizing bacteria. Excessive plaque formation can contribute to an accumulation of pathogens and toxic byproducts that can cause inflammation in and around the gums. This may appear as bleeding or easily damaged gums from brushing or flossing. Discomfort, excessive bleeding, and even sores inside the mouth may all be pointing toward issues of an imbalance in the oral microbiome.

Is bacteria in my mouth a good thing?

Yes, bacteria in the mouth are normal, and most bacteria benefit our health. But just like the gut, an imbalance of the oral microbiome can negatively affect our health and not just our teeth but our whole body.

Cellular function

When your cells are functioning optimally, they produce enough energy to sustain your needs and are efficiently “cleaning up” cellular waste, like free radicals. When cells lack the nutrition they need, they can't keep up with the metabolic demands of the body,

What are the hallmarks of cellular aging?

Our cells are very high-functioning machines, capable of healing and repairing old parts. This occurs naturally throughout the lifespan of a cell as performing its function sometimes results in damage. For example, organelles like the mitochondria create energy in the form of ATP from our food. As a byproduct, harmful free radicals occur, causing oxidative damage. However, our cells naturally produce glutathione, the master antioxidant, that is particularly effective at neutralizing these free radicals. Cellular aging occurs when too much oxidative stress is created and our cells aren’t capable of neutralizing their effects. Consequently, our mitochondria become damaged, making generating energy more difficult. Over time, this can affect the overall health of a cell, and make it more difficult to repair. In addition, chronic oxidative stress can begin to harm other parts of the cell, such as our DNA. When our genetic code is broken down, a cell can no longer repair itself or replicate. As this occurs to many different cells, our body slowly loses the capacity to create new, youthful cells to replace the old ones, resulting in cellular and bodily aging.

How this test can help

Are you experiencing frustrating symptoms that extend beyond digestive issues? Your body is a complex superorganism, with over 40 trillion microbes working tirelessly to keep you healthy. But when trouble arises, your body communicates through symptoms. We believe in addressing the root causes of your symptoms by honing in on the underlying activity in your body. Our approach focuses on personalized nutrition that significantly affects how resilient your body is to stress, illness, and aging.

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[Common Icon] Digestive issues Digestive Health

Symptoms: Occasional gas, bloating, stomach discomfort, nausea, occasional heartburn, diarrhea, constipation, sugar cravings, food sensitivities

Your nutrition recommendations are designed to optimize your digestion, strengthen gut lining, and boost richness & microbiome diversity.

Includes insights relating to:

Nutrient absorption
Beneficial & harmful microbial activities
Intestinal barrier health
Signatures of inflammation in the gut

[Common Icon] Lack of energy Physical Performance

Symptoms: Fatigue, weakness, low stamina & endurance

When cells lack the nutrition they need, they can't keep up with the body's metabolic demands, which leads to a loss of function and is the earliest measurable indicator of aging and health decline.

Aging of your cells
Cellular stress
Cellular inflammation
Mitochondrial health

[Common Icon] Brain fog Mental Health & Cognitive Function

Symptoms: Brain fog, poor concentration, memory problems, confusion, feelings of anxiousness, feeling down, mood swings, irritability

The gut microbiome aids in the development of our brain and nervous system as well as the management of neurological functions, including mood and memory. Your nutrition recommendations are designed to boost brain health and functions that support your cognitive and mood health.

Includes insights relating to:

Serotonin production-assisting pathways
Microbial activities which contribute to the production of GABA
Activities that might negatively impact focus
Activities that impact your body’s pH balance

[Common Icon] Feeling sad or anxious Metabolic Health

Symptoms: Weight gain, inability to lose weight, trouble maintaining a healthy weight, poor blood sugar control

The gut microbiome plays a crucial role in producing and metabolizing various hormones and neurotransmitters that regulate metabolism, including leptin, ghrelin, and serotonin. Additionally, the microbiome can influence the breakdown and absorption of dietary nutrients such as carbohydrates, fats, and proteins, impacting energy metabolism and body weight.

We measure microbial organisms and functions associated with your blood sugar, insulin resistance, and weight control.

[Common Icon] Weight Immunity

Symptoms: Increased sensitivity/Intolerance to multiple foods, fatigue, brain fog, skin conditions, slow recovery from illness or infections

A healthy immune system is essential for fighting off outside invaders like viruses, bacteria, and fungi, neutralizing environmental toxins, and preventing changes within cells that lead to a decline in biological functions. Your nutrition recommendations are designed to help support your body’s alarm system and repair mechanism.

Includes insights relating to:

Overall immunity
Body’s preparedness to fight off bad viruses & bacteria
Body’s ability to clear toxins
Manage oxidative stress

[Common Icon] Trouble Sleeping Sleep

Symptoms: Trouble falling asleep, restless sleep, waking unrested, daytime sleepiness

Your gut microbiome is essential in regulating the body's circadian rhythm, the internal biological clock that helps regulate our sleep-wake cycle, hormone production, and other physiological processes. Your gut microbiome also produces neurotransmitters and hormones that influence your circadian rhythm, such as serotonin for regulating sleep and mood, and melatonin for regulating the sleep-wake cycle.

Includes insights relating to:

Serotonin production-assisting pathways
Microbial activities which contribute to the production of GABA
Activities that might negatively impact focus
Activities that impact your body’s pH balance

[Common Icon] Decreased sex drive Cardiovascular Health

Symptoms: High cholesterol, leg discomfort, headaches, limited physical activity, fatigue

The microbiome plays a vital role in cardiovascular health through its impact on inflammation, cholesterol metabolism, and blood pressure regulation. While many people think of simply managing their cholesterol to improve their cardiovascular health, many factors are actually at play, including oxidative stress, endothelial function, kidney function, and vitamin and mineral status.

Your nutrition recommendations are designed to optimize functions related to your heart health.

Indicators of high oxidative stress
Activities that promote inflammation
Vascular health
Cholesterol metabolism

[Common Icon] Oral Heath Oral Health

Symptoms: Plaque formation on your teeth, bad breath, bleeding gums, mouth sores, gum sensitivity, tooth sensitivity

Oral health impacts systems beyond the mouth and is intricately connected to your cardiovascular, immune, bone, and brain health. Your nutrition recommendations are designed to rebalance your oral microbiome and lower the risk of cavities, bad breath, and leaky gums.

Activities of microbes in the mouth that contribute to gum inflammation
Activities of microbial pathways that cause bad breath
Microbial activities that lead to cavities and tooth decay

What’s included

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Your test allows us to analyze your microbiome and cells with our cutting-edge RNA technology and AI-powered platform.

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Our goal is to demystify health, make science accessible, and honor the biochemical individuality of every human. We know that when you choose Viome hoping to learn more about your health, you entrust us with important information, and we are committed to your privacy.

To ensure the confidentiality of your data, we separate users’ personally identifiable information (PII) from protected health information (PHI) and use multiple layers of encryption and access protection. We do not provide your information or results to employers or health insurance companies. Viome will never sell your data.

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Health Scores

Unprecedented insights include up to 50+ health scores that may highlight underlying contributors to poor health.

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[Icon] Biological Age Biological Age

We assess the activities of your gut microbiome, your cells, and your oral microbiome to determine how well you are aging at a cellular level compared with other people your age.

Your nutrition recommendations are designed to help you optimize specific biological functions responsible for how you’re aging internally.

[Icon] Gut Health Gut Health

Your gut microbiome is home to trillions of microbes that have a direct influence on everything from your mood to how you digest foods and even how your immune system responds to infections or allergens.

Your nutrition recommendations are designed to optimize your digestion, strengthen gut lining, and boost richness & microbiome diversity.

Includes insights relating to:

Nutrient absorption
Beneficial & harmful microbial activities
Intestinal barrier health
Signatures of inflammation in the gut

[Icon] Oral Health Oral Health

Oral health impacts systems beyond the mouth and is intricately connected to your cardiovascular, immune, bone, and brain health.

Your nutrition recommendations are designed to rebalance your oral microbiome and lower the risk of cavities, bad breath, and leaky gums.

Includes insights relating to:

Activities of microbes in the mouth that contribute to gum inflammation
Activities of microbial pathways that cause bad breath
Microbial activities that lead to cavities and tooth decay

[Icon] Cellular & Energy Efficiency Cellular & Energy Efficiency

When cells lack the nutrition they need, they can't keep up with the metabolic demands of the body, which leads to a loss of function and is the earliest measurable indicator of aging and health decline.

Your nutrition recommendations are designed to kickstart your cellular repair and cellular support processes.

Includes insights relating to:

Aging of your cells
Cellular stress
Cellular inflammation
Mitochondrial health

[Icon] Inflammation Response Inflammation Response

Prolonged inflammation due to factors such as poor diet, increased stress, and environmental toxins promote health decline.

Your nutrition recommendations are designed to support your body’s response to stress and immune tolerance.

Includes insights relating to:

Overall balance of your body’s pro & anti-inflammatory activity
Immune system’s ability to address inflammation
Cellular functions under stress
Microbial stress

[Icon] Brain & Cognitive Health Brain & Cognitive Health

The gut microbiome aids in the development of our brain and nervous system as well as the management of neurological functions.

Your nutrition recommendations are designed to boost brain health and functions that support your cognitive and mood health.

Includes insights relating to:

Serotonin production-assisting pathways
Microbial activities which contribute to the production of GABA
Activities that might negatively impact focus
Activities that impact your body’s pH balance

[Icon] Immune System Health Immune System Health

Your nutrition recommendations are designed to help support your body’s alarm system and repair mechanism.

Includes insights relating to:

Overall immunity
Body’s preparedness to fight off bad viruses & bacteria
Body’s ability to clear toxins
Manage oxidative stress

[Icon] Heart & Cardiometabolic Health Heart & Cardiometabolic Health

While many people simply think of managing their cholesterol to improve their cardiovascular health, in reality, many factors are at play, including oxidative stress, endothelial function, kidney function, and vitamin and mineral status.

Your nutrition recommendations are designed to optimize functions related to your heart health.

Includes insights relating to:

Indicators of high oxidative stress
Activities that promote inflammation
Vascular health
Cholesterol metabolism

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Personalized Food Recommendations

Depending on your test results and personal needs, Viome’s recommended foods for you are sorted into four categories:

Superfoods
Enjoy
Minimize
Avoid

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Learn why certain “healthy” foods may actually be harmful for you
Slow biological aging by addressing activities contributing to inflammation throughout your body
Improve nutrient absorption
Boost beneficial microbial activities like butyrate production and vitamin production
Suppress harmful microbial activities in your gut and oral microbiome
Strengthen your gut lining and decrease your risk of leaky gut
Optimize your unique glycemic response to foods

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Supplement Recommendations

We carefully curate a selection of tailored ingredients to support the specific health functions you need to focus on*. Our recommended supplements are uniquely designed based on your results, and clinical studies support every ingredient recommended for you and our portfolio of over 200 ingredients.

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Your personalized supplements can further address your gut health needs with nutrients you can't get from biotics alone, such as digestive enzymes, polyphenols, and herbs*.
Your supplement recommendations are designed to support immune function, protect your cells against the effects of aging, and regenerate antioxidant activity within your cells*

Precision Supplements Recommendations - My Formula - SML

We can create your unique formula

Your supplement capsules house a unique formula made just for you, which may include any combination of vitamins, herbs, minerals, enzymes, amino acids, and food extracts.

Your personalized formula will be prepared once you receive your results.

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Probiotic + Prebiotic Recommendations

Not all probiotics are created equal! Once we know more about the functions that need extra support, we'll connect the dots not only between these and which strains and fibers will be most beneficial for you.

App Screen - Your Supplements - Precision Probiotics + Prebiotics

App Screen - Precision Probiotics + Prebiotics Recommendations

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A personalized blend, just for you

Your daily stick pack containing your Viome-recommended probiotic and prebiotic blend is shipped to you monthly! Our scientists hand-select our probiotic strains based on extensive clinical data from academic and research institutions.

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Benefits of Full Body Intelligence

Proper nutrition is essential to tap into your body's natural ability to heal and defend itself against stress and toxins as you age. Consuming the right combination of foods, nutrients, and probiotics can significantly influence how you feel, look, and age.

Discover how your body is aging from within

Address inflammaging at the root

Promote emotional balance and a healthy mood

Biological Age

Eating the wrong foods for our body, including foods we believe to be healthy, along with lifestyle factors such as stress, our environment, and illness, can make it difficult for our body’s health to remain resilient as we age. Biological aging is characterized by underlying factors resulting from your body’s inability to maintain healthy functions. Your Biological Age number you receive with your Full Body Intelligence Test will reveal whether your body is aging faster or slower than your chronological age based on an analysis of your gut microbiome, oral microbiome, and cellular health.

Promote healthy blood pressure

Promote a resilient immune system

Help your body cope with stress

Heart & Metabolic Health | Kidney-Heart Health

The kidneys impact heart health through their central role in the regulation of blood pressure as well as their ability to filter blood to remove metabolites that can injure your blood vessels and other tissues. For example, metabolites like homocysteine are produced by our cells as a part of normal metabolism but can cause oxidative stress if not recycled into beneficial glutathione (the master antioxidant) or filtered from the blood by the kidneys.

If your test results determine you need support, your supplement recommendations may include vitamins and minerals that aid in homocysteine breakdown and blood pressure management.

Benefits of Full Body Intelligence

Discover how your body is aging from within

Biological Age

Address inflammaging at the root

Gut Health | Inflammatory Activity

When our bodies enter a chronic state of low-grade immune responses, we can be at a greater risk for health decline. This state, associated with aging, is known as “inflammageing”. Inflammaging has been closely related to obesity and poor gut health. Over time, internal damage from these conditions can cause prolonged harm to the digestive system and other organs, disrupting our body’s natural ability to heal and address infections. Our recommendations address your Inflammatory Activity score and other suboptimal scores that may be associated with inflammatory microbial activity.

Promote emotional balance and a healthy mood

Brain & Cognitive Health | Neurotransmitter Production

Many of our neurotransmitters - or the hormones that control our brain’s activity and our mood - are created inside the gut with the help of microorganisms that live there. The oral microbiome can also impact our mood and brain function through various activities that influence cognition. Not only are we able to monitor how much of these neurotransmitters such as GABA or Serotonin are produced, we’re also able to recommend foods that help support balance in your microbiome with effects that trickle down to your mood.

Promote healthy blood pressure

Heart & Metabolic Health | Kidney-Heart Health

If your test results determine you need support, your supplement recommendations may include vitamins and minerals that aid in homocysteine breakdown and blood pressure management.

Promote a resilient immune system

Immune System Health | Immune System Activation

No one wants an under-active immune response when trouble starts, but you certainly don’t want an over-active one either! In your results, you’ll find scores that break down the level of inflammation inside you, as well as how active your immune system is.
Learning where your immune system falls on this scale can help us determine whether issues in your body stem from too little or too much immune system activation.

Help your body cope with stress

Cellular & Energy Efficiency | Cellular Stress

Your test samples provide a lot of information about contributing causes to why your cells get stressed out. We can see all sorts of information, including the levels of oxidative stress in your cells. We can also see how your gut microbiome may produce toxic or inflammatory stress-inducing byproducts (e.g., putrescine, ammonia, cadaverine). In addition, if you consume a high salt diet - some signs may suggest ‘salt stress’ signaling. We don’t just see how stressed out your cells are, we can pinpoint what key factors might be causing it.

Why test with Viome’s gene expression testing

True personalization based on RNA sequencing technology

Navigating the world of diet and nutrition can be overwhelming, but with our proprietary RNA-sequencing technology, you no longer have to rely on guesswork to determine what works best for your body. Our cutting-edge gene expression analysis provides insight into your microbiome and cellular health functions, allowing us to understand your unique needs and distinguish which foods, supplements, biotics, and other ingredients will have the most impact on you as an individual.

Why test with Viome’s gene expression testing

Give your body what it needs as it changes over time

The health of your gut microbiome, oral microbiome, and cells is a dynamic and ever-changing aspect of your overall wellness, influenced by many internal and external factors. Symptoms may not always be immediately apparent, but our comprehensive analysis can detect subtle changes in your microbial activity and cellular functions over time with each test. By doing so, we can provide personalized nutrition recommendations and products specifically relevant to your current needs. Additionally, your monthly biotics and supplements can be updated to match your latest results if subscribed.

Why test with Viome’s gene expression testing

Target the root cause of health symptoms

At the core of our approach is the belief that addressing root causes is key to improving your overall health. Many health symptoms are often misattributed to other factors, but our analysis goes beyond the surface level. By measuring over 10 million data points from expressed genes per sample, we gain a deeper understanding of the underlying microbial pathways that may be contributing to imbalances and inflammation within your body. This allows us to specifically target and monitor the root cause of symptoms you experience.

Why test with Viome’s gene expression testing

Unprecedented insights into your health

The biology of the human body is a dynamic interplay between complex cellular, molecular, organ, and tissue systems, all of which can be impacted by the different nutrients and toxins that can come not only from the diet but can also be produced by all the trillions of microbes that live in us, from the oral cavity to the gut. To take precise action with food or supplements, a true “Systems Biology” approach is needed. This approach allows us to analyze the body holistically and quantify, manipulate, and track the cellular and microbial pathways, which reveal how molecules are made or used, which functions in the body can get stimulated or suppressed as a result, and how it all can be manipulated by your diet.

Why test with Viome’s gene expression testing

You benefit from our latest discoveries

When you join Viome, you help make scientific advancements accessible to everyone. Your participation not only benefits you but also has the potential to contribute to breakthroughs that impact humanity. Our Discovery Tests, such as CancerDetect for early cancer detection, are a direct result of the discoveries made through the insights provided by our users.

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How our tests compare with other at-home tests

DNA Testing

While DNA can provide information about family ancestry, it cannot explain current health symptoms. DNA remains constant throughout a person's life, and as a result, food recommendations based solely on DNA do not change, even if an individual experiences weight changes or health issues. The root cause of health imbalances is often gene expression, or RNA, which can change over time. Viome analyzes both microbial and human cell gene expressions to offer personalized food and supplement recommendations to help bring the body back into balance and improve overall health and well-being.

Microbiome Testing

Most microbiome testing companies, unlike Viome, are focused on microbial DNA and can tell you what organisms are in your gut, but they cannot tell you what these organisms are actually doing inside of your body, or if they are even dead or alive. For example, the same organism can be beneficial in one person and harmful in another, depending on that individual’s unique gut ecosystem.

Viome, on the other hand, uses metatranscriptomics to sequence the RNA of each person's entire microbial community, providing a complete view of the presence of live microorganisms and their activities, such as producing harmful toxins or beneficial nutrients. Unlike other gut tests that only examine microbial DNA using metagenomics, Viome's technology evaluates functional expressed genes to determine the impact of various microbial communities on a person's unique gut ecosystem.

Questionnaire-based Testing

Quiz-based recommendations are limited by basing conclusions on general information such as age, sex, weight, lifestyle, and health goals. However, there is no one-size-fits-all solution for optimal health and wellness. When it comes to your body’s unique biochemistry, it takes fine-tuning and precise variation. At Viome, we believe the best way to determine the right food and supplements is to listen to your body's specific needs. Inconsistent results in your health goals or harmful effects can occur when consuming the wrong "healthy" foods or supplements. Precise, personalized recommendations are necessary to avoid ineffective and potentially harmful choices.

Food Allergies & Sensitivity Testing

Food sensitivity tests are simply measuring antibodies to foods. Foods that show up on your food sensitivity test results may actually be good for you in reality. However, an antibody to that specific food often shows up when you are eating a lot of that food and suffering from a leaky gut. A leaky gut happens when there is damage to the lining of the gut making it more permeable to substances that should not go into your blood, triggering your immune system to make antibodies in response to those substances. Food sensitivity reactions are Immunoglobulins A (IgA), M (IgM), and G (IgG)-mediated immune system responses causing inflammation of the gastrointestinal lining with symptom onset occurring up to 48-72 hours after trigger exposure.
Allergic reactions are immediate immune system responses mediated by Immunoglobulin E (IgE) and can be life-threatening. Viome does not test for IgE which often results in anaphylactic reactions. Food allergies should be overseen and managed by an experienced physician.

Our science & technology

Our goal is to demystify health, make science accessible and honor the biochemical individuality of every human. We take a holistic science-forward, data-driven approach to health and nutrition.

Learn more about our science

Frequently Asked Questions

How long does it take to receive my results and recommendations?

Once we have received your sample(s) and you have completed your questionnaire, it will take about 2-3 weeks to receive your health scores and recommendations. If you have subscribed to your personalized products already, it will take between 5-14 days from the time you receive your results to the time you receive your products at your door.

What if I am taking medications or supplements?

You can still conduct Viome testing while on medication or supplements. For more information, read our full FAQ.

Should I wait to take my test?

There’s no need to wait to take your test. However, if you are currently on antibiotics, you may wish to wait. Read more about that in our full FAQ.

Do I need to fast prior to collecting blood and saliva?

Yes, fasting is necessary prior to collecting both your blood and saliva samples.

We recommend collecting both your saliva and blood samples first thing in the morning after you wake, before brushing your teeth or using mouthwash, or before eating any food or drinking anything other than water.

How do you store my information?

Viome stores your information securely. To ensure the confidentiality of your data and your results, we separate users' personally identifiable information (PII) from personal health information (PHI) and use multiple layers of encryption. We do not provide your information or results to employers or health insurance companies. Viome will never sell your information to any other group or company. Read more in our full FAQ.

How long does it take to see any changes?

Your recommendations are unique to you! It typically takes about 90 days to see the effects of a new diet on your microbiome, so sticking to your recommendations is key. Read more.