Tests

Yes, Thorne has an extensive network of health-care practitioners. Click here to access our health-care practitioner network. You only need to enter your zip code and the search results will show health-care practitioners located in your area.

After receiving your completed online order, we will ship your test within 2 business days. You can expect to receive your kit within 3-5 business days, barring any unforeseen issues.  After you have collected your samples, packaged them up, and mailed them back, it will take another 3-7 business days for your samples to reach the lab. We will then analyze your test results, and your results will be available on the Thorne dashboard within 8-10 business days.

Tracking Your Test: You can track your order status by logging onto your Thorne account. Simply click on your profile icon, select the orders tab, and click on the order you wish to track. Once you are in the order details for the order, you can view the delivery status of your health test from our Thorne facility to your doorstep.

Tracking Test Samples: You can track the shipment of your samples to the laboratory on the USPS website. The tracking number is located on your return envelope inside the test box.

Please note, Gut Health results are usually ready in 5-6 weeks. Be sure to fill out your Health Profile in your Thorne account while you wait for your results, so you can receive your results as soon as they are ready. 

Fertility: Estradiol, Progesterone, the ratio of Estradiol to Progesterone, Total Testosterone, Sex Hormone Binding Globulin (SHBG), Luteinizing Hormone (LH), Follicle-Stimulating Hormone (FSH), Cortisol x 4, Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone (TSH), Free T3, Free T4, Thyroid Peroxidase Antibodies (TPOAb), and Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA)

Menopause: Estradiol, Progesterone, Testosterone (free), Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), Cortisol

Sleep: Cortisol x 4 and Melatonin x 4

Stress: Cortisol x 4 and Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA)

Thyroid: Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH), Thyroid Peroxidase Antibodies (TPOAb), Free T3, and Free T4

Vitamin D: total vitamin D, which includes two common forms of vitamin D ‐ D2 (25OH-D2) and D3 (25OH-D3)

Weight Management: Estradiol, Progesterone, Testosterone, Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), Cortisol, Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone (TSH), Insulin, Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c), Vitamin D

Gut Health: Intestinal Permeability Score, Gut Dysbiosis (including Good and Bad Bacteria and Probiotics), Digestion, Inflammation, Nervous System Imbalance, Beta-Diversity, Miconutrients (such as Niacin and B6), Short-Chain Fatty Acids, Immune Readiness, and Pathogens

Biological Age: Biological Age, Age Rate, Blood Age, Lipid Age, Liver Age, Kidney Age, and Metabolic Age

It’s likely that this is a mistake from the lab in the draw or processing of your blood. But in the small chance there is, TNP will show in a value’s place as it is undetermined. Although you may not have a result for that biomarker, your Biological Age report is still able to be made with accuracy and reliability.

Sungenomics uses the same best-in-class metagenomic sequencing Thorne uses and appears to be working with reputable labs. However, Thorne is unsure how deep their sequencing coverage is or what their experience is in the field. Most importantly, we use a complex combination of commercially available products or single nutrients because we have seen that very few products work alone. This paper, published in Cell, indicates probiotics alone have a difficult time colonizing in the human gut. This paper came out as we were running our own trial and corresponds with our preliminary findings that pre and probiotics, in combination with digestive enzymes and nutritional interventions, work much better in combination than alone. Our clinical trial can be found here.

Compared to Viome, we offer: (1) metagenomic sequencing instead of metatranscriptomic sequencing, which identifies the DNA of all microorganisms in a sample including viruses, fungi, parasites, human DNA, etc. Viome’s technology (metatranscriptomic) looks at the RNA, which is less stable and more reflective of a recent meal (2) much higher specificity so we can differentiate at the strain level (meaning we can tell the difference between strains of E. coli – including finding E. coli 0157:H7) and (3) thorough, easy to read, actionable interventions to optimize the microbiome with a full read-out of what was found in your sample compared to others. These interventions are research-backed. (4) We allow easy sharing of reports between patients and healthcare providers. HCPs can also view results first and release results to their patients.

We use a few different methods of comparing bacterial composition to aggregate entire diet recommendations. This means we do everything from specific strain level food recommendations to broader metabolic pathways matched to anti-inflammatory foods, for example. The results are then combined into a diet recommendation rather than a list of foods to give the most actionable, meaningful results possible.

We recommend an overall diet style based on extensive scientific publications and the status of your microbiome. You may also be recommended specific foods to add extra or avoid all together. Your supplement recommendations will compliment your foods and will provide the fuel to increase the levels of good bacteria in your gut that need support to resolve gut issues and obtain microbe balance in the gut. We recommend you try to follow your diet and supplement pattern for at least 30 days, as some people may experience a week or two of increased in gas or bloating before reaching an optimal balance.

LPS is not directly measured or reported but inflammation is a whole category of the Gut Health test that accounts for bacteria known to cause inflammation and inflammatory pathways being activated with gut metabolites.

Calprotectin is not directly measured or reported but inflammation is a whole category of the Gut Health test that accounts for bacteria known to cause inflammation and inflammatory pathways being activated with gut metabolites.