Greetings, Eric Bakker, Naturopath from New Zealand.
Thanks for coming back, checking out my videos.
We're talking about stool testing today.
We're doing several videos on stool testing.
So we're gonna talk about Doctor's Data Stool Testing.
So Doctor's Data Labs are in Chicago.
They're in Illinois, Chicago.
I've worked with Doctor's Data now for over 20 years.
I've had training by Doctor's Data.
I've been to their labs.
I know the company quite well.
I know some of their technical people, they're brilliant.
They always reply to my emails.
I've sometimes had some interesting outcomes where I've had a patient, with enough income,
who's actually had stool tests done by both labs at exactly the same time.
Which is interesting.
Or I've authorized a Doctor's Data stool test, whereas previously I had one done by Genova
Diagnostics or Great Plains.
But now they've got a Doctor's Data one, and I've found sometimes to be quite conflicting
results.
So I've emailed Doctor's Data as I mentioned, I get a reply and get a great reply back,
but I never get replies back from Genova Labs, which disappoints me.
Let me just shut this blind, it's a bit bright today.
Yeah, so it is a bit disappointing when you don't hear back from these guys.
But Doctor's Data, never a problem.
Explaining exactly why there was a discrepancy in their test result.
Why they actually showed to have higher levels of beneficial bacteria in their test, whereas
the Genova showed no beneficial bacteria.
And that was a question that they replied to, and they explained exactly why the methodology
showed that there were viable counts there, as opposed to not being.
So the reply was very good.
So I prefer to work with a lab I've worked with for a long, long time.
I know their technical guy there.
I get outstanding results with it, and also I think the pricing is quite good.
So I believe that Genova are pricier, they're more expensive.
Genova, we're gonna talk about in a minute, in another video, but I always stay with Doctor's
Data Labs because it's my preference.
I believe that technically they're superior.
They've spent quite a lot of money on lab upgrades.
They've got the right kind of PhD's on staff.
They've been around a long, long time, and so I'll stay with that lab.
If something works, you know, why reinvent the wheel?
I'm very happy with it.
And I think for the 400 odd dollars that you're spending for a lab test when it comes to their
top level stool test, you're getting an incredible amount of information back.
Plus also, you're getting it back in a particular way that's easy to read and easy to act upon
that information.
Whereas with other lab tests, the results can be a bit difficult to interpret and go
more into specific species for example, which doesn't interest me that much.
So the Doctor's Data test, the first page basically is the micro biology screen.
So we've really got the beneficial bacteria, we've got the imbalanced bacteria, and the
dysbiotic bacteria all on the front page at the top.
So in one quick overview we can immediately see what the bacteria are doing.
Then we've also, on that page, we've got the mycology culture.
So they've actually cultured the stool samples to see if they can grow any live viable yeast
from the stool sample.
On the second page we've got the parasitology page.
So each of the three samples is independently tested for the presence of parasites, and
also for dead yeast.
So yeah.
And then the report keeps going on and on.
Then we have digestion markers.
We have desorption markers.
We have immunology markers.
We have inflammation markers.
There's several pages of very useful information on this report, laid out in such a fashion
that one of those reports I can interpret usually in less than five minutes now, I've
had so many of these reports in my hands.
I've found reports from other companies a little bit more difficult to interpret.
Information can be scattered all over the place.
Sometimes some of these markers are missing, they're not quite there.
And as I say, it is also more expensive to test with other labs, and sometimes a couple
of hundred dollars more.
So that can make a big difference.
Doctor's Data has been doing stool testing a long, long time now.
And I believe they're one of the top experts in America, for stool testing.
The two top labs I would rank, in the US for stool testing, would be Doctor's Data and
also Genova Diagnostics.
That would be the two top labs in my opinion.
So if you're going to spend upwards of three/four hundred dollars on a test, I believe that
it should be with one of those two labs.
Cause you're dealing with the right people, the right experience.
And if you do the test properly, as I mentioned in a previous video, with the withholding
period observed for supplements, you're going to get the right kind of result as well.
And as long as you're working with a practitioner who knows how to interpret these results and
put a good protocol into place for you, you're going to get a great outcome as well.
So if your going to do stool testing, make the wise decision to either invest in either
a Doctor's Data test, or a Genova Diagnostics test.
Cause those would be the two top companies, in my opinion, that you should be working
with.
So, hope that gives you a bit of information.
Thanks for tuning in.