£99.00
Start your journey to optimising your health & wellbeing with our Essential Health Check.
- Tests for 18 different health markers: cholesterol and triglycerides, liver function, Vitamin D, Vitamin B12 & Iron deficiency.
- Easy at-home finger prick blood test. No need to leave the house.
- Receive hospital standard, easy to read “traffic light” results.
- Supporting guidebook provided to help you make effective lifestyle changes.
- Receive advice to better support your overall health.
- Customers must be aged 18 years or over to take this test. This test is not available to customers who are pregnant or breastfeeding.
- Only available in the UK
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Improve Your Health At Home
With our quick and simple home-to-laboratory finger-prick blood test, we can measure precisely what’s going on in your blood & therefore your body. Receive your results within 7 days ,plus advice on whether your results are normal, if lifestyle changes are required, and if a visit to your GP is recommended.
Prioritise yourself & your health
Theres no better time to start taking care of yourself, including your immune system. The Essential Health Check offers a scientific understanding of whether you are deficient in vitamins and iron, with advice to take easy steps to protect & optimise your health overall.
Start changing your life for the better
Take control of your wellbeing in a positive way. Receive guidance about your liver health, and the “bad” and “good” cholesterols, and triglycerides. With support and guidance to hand, it’s easy to make changes to support and improve your health.
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How It Works
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Place your order, and we’ll post it to you directly.
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Take a finger prick test and collect 2-3 drops of blood, and post back to our laboratory.
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Receive and review your results, in a simple, easy to understand way.
What Biomarkers Are Tested?
Find out more about your health:
Iron Deficiency
Ferritin is a protein that stores iron in the body and is the most useful indicator of iron deficiency as stores can be decreased before any blood iron levels are low. This test can also indicate if blood iron stores are too high. If your body is storing too much or too little iron this requires follow up testing from your GP.
Vitamin D
Vitamin D is needed by the body for both physical and mental health, but is best known for making sure that bones and muscles (including your heart) are strong and growing properly. It also helps regulate the immune system. Vitamin D deficiency is related to conditions such as diabetes, heart disease and certain cancers. The development or worsening of mental health conditions, such as depression and low mood has also been linked to inadequate levels of vitamin D.
Cholesterol
When you think of cholesterol, you probably think of ‘bad’ or high cholesterol. But there’s also a ‘good’ type of cholesterol that your body needs to keep at an optimum level.
Cholesterol plays an important role in many of the body’s processes. However, it’s important that cholesterol levels don’t go out of balance.
High-density lipoprotein (HDL) is the good kind of cholesterol. Low-density lipoprotein (LDL), VLDL and non-HDL are the bad types of cholesterol along with triglycerides that you want to keep in check.
The Essential Health Check measures all of these and total cholesterol as well. The test also calculates your total cholesterol to HDL ratio and your triglycerides to HDL ratio which are both useful information for a GP in determining your risk of heart problems or stroke.
The main aim is to focus on lowering your “bad” cholesterol and triglycerides, and increasing your “good” HDL cholesterol to an optimum level.
Vitamin B12
Vitamin B12 has many roles in your body. It plays a really important role in red blood cell production and helps your nervous system to function properly.
Vitamin B12 levels are important for aspects including boosting your energy, improving your memory and helping to prevent heart disease.
Liver Function
The liver is responsible for functions vital to life. The liver primarily processes nutrients from foods, removes toxins from the body and builds proteins. It breaks down fats, it converts glucose into energy stores and produces hormones. It also helps the body fight off infections.
What we measure
Albumin; a protein that is made in your liver. It helps to transport nutrients and hormones, as well as helps to grow and repair tissues in your body.
Globulin; a group of proteins made in your liver. Globulins play an important role in liver function, blood clotting and fighting infections.
Total protein; your albumin and globulin levels combined.
Alanine aminotransferase (ALT); a protein enzyme that is only found in your liver, so it’s a good indicator of your liver function. A high ALT level can be a sign of liver damage as the ALT protein is released into the bloodstream from the damaged liver cells.
Alkaline phosphatase (ALP); your liver is one of the main sources of ALP, but some is also made in your bones, intestines, pancreas, and kidneys.
Gamma-glutamyl transferase (GGT); a protein enzyme found mainly in the liver. A high GGT can indicate damage to the liver or bile ducts.
Total bilirubin; a yellow pigment. High bilirubin levels can be a sign that your liver is damaged. Sometimes high levels can be caused by Gilbert’s syndrome which is a harmless inherited disorder.
Vitamin B12 levels are important for aspects including boosting your energy, improving your memory and helping to prevent heart disease.
Whats In Your Test?
With 19 key health markers to test for, your kit includes a free return envelope included, making it easy for you to post your sample back to us securely. You can leave the rest to us, and recieve your results within 5 working days.
- 1 Blood Collection Tube
- 2 Single use Lancets
- 1 Blood Collection Tube Case
- 1 Pre-Paid Return Envelope
- 2 Plasters
- 1 Label
- 1 Alcohol-Free Cleansing Wipe
