What is preventive testing?
Henri Matisse
Over the years, life expectancy has increased thanks to medical progress and improved hygiene.
Today, new disciplines are developing to help people age well and live better. Preventive medicine, also known as functional or anti-ageing medicine, can be supported by less traditional but equally interesting approaches, such as micronutrition, naturopathy, osteopathy, dietetics, and more.
Juvenalis offers a range of syndromic assessments for fertility, anti-ageing, immunity, sleep, endometriosis, and intestinal management, as well as microbiota mapping and general assessments for vitamin or mineral deficiencies.
Food intolerance assessment options are also available, where we test between 25 and 287 foods.
Functional biology: a shield against three major dysfunctions.
Functional biology, enables us to measure and qualify dysfunctions in the three main factors at the root of cellular ageing:
– Oxidative stress, which attacks our cells at the very heart of their metabolism
– Low-grade inflammation, responsible for much chronic pain
– Dysbiosis and intestinal hyperpermeability (HPI), which are responsible for most digestive disorders
These dysfunctions are at the root of chronic illnesses such as mood disorders, sleep disorders, insomnia, premenstrual syndrome, digestive disorders, weight problems, and more.
Many of these chronic conditions can be prevented with a micro-nutritional approach.
Functional biology and micronutrition
Micronutrition focuses on essential micronutrients such as vitamins, minerals, trace elements, fatty acids, and many others, aiming to optimise our health by compensating for micro-nutritional deficiencies specific to each individual.
Functional biology takes a comprehensive approach to health, analysing the functioning of the organism. It seeks to identify and correct imbalances and dysfunctions before they turn into disease.
Functional biology and micronutrition are two complementary disciplines that play a crucial role in improving health and well-being by preventing numerous disorders, strengthening the immune system, and more.
At Juvenalis, we understand the importance of this synergy, and we strive to offer state-of-the-art functional biology assessments to help you optimise your health through a preventive and personalised approach.
Who can guide you in your preventive approach?
These analyses do not require a doctor’s prescription, so you can request them on your own by making an appointment directly with a laboratory that works with Eurofins Biomnis.
However, we advise you to be accompanied by a practitioner or healthcare professional for guidance on the choice of preventive biology test. He or she will be able to interpret the results and put in place the personalised therapeutic choices you need.
All practitioners involved in preventive, functional or anti-ageing medicine are likely to be able to assist you, including general practitioners, sports doctors, anti-aging doctors, aesthetic doctors, dermatologists, nutritionists, dieticians, naturopaths, homeopaths, osteopaths, acupuncturists, mesotherapists, etc.
Juvenalis’ preventive and functional biology assessments enable the clinician to provide targeted, personalised support. They are then able to prevent the signs of ageing and keep you in good health.
Functional and preventive biology tests are not covered by health insurance, even in the case of prescription by a doctor.