An Introduction to the GI MAP

An introduction to The GI-MAP® (GI Microbial Assay Plus) by Tom Fabian, PhD. Diagnostic Solutions Laboratory is pleased to partner with you to bring true ADVANCES in microbial testing. Our commitment to laboratory medicine is to utilize proven methodologies that are accurate and reliable.
The GI-MAP stool test utilizes cutting edge, Quantitative PCR technology to provide a true DNA/PCR based stool test. This technology has high sensitivity, specificity and a rapid turnaround. The GI pathogens include bacteria, parasites and viruses. Continuing with this platform, the GI-MAP measures H. pylori, commensal/keystone bacteria, opportunistic/overgrowth microbes, fungi/yeast, viruses, parasites and H. pylori antibiotic resistance genes. And the Plus refers to immunologic markers for GI health and function including SIgA, Elastase, Eosinophil Activation Protein, Calprotectin and Anti-gliadin testing. Zonulin is also available as an add-on.

[@JasonActualization]

I strongly encourage people with this disease to eliminate gluten, seed oils, and vegetables (I beg you to be open-minded in this minute) for a week and see how you feel. I suffered for far too long not to pay forward this information for free.

[@benjames1497]

did you ever reintroduce vegetables? Presumably after solving your dysbiosis?

[@JasonActualization]

@@benjames1497 Yes, if I could go back in time 15 years, I would have done a red meat and white rice only diet until I was symptom free for a week, and then added things back one at a time. The key to managing this disease is by lowering your endogenous linoleic acid, which I've never heard anyone talk about specifically in an EoE context. I've been doing this for years and that's how I'm able to have things that would otherwise trigger people with this condition, like dairy for example. The key to lowering linoleic acid is cutting out any/all seed oils and emphasizing the intake of saturated fat, which has been erroneously assigned the scapegoat for the doings of industrial oils.

[@benjames1497]

@@JasonActualization very interesting information, thanks for the detailed response. Which disease are you referring to when you say "this disease"?

[@JasonActualization]

@@benjames1497 Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE). That's my bad, I literally just realized that I haphazardly copy-pasted that initial comment to myriad videos that (I thought) pertained to EoE. The beauty of what I'm saying however is that it has ramifications spanning far and wide. The thousands of so-called diseases we have are an unnecessarily elaborate naming system for a single underlying process, oxidative stress, which gives rise to chronic, low grade inflammation. Seed oils were designed to lubricate machinery, not mankind, but it's extremely difficult to convince people of their insidious effects because of decades of delusion about saturated fat being the root of all evil. Most of this misunderstanding stems from the erroneous assertion that LDL is atherogenic and will lead to plaque buildup in your arteries, and because seed oils lower LDL they are heart healthy. Arsenic also lowers LDL, but this happens due to hepatotoxicity, and the LDL that the liver then makes is susceptible to oxidation, and it is precisely oxidized LDL that is injurious and will set off the inflammatory cascade that leads to plaque formation (in the case of heart disease).

[@benjames1497]

@@JasonActualization really really intersting information. Do you have any recommendations for diagnostic tests that can measure chronic low grade inflammation that is the root behind the majority of chronic illness? I especially curious about your thoughts on the meta-oxy test

[@teriburton848]

Thank you for the introduction. Any advice on understanding the test without a Dr.? Can the tests be ordered and read and then advised on how to move forward after results without a Dr.?

[@diagnosticsolutionslaboratory]

Hi. Thank you for attending the webinar. The GI-MAP test should be interpreted by a practitioner who can than target a personalized gut-healing protocol based on the results. We can help you find a practitioner near you! Please email us at [e-mail] so we can help you.

[@shirl7355]

I got the test from an Integrated Dr. They cost a lot

[@inthevortex-de1rh]

​@@shirl7355what is price?