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DNA Health

A once-in-a-lifetime look at the genes linked to food, caffeine, training and sleep

  • ✦SNP panel across genes such as CYP1A2, COMT, MTHFR, GST, SOD2, VDR and APOE
  • ✦Linked to how you handle caffeine, food, training and recovery
  • ✦Nutrigenetics as one input among many, never the whole plan
  • ✦One painless cheek swab, your genotype is fixed for life, tested once
  • ✦Read with you by our care team, next to your habits and goals

Cheek swab · taken at home or in-clinic

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DNAlife · Nordic · DNA Health

Your Genome, Read Once for Life

Caffeine metabolism
Stress chemistry (COMT)
Folate pathway (MTHFR)
Antioxidant genes
Dietary fats (APOE)
+ more
7 core pathways · one cheek swab
How this test can help

Select the area and specific problem to see exactly how we approach it through this test.

Energy & everyday nutrition

Folate- and vitamin-related variants give context for meals rich in leafy greens, legumes and whole foods. They never set a supplement or a dose: your nutrient status is a blood test with your doctor (Hickey et al., 2013).

From data to action

Precise markers mean precise actions. Once the test shows what is actually driving the pattern, the plan can target that, instead of guessing.

ReadNutrient-related variantsContext for your plate, not a verdict.
BuildLeafy greens and legumesFolate-rich foods that suit almost everyone.
RebuildSleep and rhythmUsually a bigger lever than any gene.
CheckYour doctorLasting tiredness deserves the standard blood tests.

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Where we focus

DNA Health is not a risk score. It reads a handful of connected areas, each one context for everyday choices.

1 cheek swab · SNP panel across 7 core pathways · tested once for life
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Caffeine & stress chemistry

CYP1A2 and COMT are linked to how quickly you clear caffeine, dopamine and adrenaline: context for coffee, focus and the way you wind down.

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Nutrient handling

MTHFR and VDR are linked to folate and vitamin D pathways. We read them as context for food choices; your actual status is measured with a blood test.

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Antioxidant defence

GST, GPX and SOD2 are linked to the body's antioxidant enzymes: context for colourful, plant-rich meals, not a measure of how healthy you are.

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Fat handling

APOE is linked to how the body handles dietary fat. We read it for food choices only, and leave questions about health risk to your doctor.

Read together, these variants give context for how you handle caffeine, food, training and recovery, a starting point we then test against your real life.

Caffeine clearance, CYP1A2, a starting point for your own amount and cut-off time
COMT, linked to how you break down dopamine and adrenaline
Folate-related variants, MTHFR, read as context and never to set a dose
Antioxidant-related genes, GST, GPX and SOD2, as context for food choices
Vitamin-D related variants, VDR, while your actual level is a blood test
APOE, linked to how the body handles dietary fat, read for food choices only
Often paired with

Most people run one test. Where a second genuinely adds an answer the first cannot give, this is the pair we reach for.

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Testing at home
  1. 01

    Your kit arrives

    A sealed collection kit comes to your door, with clear step-by-step instructions and everything you need inside.

  2. 02

    Collect your sample

    A few simple minutes at home, no clinic visit and no needles. The instructions walk you through it.

  3. 03

    Ship it back

    The sealed sample goes in the prepaid return packaging, straight to the laboratory for analysis.

  4. 04

    Results

    The laboratory reports back, and our experts read your results against your full picture.

  5. 05

    Your protocol

    We go through them with you and adapt your protocol around what they show.

Cheek swab · taken at home or in-clinic

Have a call with our Lead Nutritionist to order your test and get your data-backed, personalised plan.

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The people behind your results

A lab number on its own changes nothing. What matters is who reads it, and your results pass through two layers of expertise before they ever shape your protocol.

Alessandra Ginsburg

Alessandra Ginsburg

IFM-certified Functional Nutrition Practitioner

Alessandra interprets every marker against your full clinical picture, your symptoms, history, lifestyle and goals, not against a generic reference range. She is the one who turns raw lab data into the specific, personalised actions in your protocol, and who decides when a finding warrants medical evaluation and a referral to a physician.

Nordic Laboratories

Nordic Laboratories

Specialist functional-medicine laboratory · since 1997 · 100+ countries

Your sample is processed by Nordic Laboratories, a specialist functional-medicine lab operating since 1997 across more than 100 countries. Their scientific team runs the validated PCR and metabolomic assays under strict quality control, so the data Alessandra works from is accurate, reproducible and clinically meaningful.

Common questions
No. Your genotype is fixed at birth, which is why the test is done once. What changes is how you live, and that is where most of the difference is made.
The evidence

Every claim on this page is anchored in published, peer-reviewed science. The studies behind it:

References ground the science of each marker, they describe the biology and published outcomes, not a guarantee of individual results.

Functional testing at FunctionAlps is used to guide nutritional optimisation within ASCA and EMR scope. It is not a medical diagnostic tool. When findings warrant medical evaluation, we coordinate with a referring physician.

Tests are selected during your Discovery
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