A Nutritional and Metabolic Snapshot

Organic acids are products of the body’s metabolic pathways. Evaluation of these downstream metabolites from various metabolic pathways provides insight into important areas related to gut health, mitochondrial dysfunction, neurotransmitter status, indicators of detoxification and macronutrient breakdown and nutritional status. This makes organic acid testing a valuable tool to assess the functional need for essential nutrients, diet modification, antioxidant protection, detoxification, and other therapies.

The Organic Acids Test (OAT) provides a comprehensive nutritional and metabolic snapshot of an individual’s overall health. The OAT measures 76 organic acids from one easy to collect urine sample.

Why Run an Organic Acids Test (OAT)?

The Organic Acids Test (OAT) is a simple and efficient way to assess a number of metabolic pathways providing insight into imbalances and nutrient needs. The OAT can provide insight into a wide range of conditions, making it valuable for individuals who are experiencing complex chronic conditions.

What is the Process for Getting Your Test Results?

When you order the OAT test with us, we will submit your requisition for a test kit to be drop-shipped to you via DHA Laboratory, whom we have an account with. DHA Laboratory is a lab testing service company that offers the Organic Acids Test by Mosaic Diagnostics.

Your test kit will include instructions on how to take your urine sample and a pre-paid envelope for shipping your sample directly to Mosaic Diagnostics laboratory. The turnaround time to get test results is 1-2 weeks from the time the lab receives your sample.

Once your results are available to us through our account portal with DHA Laboratory, we will forward your results to you via email with a pdf attached report showing your results.

To view a sample Mosaic Organic Acids Test, click here.

The OAT test report is organized into clinically useful categories including:

• Intestinal Microbial Overgrowth markers evaluate for candida activity, clostridia bacteria toxins, potential mold exposure, and imbalance in the gut microflora.
• Oxalate Metabolites provide insight into oxalate levels being generated by organisms within the system or via dietary contributions.
• Glycolytic Cycle Metabolites and Mitochondrial Markers (Krebs Cycle and Amino Acid Metabolites) evaluate for metabolic efficiency (e.g., use of glucose and amino acids for energy generation) and mitochondrial dysfunction.
• Neurotransmitter Metabolites evaluate for phenylalanine, tyrosine and tryptophan metabolism which are linked to neurotransmitter status and quinolinic acid production.
• Pyrimidine Metabolites & Ketone and Fatty Acid Oxidation markers give insight into folate status and cellular turnover, as well as mitochondrial utilization of fatty acids for energy production.
• Nutritional Markers provide insight into the sufficiency of essential vitamins, antioxidants, and metabolic pathway co-factors.
• Indicators of Detoxification assess for the presence of oxidative stress via markers of glutathione sufficiency and methylation versus transsulfuration function.
• Amino Acid Metabolites may suggest functional nutrient need or be reflective of genetic metabolic dysfunction if a consistently, persistently elevated level of a particular analyte is noted.
• The Mineral Metabolism marker provides insight into dietary intake of phosphate and can give insights into Vitamin D levels.

Add a Consult or Consult with Follow-up Summary!

You have the option of adding a 30 Minute Consult or 30 Minute Consult and Follow-up Summary by selecting one of the radio buttons above or below. Your 30 minute phone consultation (and summary) will be given by one of our holistic health specialists, Hannah Cherny. 

Hannah Cherny, MSHN, HTMAp, RCP

Hannah graduated with a Master of Science in Holistic Nutrition, with an undergraduate degree in Cognitive and Social Psychology. She also was trained and certified personally by Dr. Rick Malter in the interpretation of the Trace Elements HTMA lab results. Hannah is also certified in the Root Cause Protocol (RCP), a course that deepened her understanding of mineral balancing, especially as it relates to copper and iron. Hannah has worked in multiple clinical settings using her expertise in interpreting hair tissue mineral analysis. To view Hannah's brief biography, click here.

Who Might Benefit from the OAT?

The OAT provides useful information about how well an individual’s metabolic pathways are functioning. Revealed imbalances may provide guidance around the underlying contributors to both symptoms and disease states – with improvement of associated symptoms and overall health when clinically addressed.

*The following symptoms and diseases can be associated with nutritional deficiencies and other metabolic imbalances: Anxiety, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Depression, Diabetes, Digestive Disorders, Fatigue, Fibromyalgia, Gastrointestinal dysbiosis, Insulin resistance, Neurological Disorders, Obesity, Psychological Disorders, Vulvodynia.

PLEASE NOTE: When you check out through our cart we ask that you indicate in the "Additional Information" window, the full name of who the test is for, their birth date, and gender; as this information will be required to submit your requisition to the lab for sending you your kit. If you prefer to call us with this information, you can leave a message on our voice mail line at 520-877-2637 and we will call you back. Thank you!

Note: Testing is not available to NY State residents. Due to current New York State regulations, Mosaic Diagnostics Laboratory is unable to process samples collected from residents of New York. If your billing or shipping address is in New York state, we cannot process your order until you remove the GI MAP Test & Written Interpretation w/ Protocol from your order.

Mosaic Diagnostics Organic Acids Test (OAT) - Urine Sample