Fuel Your Wellness From the Inside Out: How CanAlt Health Labs Services Empower Your Health Journey

When it comes to meaningful, lasting health improvements, surface-level symptoms rarely tell the full story. Sustainable wellness begins with understanding what’s happening inside the body — from nutrient balance and stress patterns to food sensitivities and fatty acid status.

Through our partnership with CanAlt Health Laboratories, Optimize Nutrition provides access to clinical-grade functional lab testing designed to uncover deeper insights and support personalized wellness strategies.

Why Functional Lab Testing Matters

Traditional lab panels are designed to detect disease. Functional laboratory testing, on the other hand, focuses on identifying early imbalances and suboptimal patterns that may affect energy, digestion, mood, metabolism, and overall resilience.

By working with CanAlt Health Laboratories, we are able to offer evidence-based testing that empowers individuals to:

• Identify underlying imbalances
• Personalize nutrition and supplement strategies
• Track progress with measurable data
• Take proactive steps toward long-term health

Lab Testing Options Available Through Optimize Nutrition

Here are the key testing services we offer through our CanAlt partnership and how they can support your health goals.

Comprehensive Hair Mineral Analysis

This advanced screening measures up to 60 essential minerals and toxic elements using a hair sample. Because hair reflects long-term mineral storage, it provides a broader view of nutrient trends over time.

Benefits include:

• Identifies mineral deficiencies and imbalances
• Detects heavy metal exposure
• Supports metabolic and detoxification insights
• Helps guide targeted nutritional balancing protocols

Mineral status influences everything from energy production and thyroid function to stress response and immune resilience.

IgG Food Sensitivity Testing

Not all food reactions are immediate allergies. IgG food sensitivity testing evaluates delayed immune responses to a wide range of foods that may contribute to symptoms such as:

• Digestive discomfort
• Fatigue
• Headaches
• Skin irritation
• Inflammation

Benefits include:

• Identifies potential hidden food triggers
• Supports structured elimination and reintroduction plans
• Helps improve digestive comfort and overall vitality

This test provides clarity for individuals struggling with unexplained or persistent symptoms.

Hair Cortisol Analysis

Stress is one of the most overlooked contributors to fatigue, sleep disruption, and metabolic dysfunction. Hair cortisol testing offers insight into long-term cortisol patterns over several months — providing a more stable measurement than single-point saliva or blood tests.

Benefits include:

• Evaluates chronic stress load
• Supports assessment of HPA axis balance
• Helps guide lifestyle, recovery, and stress-management strategies

Understanding cortisol patterns can be a powerful step toward restoring energy and resilience.

Omega-3 & DHA Testing

Omega-3 fatty acids play a key role in cardiovascular health, cognitive performance, inflammation balance, and metabolic function. Testing measures levels of EPA, DHA, and related fatty acids to determine sufficiency.

Benefits include:

• Assesses fatty acid balance
• Guides personalized omega-3 supplementation
• Supports heart and brain health optimization

Breast Milk DHA Testing

For breastfeeding mothers, DHA levels are especially important for infant brain and visual development. This specialized test measures DHA content in breast milk to ensure adequate nutritional support for early development.

Benefits include:

• Provides clarity for nursing mothers
• Supports targeted nutritional adjustments
• Enhances confidence in maternal nutrition strategies

Quality and Accreditation You Can Trust

CanAlt Health Laboratories is ISO 15189 Plus™ accredited and licensed by the Ontario Ministry of Health. This ensures high laboratory standards, validated testing methods, and consistent accuracy.

When choosing functional lab testing, quality and credibility matter. Accurate results are essential for building effective, personalized health strategies.

Who Benefits Most From These Services?

Functional lab testing is ideal for individuals who:

• Want to move beyond symptom management
• Are seeking root-cause insight
• Experience unexplained fatigue or digestive issues
• Want data-driven nutrition planning
• Are focused on proactive, preventative wellness

Whether you are optimizing performance or addressing persistent imbalances, laboratory testing provides measurable direction.

Take Control of Your Health With Data-Driven Insights

Understanding your biology allows you to make informed decisions about nutrition, supplementation, and lifestyle adjustments. Through our partnership with CanAlt Health Laboratories, Optimize Nutrition offers access to advanced, clinically validated testing options that help you move forward with clarity and confidence.

When you fuel your health with information, you build a stronger foundation for long-term wellness.