DNA result reports - another option

Gabes-Apg · Post by **Gabes-Apg** » Fri Jan 16, 2015 8:51 pm

Zizzle put me onto another site that provides health type reports based on your DNA (23andme) results. www.LiveWello.com

( i dont think this has been mentioned here before) the reports cost me $20

the reports from LiveWello are not really 'layperson' type reports.

Some may be interested that the site does provide a comprehensive list of practitioners that utilise these types of reports. (and other reportss that can be derived from your 23andme results)
Most of the practitioners were in the USA, within the list there are a couple of Australian based ones, Canada based ones, and even one UK based one.

I didnt read all their bio's, but from the ones that I did read, these are people that can help translate these types of reports and provide guidance on what supplements will work best for you.
Some do Skype sessions... I am sure a quick email query will give you an idea of the cost.
Some focus on Thyroid, some on chronic illness, etc etc etc
quite a few offer free 15 min phone consults to discuss if they are the practitioner for you.

For those with multiple issues /struggling to attain wellness, doing these tests and getting the reports 'translated' into layperson speak may well be a worthwhile investment.

You dont have to implement all their recommendations, or change your MC safe eating plan.
you can take the recommendations and implement at the pace you can afford/handle.
Confirming which supplements will best correct identified issues - IMO will reduce inflammation, encourage and potentially speed up the healing process.
and based on your results, they will be able to provide guidance on dosage. do you need 500mg of betaine per meal, or 1000mg to get the full benefit.
do you metabolise medications quickly or slowly?

With so many people on this forum struggling to get the support they need from medical practitioners this may be a worthwhile investment.
Looking at some of the bio's/web sites of the practitioners. Some are covered by insurance, some are not. most of the ones i looked at, do phone and skype consultations.
and quite a few are affiliated with the functional labs in the USA - handy for heavy metal testing or other tests that your normal doctor will not order.

It 'sucks' that we have to spend precious money to get any half decent pro-active health care - I have been unemployed for almost 12 months and totally empathise the financial stress in having to go this path. Albeit, I would not have attained the improvement in my health in the last 9 months without it.

One thing that this process has provided to me, is the guidance as to what nutrients/minerals/amino acids I need most, and dosage. I am tolerating ALL that I am taking! (at least 30 different ones!!)
one key learning from this process is that due to the combo of my gene mutations i need both forms of B12.

ldubois7 · Post by **ldubois7** » Fri Jan 16, 2015 9:14 pm

Thanks! I have to start writing these things down!

Gabes-Apg · Post by **Gabes-Apg** » Fri Jan 16, 2015 9:33 pm

When we first started talking about it, i started a 96page exercise book, keep notes, webpages, names of doctors/practitioners etc and then when I got my results, notes about my results... In 3 months it is almost full, I will have to start another one soon!!

Gabes-Apg · Post by **Gabes-Apg** » Fri Jan 16, 2015 9:37 pm

Attn Tex:
if you do run this report, i would be interested in comparing /discussing some results with you!!

Post by **tex** » Fri Jan 16, 2015 10:22 pm

Hi Gabes,

Maybe it's just me, but the fact that the site presents itself as a "social site" sends the wrong signals to me. It sounds as though they want to become the "Facebook of genetic data", and that really doesn't appeal to me.

Tex

Zizzle · Post by **Zizzle** » Sat Jan 17, 2015 2:08 pm

23&me is a very social site too. It encourages you to find distant cousins and find people of your same haplotype. It also has active discussion forums. Is LiveWello much different in that regard?

Post by **tex** » Sat Jan 17, 2015 8:42 pm

I would guess that 23andme is probably worse than LiveWello in that regard. But if you want cheap genetic data, 23andme is the only game in town. I simply declined all the social options (at least I hope I did — they seem to be ubiquitous there).

On the other hand, I'm not convinced that a LiveWello analysis would be beneficial for me. They seem to be selling treatment services. IOW, they make the reports unnecessarily difficult to comprehend, so that they can promote the services of practitioners on their list. I'm guessing that they earn a commission for those listings. When you consider that genetic research is still in its infancy, and most of the results are based on speculation and guesswork, I can't help but be a bit suspicious of the value of such services.

Tex