• You regularly experience bloating, flatulence or abdominal discomfort.
• Your stools are often loose, mushy, fatty or sticky.
• You see food residues or notice that your symptoms are related to eating.
• Your gastrointestinal complaints started or changed after a course of antibiotics.
• You are considering a Candida test alone but also want food digestion to be assessed.

If, for example, higher numbers of culturable yeasts and a large amount of starch residues are found, it may be useful to assess diet, intestinal transit and other explanations for your symptoms further. An elevated fat content may instead be a reason for targeted investigation of fat digestion or absorption. The pH and stool characteristics provide additional context.

If no clear abnormalities are found, this can help when choosing other investigations. The result is a snapshot and does not independently establish what is causing symptoms, whether there is a Candida infection or whether an enzyme deficiency exists.

1. You order the package and receive collection materials with instructions.
2. You collect a stool sample at home according to the enclosed instructions.
3. You package and send the sample as indicated.
4. The laboratory examines the yeast culture and digestive parameters.
5. You receive the report with the results and assessment.

The report lists the culturable yeasts detected and their quantity, together with the individual digestive values and appropriate references or assessment.

Depending on your symptoms and previous results, follow-up testing for pancreatic elastase, parasites, inflammatory activity or coeliac disease, for example, may be useful.