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Gut Microbiome Testing in Singapore

The microbial ecosystem in your gut shapes digestion, immunity, mood, inflammation and metabolism. We sequence the microorganisms present in your sample and report both who is there and what they are functionally doing.

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  • Mandarin Gallery, Orchard Road
  • Weekdays 10am-7pm · Sat-Sun 10am-5pm
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Apa yang diukur

Species identification

Bacteria and other microorganisms present in your gut, identified from the DNA in your sample.

Keanekaragaman mikroba

Skor keanekaragaman ditambah keseimbangan relatif antara organisme menguntungkan vs oportunistik.

Profil gen fungsional

Apa yang sebenarnya dapat dilakukan mikroba Anda - produksi asam lemak rantai pendek, sintesis vitamin, kapasitas metabolik - bukan hanya siapa yang ada di sana.

Penanda disbiosis dan peradangan

Tanda-tanda yang terkait dengan risiko usus bocor, peradangan kronis, dan perubahan sinyal kekebalan tubuh.

Cara kerja tes

Sampel

Perangkat pengumpulan feses di rumah, stabil di suhu ruang selama beberapa hari - tidak perlu pendinginan.

Waktu pengerjaan

Your personal health concierge confirms the reporting timeline for your laboratory when your sample is collected.

Metode

DNA sequencing of the microorganisms in your stool sample, mapped against reference databases.

Mengapa metode ini

The report is read alongside your bloods and body composition by our medical team, then translated into a practical plan in an action-plan session. A test result on its own is not a plan.

Apa yang akan Anda pelajari

  • Apakah keragaman mikroba Anda berada dalam kisaran yang sehat.
  • Spesies bermanfaat apa yang jumlahnya rendah dalam tubuh Anda - dan organisme oportunistik apa yang mungkin jumlahnya berlebihan.
  • Kapasitas fungsional untuk produksi asam lemak rantai pendek, sintesis vitamin B, dan metabolisme asam empedu.
  • Penanda yang menunjukkan disbiosis, peradangan tingkat rendah, atau gangguan fungsi penghalang.
  • Strategi diet dan prebiotik yang dipersonalisasi yang kemungkinan besar akan mengubah ekosistem Anda.

Why gut health matters for healthspan

Healthspan is the number of years you spend in good functional health. The gut microbiome sits upstream of several systems that decide that: how you extract and store energy, how your immune system is trained, and how much low-grade inflammation you carry.[1]

Fibre-fermenting bacteria produce short-chain fatty acids such as butyrate, which feed the cells lining the colon and help maintain the barrier that keeps bacterial products out of the bloodstream. Reduced production of these compounds is a recurring finding in metabolic and inflammatory disease.[2]

Loss of microbial diversity has been described across obesity, type 2 diabetes, inflammatory bowel disease and cardiovascular disease, and in ageing cohorts a microbiome that drifts toward an unusual, individualised profile has been associated with better health and survival in older adults, while a conventional profile tracked with poorer outcomes.[3], [4]

Diet is the strongest and fastest lever available. Controlled feeding work shows the composition of the gut ecosystem shifting within days of a major dietary change, which is why a repeat test after a deliberate dietary period is informative.[5]

Much of this literature is associative, and a microbiome profile cannot tell you that you have or will develop a disease. The report is a map of your current ecosystem and a baseline you can move.

Reading your report

Diversity score

How many different organisms you carry and how evenly they are represented. Higher diversity is generally associated with a more resilient ecosystem in adults.

Beneficial organisms

Levels of the fibre-fermenting and butyrate-producing species associated with barrier integrity, with a note where any are notably low.

Opportunistic organisms

Species that are unremarkable in small numbers but unhelpful when over-represented, reported as relative abundance rather than a pass or fail.

Functional capacity

What your microbes are equipped to do: short-chain fatty acid production, B-vitamin synthesis and bile acid metabolism, which often matters more than the species list itself.

Dysbiosis and inflammation signatures

Patterns associated with impaired barrier function and low-grade inflammation, flagged for your doctor to read against your bloods.

Doctor's interpretation

Your ecosystem read alongside symptoms, diet history and blood results in the action-plan session, then translated into specific dietary changes.

What moves the result

Fibre diversity

The number of different plant foods eaten each week is one of the most consistent correlates of microbial diversity in population studies.

Fermented foods

Regular fermented food intake has been associated with increased microbiome diversity and lower inflammatory markers in a controlled dietary trial.

Targeted prebiotics

Specific fibres feed specific organisms. Your report indicates which are likely to be worth adding for your profile rather than a generic supplement.

Antibiotic stewardship

Courses of antibiotics reshape the ecosystem for weeks to months. Where a course is clinically needed, we plan the recovery period around it.

Alcohol and ultra-processed intake

Both are associated with reduced diversity and with signatures of impaired barrier function.

Sleep, stress and exercise

The gut-brain axis runs both ways. Sleep debt and sustained stress alter gut function, and regular exercise is associated with a more diverse profile.

Untuk siapa ini

  • Siapa pun dengan masalah pencernaan kronis - kembung, tidak teratur, intoleransi makanan.
  • Pasien dengan gejala autoimun, peradangan berulang, atau kondisi kulit.
  • Atlet dan individu berkinerja tinggi yang mengoptimalkan pemulihan, energi, dan kekebalan tubuh.
  • Siapa pun yang melakukan perubahan pola makan signifikan dan ingin mengukur efeknya.

Kapan harus mengulang: Setiap 3-6 bulan saat aktif mengubah pola makan atau menangani disbiosis; jika tidak, setiap tahun.

Bagaimana ini sesuai dengan tiga pilar

Tidak ada satu tes pun yang menentukan usia biologis. mikrobioma berdampingan dengan dua pilar data umur panjang lainnya - masing-masing mengungkapkan sesuatu yang tidak bisa dilakukan oleh yang lain. Gabungkan untuk mendapatkan gambaran paling lengkap yang dapat ditawarkan pengobatan saat ini.

Included in these tiers

Every tier includes a pre-test consultation, sample collection at our Orchard Road clinic, laboratory analysis, clinician-led interpretation, a written report and an action-plan session.

Lihat selengkapnya daftar paket skrining umur panjang.

FAQ

Mikrobioma - pertanyaan yang sering diajukan

Jawaban jelas, ditulis oleh tim klinis kami. Ketuk pertanyaan apa pun untuk mendapatkan tautan langsungnya, atau hubungi Personal Concierge Anda untuk hal lainnya.

  1. What does the microbiome test actually report?

    Your microbial diversity score, the balance of beneficial and opportunistic organisms, and a functional profile covering short-chain fatty acid production, vitamin synthesis and bile acid metabolism. Your concierge confirms the exact panel and laboratory before your kit ships.

  2. Apakah saya perlu menghentikan suplemen atau obat-obatan terlebih dahulu?

    Antibiotik dalam 4-6 minggu sebelumnya secara signifikan mengubah mikrobioma Anda - jika memungkinkan, kami menjadwalkan pengambilan sampel di luar periode tersebut. Probiotik dan sebagian besar suplemen lainnya biasanya dapat dilanjutkan; concierge Anda akan mengonfirmasi detailnya sebelum perangkat Anda dikirim.

  3. Apakah kit di rumah sulit digunakan?

    Tidak. Kit ini berisi semua yang Anda butuhkan dengan instruksi tertulis. Pengambilan sampel hanya memakan waktu beberapa menit dan sampel stabil dalam suhu ruangan selama beberapa hari.

  4. Apakah tes ini akan memberi tahu saya apa yang harus dimakan?

    Laporan Anda mencakup wawasan diet yang dipersonalisasi berdasarkan respons ekosistem spesifik Anda. Penerjemahan ke dalam rencana praktis dilakukan dalam konsultasi rencana tindakan bersama tim medis kami.

  5. Seberapa sering saya harus mengulanginya?

    Setiap 3-6 bulan jika Anda secara aktif mengubah pola makan atau menangani disbiosis, atau setiap tahun untuk melacak stabilitas.

  6. How does my gut microbiome relate to longevity and healthspan?

    Gut bacteria ferment fibre into short-chain fatty acids that maintain the gut barrier and influence inflammation, immune regulation and how you handle glucose and lipids. Loss of diversity is a recurring finding across metabolic and inflammatory disease, and in older adults a distinctive rather than conventional microbiome profile has been associated with better health and survival.

  7. Can a microbiome test diagnose IBS or IBD?

    No. It maps your ecosystem and flags patterns associated with dysbiosis and inflammation. Diagnosing irritable bowel syndrome, inflammatory bowel disease, coeliac disease or infection requires clinical assessment and its own tests, which your doctor will arrange if indicated.

  8. Should I take probiotics based on my result?

    Sometimes, but a targeted prebiotic fibre and a broader range of plant foods usually does more than a generic probiotic capsule. Your report indicates which organisms are under-represented, and your doctor advises accordingly.

  9. How fast can my microbiome change?

    Controlled feeding studies show the composition shifting within days of a major dietary change, though a durable shift takes sustained habit change. Retesting after three to six months of a deliberate dietary period is where the value sits.

  10. Does the sample tell you anything about my small intestine?

    Very little. A stool sample reflects the lower gut. Where symptoms point to the small intestine, your doctor will consider different investigations.

Masih punya pertanyaan?

Concierge Pribadi Anda akan membalas dalam satu hari kerja - secara rahasia.

What this test does not tell you

  • It is not a diagnostic test for coeliac disease, inflammatory bowel disease, infection or cancer. Those require their own investigations.
  • There is no single healthy microbiome. Results are read as a profile with strengths and gaps, not a score out of ten.
  • A stool sample reflects the lower gut. It says little about the small intestine, where some symptoms originate.
  • Day-to-day variation is real. Recent meals, travel and illness all move the picture, which is why sampling conditions are standardised.
  • Antibiotics in the previous four to six weeks meaningfully change results, so sampling is scheduled outside that window where possible.
  • Most published associations are correlational. A finding suggests a direction to work in rather than proving cause.

References

  1. [1] Lynch SV, Pedersen O. The human intestinal microbiome in health and disease. New England Journal of Medicine. 2016;375(24):2369-2379.
  2. [2] Koh A, De Vadder F, Kovatcheva-Datchary P, Backhed F. From dietary fiber to host physiology: short-chain fatty acids as key bacterial metabolites. Cell. 2016;165(6):1332-1345.
  3. [3] Valdes AM, Walter J, Segal E, Spector TD. Role of the gut microbiota in nutrition and health. BMJ. 2018;361:k2179.
  4. [4] Wilmanski T, Diener C, Rappaport N, et al. Gut microbiome pattern reflects healthy ageing and predicts survival in humans. Nature Metabolism. 2021;3(2):274-286.
  5. [5] David LA, Maurice CF, Carmody RN, et al. Diet rapidly and reproducibly alters the human gut microbiome. Nature. 2014;505(7484):559-563.

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Ditinjau secara medis oleh Dr. Julian Ng, MBBS (University of Sydney), MSc Microbiology (NUS), Cert. Men's Health (SMHS)

Terakhir ditinjau 12 August 2026 · Tinjauan berikutnya 12 February 2027