How Tiny Health Maps Your Gut Bacteria
Understanding the microbiome starts with understanding what’s there.
Tiny Health’s testing uses high-resolution shotgun metagenomics to provide detailed information on bacteria, fungi, viruses, and parasites - going far beyond conventional GI testing and even many functional GI tests. The reports we use at Sun Valley Natural Medicine help identify specific imbalances, functional markers for digestion/inflammation, and provide actionable, personalized insights to optimize gut health, reduce eczema risks, and aid overall immune function.
This testing provides the following key data points and clinical information:
Comprehensive Microbial Profiling: Identifies thousands of microorganisms, including beneficial and potentially harmful bacteria, fungi, viruses, and parasites.
Gut Type & Diversity: Evaluates overall microbiome balance and diversity to assess resilience.
Condition Biomarkers: Detects markers linked to potential health issues like colic, eczema, allergies, and asthma, particularly in infants.
Functional Gut Metrics: Measures the gut's ability to digest food and produce beneficial metabolites like Short-Chain Fatty Acids (SCFAs).
Personalized Action Plan: Provides a specific, evidence-based comprehensive recommendation for supplements, diet, and lifestyle changes based on findings.
Based upon results we will then align the recommendations provided to your current symptoms through:
Targeted Probiotic Selection: Using data to identify specific missing beneficial bacteria (like Bifidobacterium) for targeted supplementation.
Dietary Adjustments: Tailoring diet to support beneficial microbes or eliminate food sources that fuel pathogens.
Pathogen Management: Identifying overgrowth of harmful bacteria or fungi and addressing them through nutritional or lifestyle changes.
Tracking Progress: Retesting to measure how changes in lifestyle or supplements actually affect gut composition over time.
This type of testing doesn’t diagnose a condition on its own, but can help identify patterns. Patterns that can guide a more personalized approach to care.
The tests are specifically designed for all ages often detecting imbalances that traditional methods miss.