Functional Lab Testing
Functional lab testing takes a deeper dive into your health by observing the current state of your body through metabolism, hormones, immune system, genetics, and more. It provides data you won’t normally find with conventional medicine. Understanding the root cause of the disease is critical to achieving optimal wellness.
Laboratory Services We Provide
Testing may include blood, stool, urine, saliva, or hair samples to provide information about a variety of systems, including metabolic, nutritional, endocrine, gastrointestinal, hormonal, immune, genetic, detoxification, and others.
Mold Testing
Mold is a very toxic fungus that can grow anywhere in the presence of moisture and may cause serious health problems. All mold is not harmful, however, some species produce metabolites called mycotoxins. Mycotoxins are some of the most toxic substances in existence and are very potent in causing a wide range of serious detrimental effects in the human body. Mold testing at Functional Medicine Florida helps our professionals determine whether mold brings on the inflammatory symptoms you exhibit and plans the best remediation needed.
Heavy Metal Testing
Heavy metal testing examines the levels of heavy metals in the blood and urine. High levels can indicate that you have been exposed. If testing indicates the presence of heavy metals, we can help you to modify your diet, help you determine the sources of your exposure, and assist in detoxing these harmful metals to restore your natural balance.
Nutritional Evaluation
A Nutritional Evaluation assessing your overall health and nutritional status. It identifies possible nutrient deficiencies due to the depletion of good nutrients in the soil. It’s an effective way to monitor progress toward your goals set during treatment.
dr. fred harvey
Functional Medicine Practitioner
Adrenal, Thyroid, Reproductive Hormone Testing
Fatigue, weight changes, irritability, irregular periods, and palpitations can indicate hormone instability. It’s important to keep track of the hormone levels in your body. These tests can range from collections of saliva, urine, or serum.
Neurotransmitter Testing
Neurotransmitters testing provides a measurement of neurotransmitter production by assessing the by-products of neurotransmitter metabolism. Neurotransmitters are chemical messengers used by your nerve cells to communicate with each other. When imbalanced, it can cause neurological or behavioral symptoms.
Stealth Infection Testing
Stealth Infection Testing is used to discover if your body is under a viral attack. This test will tell you the coagulability state of your blood. A body under attack by a virus clots easily. Lyme, EBV, CMV, and Candida are just examples of stealth infections that your body might be fighting. Causing underlying symptoms that don’t improve despite other types of treatments.
Food Sensitivity/Allergy Testing
Food Sensitivity Testing is important to help determine foods or chemicals that you might be sensitive to. When you have this knowledge, you can reduce the amount of inflammation that those foods cause your body.
Comprehensive Stool Analysis
It’s important to assess gastrointestinal health to see how your digestion, metabolism, microbiome, and immune health is.
SIBO or Intestinal Permeability Testing
To diagnose small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO), we administer tests to check for bacterial overgrowth in your small intestine, poor fat absorption, or other problems that may be causing or contributing to your symptoms. Common tests include:
- Breath Testing
- Small intestine aspirate and fluid culture
Genetic Testing
Genetic testing involves examining your DNA. This test can reveal mutations in your genes that may cause illness or disease.
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what people say
Chris Vercelli
I’m a health practitioner who has worked with many of Dr. Harvey’s patients, and the feedback I’ve gotten from them about his care is wonderful. He is very well educated and very good at developing treatment plans for a variety of health problems. His approach to healthcare is SO needed in this world of cookie cutter “medicine”, and even if you only went to him for a second opinion, it’d be well worth it. Thanks for all you do Doc! God bless!
Kenn R.
Dr. Harvey is head-and-shoulders above any other medical practitioner we have encountered. When we first came to Sarasota, he gave my wife and me the most thorough physical exams we had ever had, ordering very different sets of blood tests for each of us based on his extensive initial questioning. From the blood tests, he figured out right away what had baffled my previous family doctor, and a high-dollar hematologist, and corrected my problem using simple dietary changes. With his help, my wife got off medications she had needed for decades. …Dr. Harvey is just a delightful, open person and a pleasure to work with.
Judith Harding
I’ve been a patient of Dr. Harvey’s for several years, something like seven years. He always has a very knowledgeable and supportive staff. Recently, I had a very quick and hard fall that changed my life drastically. Dr. Harvey and his staff, especially Haylee, Kerry, and Tracy have helped me through some dark days. I am so grateful for their support. I can see there is hope for me to have continued good health and quality of life.
Mrs Wright
When I came to you I was going doctor to doctor and feeling worse and believing that I was going down. All the medicines that I was taking to help me had so many adverse effects that I kept feeling worse and I never got any beneficial results. I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia, rheumatoid arthritis, Sjogren’s syndrome, lifelong constipation, severe migraine headaches, insomnia, and lymphoma. I was extremely exhausted. Since I have come to see you I have never felt better. I am 80 and I feel better than I did at 50! … I have a life again! THANK YOU SO MUCH DR HARVEY!!! YOU Are my hero! I thank God every night for Him sending me to you!
Susan Miller
Best people in the world! Sweetest people! Doing the best job anyone can do on the planet present or future. Everyone here is an angel
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What we do
SERVICES WE OFFER
Preventive Diagnostics
Diagnostic testing and evaluation is an important component to understand how your body’s processes are functioning.
Brain Health
This form of medicine focuses on detecting, dealing with, and preventing conditions that come with aging.
Functional Lab Testing
Functional laboratory evaluation is an important component to understanding how your body’s processes are functioning
IV Therapy
IV therapy with vitamins and nutrients has been in use for many years. Today, IV therapy has proven to be effective in dealing with a multitude of conditions.
Nutritional Counseling
Personalized Education including the evaluation of your current dietary intake and how that impacts your current health conditions.
Toxicity Reduction
Toxicity is the byproduct of industrial society. We are subjected to exposures of many toxic substances on a daily if not minute by minute basis.