Consumers pay hundreds of dollars for tests analyzing gut bacteria, hoping to get answers to health problems, but some are peddling murky science — and not just because poop samples are getting lost in the mail.
company Viome, his idea of what he should eat shifted. The gym owner in Sacramento, California, had always consumed large quantities of leafy greens. But the results from the test — which sequenced and analyzed the microbes in a pea-sized stool sample — recommended he steer clear of spinach, kale and broccoli.
She took the test in late February, when the company — which sells its “Gut Intelligence” test for $129 and a more extensive “Health Intelligence” test, which requires a blood sample, for $199 — began experiencing hiccups. Viome had promised results within four weeks once the sample arrived at a testing facility, but Jordan said his girlfriend has been waiting more than five months and has submitted fresh blood and stool samples — twice.
A lot of companies are interested in the space, but they don’t have the research to show that it’s actually working.
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