Microbiome Test

Essential Info

Find out what’s actually going on inside your gut with our Microbiome Test, and then learn how to repair the problem with a Personalised Action Plan designed by a Nutritional Therapist.

You don’t need another one-size-fits-all diet. Instead, you need a personalised, science-based nutrition plan that tells you how to boost the health of your own gut microbiome.

Chuckling Goat, the UK’s #1 gut health experts and kefir manufacturers, now offer an easy-to-use Microbiome Test that you can take in the privacy of your own home.

Peek inside the mysterious world of your gut biome and learn how your gut diversity compares to the general population, Discover how effectively your gut bugs are processing fibre and creating butyrate, one of the most crucial anti-inflammatory substances your body can produce. Discover whether an ancient bout of food poisoning, UTI, dental or skin infection has left you with a low-grade pathogen infection residing inside your gut – and discover what you can do about it.

Every scientific finding is distilled into a Personal Action Plan, using natural remedies to suppress pathogens and boost beneficial bacteria, so you can literally eat yourself healthy. Your results will be explained to you during a free consultation with one of Chuckling Goat’s Nutritional Therapists.

Get gut healthy – let food be your medicine!

Test price includes a free 30-minute consultation with one of our Nutritional Therapists, who will explain your results and create your Personal Action Plan. You will also receive a downloadable copy of your results. View a sample Microbiome Test Report here.

Please check the shelf life of your test, and ensure that you use and return the test before expiry. If you find that your test has expired before you choose to use it, or you need an additional test for any reason, we can supply you with an additional box for a restocking fee of £25.

PLEASE NOTE: We are unable to make recommendations for anyone with active cancer or undergoing cancer treatment – this is a job for your consultant. The Personal Action Plan that comes out of your consultation will be designed for someone who does not have active cancer and is not undergoing cancer treatment. You may then feel free to take your test results, as well as our suggestions, back to your consultant for discussion.

What is the microbiome?

The microbiome is the collective name for the enormous colonies of microorganisms, both beneficial and neutral, that coexist with the human body, mainly inside your gut. There are trillions of bacteria (10 to the 14th)  inhabiting your gut microbiome. All those living organisms have a huge impact on your health.

Your gut microbiome impacts how well you digest your food, and how many nutrients you are able to absorb. It also controls the function of your immune system, protects the body from pathogenic microbes and helps stabilise weight, improve mood and increase stress resistance. The composition of your gut bacteria depends on what you eat every day, meaning the everybody has a unique microbiome profile. It can also be influenced by other factors such as your living environment, antibiotics and stress. Even if you eat a good diet, your microbiome might still lack the ability to synthesise specific vitamins or breakdown dietary fibre.

The microbiome has been a mysterious place – until now!

Our affordable home test kits will give you the answers you’ve been waiting for: How healthy is my microbiome? Are the good bugs or the bad bugs in charge? Do I have a biofilm-forming pathogen infection? Which foods should I be eating to improve my microbiome? Your gut ecosystem is under constant attack by antibiotics, sugar, stress and environmental toxins, all of which damage your gut microbes just as pouring bleach into a river kills the fish. Microbiome testing will analyse the diversity and health of your inner ecosystem, and allow us to create a Personal Action Plan to boost your gut health.

Am I eating a wide enough variety of foods?

The health of any ecosystem is tested by its diversity. A healthy gut microbiome will have a wide diversity of different strains. To support this bacterial diversity, you need to be eating a wide diversity of specific foods as well. Checking your diversity score will show us any damage that your microbiome has sustained from antibiotics, sugar, stress and environmental toxins. This damage can be repaired with your Personal Action Plan.

Am I eating enough fibre each day?

The WHO recommends 30 grams of fibre per day – yet the average British adult is consuming only 10-15 grams! Your gut bugs thrive on resistant fibre, breaking them down into short-chain fatty acids that help protect the gut lining and prevent inflammation. Microbiome testing will show you if your microbiome is receiving enough dietary fibre to perform effectively.

Do I have high levels of biofilm-forming pathogens?

If you have ever had food poisoning, UTIs, or a dental/skin infection, it’s possible that some of the bacteria from the acute phase of the infection have migrated into your gut and set up shop there under an antibiotic-resistant “biofilm.” As your immune system tries and fails to get rid of these intruders, you may begin to experience autoimmune symptoms. The Microbiome Test will detect these pathogens, and your Nutritional Therapist will make recommendations on ways to inhibit them.

How does it work?

Your test kit will be shipped to your door. You provide the bio-sample and ship it to the lab, where your results will be processed within 4-5 weeks. When your results are ready, our qualified nutritionist will talk you through the results, in a free private consultation.

Why is it important?

Your microbiome is as unique as your fingerprint. The mix of bacteria in your body is different from everyone else’s mix. It’s determined partly by your mother’s microbiota, the environment that you’re exposed to at birth and partly from your diet and lifestyle. To find out how to boost your gut health, you need to know how your individual microbiome is performing, so you can find out exactly what you need to do in order to support it.

Complement your kefir journey.

When you put trillions of really live fresh probiotic cultures into the gut with their own prebiotic soluble fibre, you empower your gut to fight back against threats like infection and pathogens. Just as in the planetary ecosystems around us, a healthy microbiome is a diverse microbiome. The more strains of beneficial bacteria and yeast inside your gut, the stronger your microbiome. Learn which foods and vitamins will help your kefir do its good work inside your system.