Our premiere health bundle features all 3 tests in one! Address your health holistically and improve your microbiome for ultimate resilience and longevity*.
Full Body Intelligence™ Test Integrated Health Scores Functional Scores These scores describe both beneficial and harmful biological functions. They are made by combining pathway activities and are used to form your Health Scores. Inflammatory Activity Metabolic Fitness Digestive Efficiency Gut Lining Health Protein Fermentation Gas Production Gut Active Microbial Diversity Microbiome-induced Stress Cellular Senescence Cellular Stress Immune System Activation Breath Odor Dental Health Gum Health Oral Active Microbial Diversity Oral Pathogen Activity Kidney-Heart health Microbiome-Heart health Vascular Health Neurotransmitter Production Neurocognitive Health Anxiety & Stress Response Pathway Activities Pathway activities describe biochemical reactions that produce beneficial or harmful molecules. Butyrate Production Pathways LPS Biosynthesis Pathways Methane Gas Production Sulfide Gas Production Ammonia Production Pathways Flagellar Assembly Pathways Putrescine Production Pathways Oxalate Metabolism Pathways Uric Acid Production Pathways Salt Stress Pathways Biofilm, Chemotaxis, and Virulence Pathways Bile Acid Metabolism Pathways TMA Production Pathways Mitochondrial Biogenesis Pathways Energy Production Pathways Oral Sulfide Production Pathways Oral Polyamine Production Pathways Cavity Promoting Microbes Cavity Promoting Pathways Oral Mucin Degradation Pathways Oral Inflammatory Pathways Vitamin D Pathways Homocysteine Pathways Renin-Angiotensin Pathways TMA Production Pathways Uremic Toxin Production Pathways LDL Cholesterol Pathways Immune System Clearing
Biological Age
Gut Health
Oral Health
Cellular & Energy Efficiency
Inflammation Response
Immune System Health
Brain & Cognitive Health
Heart & Cardiometabolic Health
Sample Collection
Stool, Blood, Saliva
Health Scores
50+
Results Time
Within 2-3 weeks
Easy testing process
at-home
Where we focus for this test
The gut microbiome
As the largest micro-ecosystem in the human body, your gut microbiome is in a symbiotic relationship with you as its “host". A great deal of research has produced evidence that metabolites produced in your gut microbiome play a key role in maintaining balance and overall health for your entire body.
What does Viome look for in my gut?
When it comes to microbes, it's not just about which microbes are there, but how they're behaving and the impact it has on your health! Your diet and lifestyle can often be the cause behind poor microbiome health. Our Gut Intelligence Test is unique in that it not only identifies and quantifies all microorganisms, including human, plant, and phage RNA viruses in your gut, but also examines their activity within your gut. Our analysis takes into account 400 pathways to provide deeper insights into ways to optimize gut health through targeted foods, supplements, and biotics.
Are there bad microbes?
Harmful microorganisms can cause infection or disrupt normal patterns in health. However, many commensal microbes within our body can act in beneficial or harmful ways depending on their environment (health, stress level, and access to different nutrients). This is why we rather classify microbial activities as either harmful or beneficial rather than specific microbes themselves. Like humans, whether you are bad depends on your actions, which can be influenced by the environment you live in.
The oral microbiome
The oral microbiome, the second largest micro-ecosystem in your body, performs vital functions to help keep our mouths healthy, including the transportation of ionic minerals from saliva to the surface of teeth to aid in remineralization, carrying molecular oxygen to the gums and soft tissue, and eliminating free radicals.
What are the signs of an unhealthy oral microbiome?
Typical signs associated with an unhealthy oral microbiome may include ‘biofilm’ formation on the teeth. Also known as plaque, biofilm acts as a cityscape for colonizing bacteria. Excessive plaque formation can contribute to an accumulation of pathogens and toxic byproducts that can cause inflammation in and around the gums. This may appear as bleeding or easily damaged gums from brushing or flossing. Discomfort, excessive bleeding, and even sores inside the mouth may all be pointing toward issues of an imbalance in the oral microbiome.
Is bacteria in my mouth a good thing?
Yes, bacteria in the mouth are normal, and most bacteria benefit our health. But just like the gut, an imbalance of the oral microbiome can negatively affect our health and not just our teeth but our whole body.
Cellular function
When your cells are functioning optimally, they produce enough energy to sustain your needs and are efficiently “cleaning up” cellular waste, like free radicals. When cells lack the nutrition they need, they can't keep up with the metabolic demands of the body,
What are the hallmarks of cellular aging?
Our cells are very high-functioning machines, capable of healing and repairing old parts. This occurs naturally throughout the lifespan of a cell as performing its function sometimes results in damage. For example, organelles like the mitochondria create energy in the form of ATP from our food. As a byproduct, harmful free radicals occur, causing oxidative damage. However, our cells naturally produce glutathione, the master antioxidant, that is particularly effective at neutralizing these free radicals. Cellular aging occurs when too much oxidative stress is created and our cells aren’t capable of neutralizing their effects. Consequently, our mitochondria become damaged, making generating energy more difficult. Over time, this can affect the overall health of a cell, and make it more difficult to repair. In addition, chronic oxidative stress can begin to harm other parts of the cell, such as our DNA. When our genetic code is broken down, a cell can no longer repair itself or replicate. As this occurs to many different cells, our body slowly loses the capacity to create new, youthful cells to replace the old ones, resulting in cellular and bodily aging.
How this test can help
Are you experiencing frustrating symptoms that extend beyond digestive issues? Your body is a complex superorganism, with over 40 trillion microbes working tirelessly to keep you healthy. But when trouble arises, your body communicates through symptoms. We believe in addressing the root causes of your symptoms by honing in on the underlying activity in your body. Our approach focuses on personalized nutrition that significantly affects how resilient your body is to stress, illness, and aging.
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Digestive Health
Symptoms: Occasional gas, bloating, stomach discomfort, nausea, occasional heartburn, diarrhea, constipation, sugar cravings, food sensitivities
Your nutrition recommendations are designed to optimize your digestion, strengthen gut lining, and boost richness & microbiome diversity.
Includes insights relating to:
Nutrient absorption
Beneficial & harmful microbial activities
Intestinal barrier health
Signatures of inflammation in the gut
Physical Performance
Symptoms: Fatigue, weakness, low stamina & endurance
When cells lack the nutrition they need, they can't keep up with the body's metabolic demands, which leads to a loss of function and is the earliest measurable indicator of aging and health decline.
Aging of your cells
Cellular stress
Cellular inflammation
Mitochondrial health
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Mental Health & Cognitive Function
Symptoms: Brain fog, poor concentration, memory problems, confusion, feelings of anxiousness, feeling down, mood swings, irritability
The gut microbiome aids in the development of our brain and nervous system as well as the management of neurological functions, including mood and memory. Your nutrition recommendations are designed to boost brain health and functions that support your cognitive and mood health.
Includes insights relating to:
Serotonin production-assisting pathways
Microbial activities which contribute to the production of GABA
Activities that might negatively impact focus
Activities that impact your body’s pH balance
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Metabolic Health
Symptoms: Weight gain, inability to lose weight, trouble maintaining a healthy weight, poor blood sugar control
The gut microbiome plays a crucial role in producing and metabolizing various hormones and neurotransmitters that regulate metabolism, including leptin, ghrelin, and serotonin. Additionally, the microbiome can influence the breakdown and absorption of dietary nutrients such as carbohydrates, fats, and proteins, impacting energy metabolism and body weight.
We measure microbial organisms and functions associated with your blood sugar, insulin resistance, and weight control.
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Immunity
Symptoms: Increased sensitivity/Intolerance to multiple foods, fatigue, brain fog, skin conditions, slow recovery from illness or infections
A healthy immune system is essential for fighting off outside invaders like viruses, bacteria, and fungi, neutralizing environmental toxins, and preventing changes within cells that lead to a decline in biological functions. Your nutrition recommendations are designed to help support your body’s alarm system and repair mechanism.
Includes insights relating to:
Overall immunity
Body’s preparedness to fight off bad viruses & bacteria
Body’s ability to clear toxins
Manage oxidative stress
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Sleep
Symptoms: Trouble falling asleep, restless sleep, waking unrested, daytime sleepiness
Your gut microbiome is essential in regulating the body's circadian rhythm, the internal biological clock that helps regulate our sleep-wake cycle, hormone production, and other physiological processes. Your gut microbiome also produces neurotransmitters and hormones that influence your circadian rhythm, such as serotonin for regulating sleep and mood, and melatonin for regulating the sleep-wake cycle.
Includes insights relating to:
Serotonin production-assisting pathways
Microbial activities which contribute to the production of GABA
Activities that might negatively impact focus
Activities that impact your body’s pH balance
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Cardiovascular Health
Symptoms: High cholesterol, leg discomfort, headaches, limited physical activity, fatigue
The microbiome plays a vital role in cardiovascular health through its impact on inflammation, cholesterol metabolism, and blood pressure regulation. While many people think of simply managing their cholesterol to improve their cardiovascular health, many factors are actually at play, including oxidative stress, endothelial function, kidney function, and vitamin and mineral status.
Your nutrition recommendations are designed to optimize functions related to your heart health.
Indicators of high oxidative stress
Activities that promote inflammation
Vascular health
Cholesterol metabolism
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Oral Health
Symptoms: Plaque formation on your teeth, bad breath, bleeding gums, mouth sores, gum sensitivity, tooth sensitivity
Oral health impacts systems beyond the mouth and is intricately connected to your cardiovascular, immune, bone, and brain health. Your nutrition recommendations are designed to rebalance your oral microbiome and lower the risk of cavities, bad breath, and leaky gums.
Activities of microbes in the mouth that contribute to gum inflammation
Activities of microbial pathways that cause bad breath
Microbial activities that lead to cavities and tooth decay
What’s included
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Test
Your test allows us to analyze your microbiome and cells with our cutting-edge RNA technology and AI-powered platform.
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Your data is private and secure
Our goal is to demystify health, make science accessible, and honor the biochemical individuality of every human. We know that when you choose Viome hoping to learn more about your health, you entrust us with important information, and we are committed to your privacy.
To ensure the confidentiality of your data, we separate users’ personally identifiable information (PII) from protected health information (PHI) and use multiple layers of encryption and access protection. We do not provide your information or results to employers or health insurance companies. Viome will never sell your data.
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Health Scores
Unprecedented insights include up to 50+ health scores that may highlight underlying contributors to poor health.
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Biological Age
We assess the activities of your gut microbiome, your cells, and your oral microbiome to determine how well you are aging at a cellular level compared with other people your age.
Your nutrition recommendations are designed to help you optimize specific biological functions responsible for how you’re aging internally.
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Gut Health
Your gut microbiome is home to trillions of microbes that have a direct influence on everything from your mood to how you digest foods and even how your immune system responds to infections or allergens.
Your nutrition recommendations are designed to optimize your digestion, strengthen gut lining, and boost richness & microbiome diversity.
Includes insights relating to:
Nutrient absorption
Beneficial & harmful microbial activities
Intestinal barrier health
Signatures of inflammation in the gut
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Oral Health
Oral health impacts systems beyond the mouth and is intricately connected to your cardiovascular, immune, bone, and brain health.
Your nutrition recommendations are designed to rebalance your oral microbiome and lower the risk of cavities, bad breath, and leaky gums.
Includes insights relating to:
Activities of microbes in the mouth that contribute to gum inflammation
Activities of microbial pathways that cause bad breath
Microbial activities that lead to cavities and tooth decay
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Cellular & Energy Efficiency
When cells lack the nutrition they need, they can't keep up with the metabolic demands of the body, which leads to a loss of function and is the earliest measurable indicator of aging and health decline.
Your nutrition recommendations are designed to kickstart your cellular repair and cellular support processes.
Includes insights relating to:
Aging of your cells
Cellular stress
Cellular inflammation
Mitochondrial health
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Inflammation Response
Prolonged inflammation due to factors such as poor diet, increased stress, and environmental toxins promote health decline.
Your nutrition recommendations are designed to support your body’s response to stress and immune tolerance.
Includes insights relating to:
Overall balance of your body’s pro & anti-inflammatory activity
Immune system’s ability to address inflammation
Cellular functions under stress
Microbial stress
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Brain & Cognitive Health
The gut microbiome aids in the development of our brain and nervous system as well as the management of neurological functions.
Your nutrition recommendations are designed to boost brain health and functions that support your cognitive and mood health.
Includes insights relating to:
Serotonin production-assisting pathways
Microbial activities which contribute to the production of GABA
Activities that might negatively impact focus
Activities that impact your body’s pH balance
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Immune System Health
A healthy immune system is essential for fighting off outside invaders like viruses, bacteria, and fungi, neutralizing environmental toxins, and preventing changes within cells that lead to a decline in biological functions.
Your nutrition recommendations are designed to help support your body’s alarm system and repair mechanism.
Includes insights relating to:
Overall immunity
Body’s preparedness to fight off bad viruses & bacteria
Body’s ability to clear toxins
Manage oxidative stress
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Heart & Cardiometabolic Health
While many people simply think of managing their cholesterol to improve their cardiovascular health, in reality, many factors are at play, including oxidative stress, endothelial function, kidney function, and vitamin and mineral status.
Your nutrition recommendations are designed to optimize functions related to your heart health.
Includes insights relating to:
Indicators of high oxidative stress
Activities that promote inflammation
Vascular health
Cholesterol metabolism
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Personalized Food Recommendations
Depending on your test results and personal needs, Viome’s recommended foods for you are sorted into four categories:
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Supplement Recommendations
We carefully curate a selection of tailored ingredients to support the specific health functions you need to focus on*. Our recommended supplements are uniquely designed based on your results, and clinical studies support every ingredient recommended for you and our portfolio of over 200 ingredients.
We can create your unique formula
Your supplement capsules house a unique formula made just for you, which may include any combination of vitamins, herbs, minerals, enzymes, amino acids, and food extracts.
Your personalized formula will be prepared once you receive your results.
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Probiotic + Prebiotic Recommendations
Not all probiotics are created equal! Once we know more about the functions that need extra support, we'll connect the dots not only between these and which strains and fibers will be most beneficial for you.
A personalized blend, just for you
Your daily stick pack containing your Viome-recommended probiotic and prebiotic blend is shipped to you monthly! Our scientists hand-select our probiotic strains based on extensive clinical data from academic and research institutions.
How our tests compare with other at-home tests
DNA Testing
While DNA can provide information about family ancestry, it cannot explain current health symptoms. DNA remains constant throughout a person's life, and as a result, food recommendations based solely on DNA do not change, even if an individual experiences weight changes or health issues. The root cause of health imbalances is often gene expression, or RNA, which can change over time. Viome analyzes both microbial and human cell gene expressions to offer personalized food and supplement recommendations to help bring the body back into balance and improve overall health and well-being.
Microbiome Testing
Most microbiome testing companies, unlike Viome, are focused on microbial DNA and can tell you what organisms are in your gut, but they cannot tell you what these organisms are actually doing inside of your body, or if they are even dead or alive. For example, the same organism can be beneficial in one person and harmful in another, depending on that individual’s unique gut ecosystem.
Viome, on the other hand, uses metatranscriptomics to sequence the RNA of each person's entire microbial community, providing a complete view of the presence of live microorganisms and their activities, such as producing harmful toxins or beneficial nutrients. Unlike other gut tests that only examine microbial DNA using metagenomics, Viome's technology evaluates functional expressed genes to determine the impact of various microbial communities on a person's unique gut ecosystem.
Questionnaire-based Testing
Quiz-based recommendations are limited by basing conclusions on general information such as age, sex, weight, lifestyle, and health goals. However, there is no one-size-fits-all solution for optimal health and wellness. When it comes to your body’s unique biochemistry, it takes fine-tuning and precise variation. At Viome, we believe the best way to determine the right food and supplements is to listen to your body's specific needs. Inconsistent results in your health goals or harmful effects can occur when consuming the wrong "healthy" foods or supplements. Precise, personalized recommendations are necessary to avoid ineffective and potentially harmful choices.
Food Allergies & Sensitivity Testing
Food sensitivity tests are simply measuring antibodies to foods. Foods that show up on your food sensitivity test results may actually be good for you in reality. However, an antibody to that specific food often shows up when you are eating a lot of that food and suffering from a leaky gut. A leaky gut happens when there is damage to the lining of the gut making it more permeable to substances that should not go into your blood, triggering your immune system to make antibodies in response to those substances. Food sensitivity reactions are Immunoglobulins A (IgA), M (IgM), and G (IgG)-mediated immune system responses causing inflammation of the gastrointestinal lining with symptom onset occurring up to 48-72 hours after trigger exposure.
Allergic reactions are immediate immune system responses mediated by Immunoglobulin E (IgE) and can be life-threatening. Viome does not test for IgE which often results in anaphylactic reactions. Food allergies should be overseen and managed by an experienced physician.
Our science & technology
Our goal is to demystify health, make science accessible and honor the biochemical individuality of every human. We take a holistic science-forward, data-driven approach to health and nutrition.
Frequently Asked Questions
How long does it take to receive my results and recommendations?
Once we have received your sample(s) and you have completed your questionnaire, it will take about 2-3 weeks to receive your health scores and recommendations. If you have subscribed to your personalized products already, it will take between 5-14 days from the time you receive your results to the time you receive your products at your door.
What if I am taking medications or supplements?
You can still conduct Viome testing while on medication or supplements. For more information, read our full FAQ.
Should I wait to take my test?
There’s no need to wait to take your test. However, if you are currently on antibiotics, you may wish to wait. Read more about that in our full FAQ.
Do I need to fast prior to collecting blood and saliva?
Yes, fasting is necessary prior to collecting both your blood and saliva samples.
We recommend collecting both your saliva and blood samples first thing in the morning after you wake, before brushing your teeth or using mouthwash, or before eating any food or drinking anything other than water.
How do you store my information?
Viome stores your information securely. To ensure the confidentiality of your data and your results, we separate users' personally identifiable information (PII) from personal health information (PHI) and use multiple layers of encryption. We do not provide your information or results to employers or health insurance companies. Viome will never sell your information to any other group or company. Read more in our full FAQ.
How long does it take to see any changes?
Your recommendations are unique to you! It typically takes about 90 days to see the effects of a new diet on your microbiome, so sticking to your recommendations is key. Read more.