Most gut advice starts with a probiotic off a shelf. That is a guess. Your microbiome is an ecosystem — thousands of species that ferment food, train immunity, make short-chain fatty acids, and talk to mood, skin, weight, and inflammation. A single capsule cannot stand in for a map.
Regenred’s Gut Microbiome Analysis is a physician-ordered stool test that reads the full ecosystem: diversity, key beneficial and disruptive species, and functional signals we can actually act on. Collection is an at-home kit. Results are reviewed one-on-one with a medical provider.
The output is a gut protocol — food, targeted strains, and follow-up — not a raw species spreadsheet you are left to Google.
What Gut Microbiome Analysis Is — and Is Not
Think of this as the ecosystem layer of Regenred’s measure-first model. It sits beside food-sensitivity, gluten / intestinal permeability, and micronutrient testing. It is not a consumer app that names a “gut type” and sells the same powder to everyone.
The Full Ecosystem, Not One Strain
The report looks across diversity and community structure — who is abundant, who is missing, and how balanced the neighborhood is. That is a different question from “should I take Lactobacillus this month.”
Not a Random Probiotic Guess
A single-strain bottle can help someone and do nothing for you. We will not let a drugstore capsule stand in for a map. This test tells us whether you need diversity, a targeted strain, antimicrobials, or simply food — before you spend another quarter on guesses.
What the Analysis Maps
The kit is straightforward. What matters is what we measure — diversity, species balance, and function — and what we do with a “low” or “overgrown” finding. A list of Latin names without a plan is just another PDF.
An At-Home Collection Kit
You collect a stool sample at home with a discreet kit and return it to the lab. No clinic stay, no colonoscopy. We confirm instructions before you leave so the sample is usable the first time.
Diversity and Key Species
Low diversity and missing beneficial groups are common findings in bloating, metabolic drag, and post-antibiotic guts. We read the community, not a single “good” or “bad” bug in isolation.
Function Along the Gut Lining
The lining is where microbes ferment fiber, make short-chain fatty acids, and talk to immunity. When that film is thin or overgrown, symptoms show up as bloating, skin, mood, and inflammation — not just a bathroom complaint.
From Ecosystem to a Personal Protocol
Results are not dumped into a portal. A Regenred physician explains what is a true imbalance versus normal variation, and writes the first version of your gut protocol before you start another random probiotic.
Physician Review, Not a Raw File
You sit down with a provider who has already read the report. We explain what is a strong signal, what is normal variation, and what should not dominate your supplement drawer. Questions are expected.
A Plan You Can Start This Week
The output is a written gut protocol: food pattern, targeted strains if indicated, and whether we also need food-sensitivity or permeability testing. Membership then follows those levers instead of a one-time PDF.
Who This Analysis Is For
This test is for people who have already tried generic gut advice — more fiber, a drugstore probiotic, another elimination — and still have bloating, irregularity, skin flares, or fatigue that tracks with digestion.
Bloating, Skin, and Energy That Track With Digestion
If every generic gut plan stalled — more fiber, another probiotic, a week of restriction — ecosystem mapping is how we stop treating symptoms at random. Post-antibiotic, IBS-like, and “my stomach runs the day” complaints are a common fit.
Anyone Starting a Serious Gut Protocol
Antimicrobials, high-dose probiotics, or a long elimination should sit on top of a baseline. This analysis is how we avoid treating the wrong imbalance with an expensive protocol — and how we know when the ecosystem is actually recovering.
How to Book
Gut microbiome analysis is how Regenred personalizes the “ecosystem” half of care. Combined with a Food Sensitivity Test, gluten / intestinal permeability testing, or a Total Wellness Panel, it stops us from treating every bloated patient with the same capsule.
If you already have a recent microbiome report, bring it. We will not repeat a test you already have without cause. If you also need food-sensitivity or gluten mapping, those complement this kit — they are not the same sample or the same conversation.
Ready to map the ecosystem before you start another probiotic? Request a consult and ask for Gut Microbiome Analysis under Diagnostics & Testing. Your physician will confirm the kit, explain collection, and review results with you in person.