The Organic Acids Test

The Organic Acids Test is a 76-marker urine test that provides a nutritional and metabolic snapshot of your current health. 

By measuring organic acid metabolites in urine, this test offers insight into how the body is processing nutrients, producing energy, managing oxidative stress, interacting with gut microbes, and utilizing key biochemical pathways.

The test is completed at home with a simple collection kit shipped directly to your door. After collection, your sample is returned to the lab using the prepaid shipping label included in the box.

• Gut microbial metabolites to assess patterns related to bacterial or yeast overgrowth
• Oxalate metabolites to evaluate oxalate burden and related metabolic stress
• Energy production markers including glycolytic cycle and mitochondrial markers
• Neurotransmitter-related metabolites that may reflect patterns in mood, stress response, and brain chemistry
• Folate and B-vitamin metabolism to assess nutrient utilization and methylation-related needs
• Ketone and fatty acid oxidation markers to evaluate how the body is using fats for energy
• Nutritional markers including key vitamin and antioxidant-related patterns
• Detoxification indicators to assess demand on certain detoxification pathways
• Mineral metabolism markers that may reflect nutrient balance and metabolic function

The OAT  provides a deeper look at functional patterns related to mitochondrial function, nutrient needs, gut-related metabolites, oxidative stress, detoxification demand, and metabolic stress. 

It can be especially helpful when clients are struggling with: 

• Fatigue
• Brain fog
• Cravings
• Digestive symptoms
• Inflammation
• Stubborn weight changes
• Blood sugar concerns
• Complex symptoms that do not fully show up on standard bloodwork

At Five Peaks Wellness, the OAT is paired with comprehensive bloodwork and interpreted alongside your symptoms, history, nutrition, sleep, stress, and lifestyle patterns to help create a more personalized root-cause plan.

The DUTCH Complete is an advanced dried urine hormone test that provides insight into hormone production, hormone metabolism, and cortisol rhythm throughout the day. 

It evaluates sex hormones, hormone metabolites, and adrenal-related markers to help create a more complete picture of how the body is producing, using, and clearing hormones.

At Five Peaks Wellness, DUTCH testing is used when clinically appropriate and interpreted alongside your symptoms, health history, bloodwork, nutrition, sleep, stress, and metabolic patterns. This allows us to better understand how hormone and cortisol patterns may be connected to energy, mood, sleep, cycle changes, stress resilience, and overall metabolic health.

The DUTCH Complete evaluates key areas of hormone and adrenal health, including:

• Sex hormones: Estrogen, progesterone, testosterone, and related androgens
• Hormone metabolites: How estrogen, progesterone, and androgens are processed and cleared
• Adrenal markers: Cortisol, cortisone, DHEA, and DHEA-S
• Daily cortisol rhythm: Free cortisol patterns throughout the day
• Cortisol metabolism: How cortisol is produced, used, and metabolized
• Functional markers: Neurotransmitter-related metabolites, B-vitamin markers, melatonin, oxidative stress, and detoxification markers

• Simple at-home collection: Uses 4 to 5 dried urine samples collected over the course of a day.
• Comprehensive hormone data: Evaluates sex hormones, hormone metabolites, cortisol and cortisone patterns, adrenal rhythm, and select functional markers.
• Insight into hormone metabolism: Helps show not only how much hormone the body is producing, but also how those hormones are being processed and cleared.
• Helpful for hormone-related patterns: May be considered for PMS, irregular cycles, perimenopause changes, fertility-related concerns, fatigue, weight changes, mood changes, stress intolerance, and sleep disruption.
• Personalized interpretation: Reviewed alongside your symptoms, health history, bloodwork, nutrition, sleep, stress, lifestyle patterns, and metabolic health picture.