A Deeper Look at Your Hormone Health

DUTCH Testing

The DUTCH test a functional lab test that provides a deep, comprehensive look at your body’s hormone landscape.The DUTCH shows us how your body produces hormones, how it uses those hormones, and how it eliminates or detoxes them. This is especially helpful for women with symptoms that blood work alone doesn’t always explain. Talk to our hormone experts to find out if this test is right for you.

DUTCH Instructions:

WHAT DAY DO I COLLECT?

  1. Cycling Premenopausal women – collect between days 19-22 of a 28-30day cycle. For longer cycles, add the number of days you usually go beyond 28 days. Subtract if your cycles are shorter.

  2. Irregular cycles – collect any day except when bleeding.

  3. Postmenopausal women, non-menstruating women and men – collect on any day.

HOW TO COLLECT

  1. Complete all the information on each collection card.

  2. Saturate the filter paper by urinating directly on it OR use a clean cup and dip the filter paper.

  3. Leave the collection device open to dry for a full 24 hours. (This means each individual card needs a 24hr drying period)

  4. Once dry, close each card and place all in the resealable plastic bag and return it to the provided shipping bag. Be sure to include the completed requisition form (required).

WHEN TO COLLECT

  1. While adhering to your most common wake/sleep schedule, collect as close as possible to the timeline. NO ALCOHOL, NO CAFFEINE, OR LARGE FLUID INTAKE AFTER LUNCH BEFORE COLLECTING THE DINNER SAMPLE. No more than one cup of fluids between samples #3 and #4.

  2. FIRST OPTION – 2-day collection schedule

    1. Day 1 you will do a dinnertime (5pm) collection and a bedtime (10pm) collection. DO NOT DRINK FLUIDS 2 HOURS PRIOR TO BOTH COLLECTIONS! Recommend keeping fluids at 32 oz on day 1.

    2. Day 2 you can do an overnight collection at your first waking/sleep disturbance, but it is not required. Do a wake/rising collection (within 10 minutes of waking) and a 2 hrs. after collection. NO ALCOHOL, NO CAFFEINE, NO MORE THAN 1 CUP OF FLUID BETWEEN WAKE RISING AND 2 HRS AFTER SAMPLES.

  3. SECOND OPTION – 1-day collection schedule

    1. You will do a wake/rising collection (within 10 minutes of waking) and a 2 hrs. after waking collection. NO ALCOHOL, NO CAFFEINE, NO MORE THAN 1 CUP OF FLUID BETWEEN WAKE RISING AND 2 HRS AFTER SAMPLES.

    2. Do your dinnertime (5pm) and bedtime (10pm) collection. DO NOT DRINK FLUIDS 2 HOURS PRIOR TO BOTH COLLECTIONS!

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

  1. Do NOT take any steroids while testing.

  2. Please DO NOT stop oral DHEA even though the booklet says to stop.

  3. Do not skip doses of birth control.

  4. Any hormones taken at night should be taken after bedtime collection.

  5. Hormone creams/gels can be used as usual during the test.

  6. Avoid avocado, bananas, pineapple, and fava beans for 48 hrs. before collection.

  7. DO NOT PUT IN YOUR MAILBOX OR A DROPBOX!

    REQUISITION FORM: IT IS VITAL THAT YOU COMPLETE THIS FORM IN COMPLETE DETAIL. CIRCLE SYMPTOMS THAT ARE MOST PREVELENT AND MAKE SURE TO LIST ALL HORMONES AND ANY OTHER MEDICATIONS/SUPPLEMENTS WITH THEIR DOSE AMOUNTS!!!