Testing + assessment

Understanding your body through the right lens

Testing is a tool not a destination. I begin every client relationship with a comprehensive intake and symptom assessment, and add functional testing only where it adds genuine clinical value. A number on a page means nothing without the context of your history, your constitution, and your symptoms. Used well, testing illuminates what the body is trying to say. Used poorly, it creates confusion and unnecessary anxiety.

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Testing + assessment

Understanding your body through the right lens

Testing is a tool not a destination. I begin every client relationship with a comprehensive intake and symptom assessment, and add functional testing only where it adds genuine clinical value. A number on a page means nothing without the context of your history, your constitution, and your symptoms. Used well, testing illuminates what the body is trying to say. Used poorly, it creates confusion and unnecessary anxiety.

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My approach: start with your story. The Nutritional Assessment Questionnaire, your health history, and the Ayurvedic assessment together paint a picture that is often more revealing than any single test. Functional lab work is added where it is clinically indicated and always interpreted in the context of you as a whole person, not as an isolated result.

Testing informs the plan. It never replaces clinical judgement.

Starting point — every new client

Nutritional Assessment Questionnaire (NAQ)

A comprehensive symptom questionnaire mapping 320+ symptoms across all body systems digestive, hormonal, immune, neurological, and detoxification. Completed before your first appointment, the NAQ pinpoints where the body is under stress before any lab work is ordered. It often reveals patterns that years of conventional testing have missed and it forms the foundation of every initial assessment, regardless of what additional testing follows.

Functional lab testing

Added where clinically indicated

Functional testing is never routine it is selected based on your specific clinical picture, symptoms, and what the NAQ and initial assessment reveal. Each test below is a tool that illuminates patterns and informs the nutritional plan. No test on this page is diagnostic — every result is interpreted alongside your full history and symptom picture.

In-person + virtual

Blood Work — Functional Interpretation

Interpretation of existing GP blood work through a functional lens looking at optimal ranges, not just disease thresholds. Reveals subclinical patterns that standard reporting misses. Clients bring existing results, or we discuss what to request from their GP.

All conditions where blood work is available — a first step before ordering additional tests

In-person + virtual

IgG Food Sensitivity Testing

Blood-based panel measuring IgG antibody reactivity to a broad range of foods a starting map of delayed immune responses to common triggers. Always interpreted alongside symptoms and clinical history, not in isolation. Standard allergy testing does not assess these delayed reactions.

Digestive conditions, skin reactions, autoimmune presentations, histamine intolerance

Applied kinesiology (muscle testing) is also used in-clinic as a complementary sensitivity assessment method.

In-person + virtual

24-Hour Urine Hormone Profiling

Measures all sex and adrenal hormones and their metabolites over a full 24-hour period capturing hormonal fluctuation across the full day, not a single point-in-time snapshot. More clinically informative than standard blood hormone panels for many presentations.

Perimenopause, menopause, PCOS, adrenal fatigue, HPA axis dysregulation

In-person + virtual

Intestinal Permeability Testing — Zonulin

Measures Zonulin and related peptides the biomarker that regulates gut tight junction integrity. The first scientifically validated marker for intestinal permeability, providing an objective measure of gut barrier function that informs targeted gut healing protocols.

Leaky gut, food sensitivities, autoimmune conditions, chronic inflammation, IBS

In-person + virtual

Hair Mineral Analysis

Tissue mineral analysis revealing long-term mineral status, heavy metal burden, and metabolic patterns — information not available through standard blood work. Particularly useful where standard testing has returned normal results and symptoms remain unexplained. Chronic fatigue, unexplained symptoms, heavy metal concerns, "normal blood work but I feel terrible"

In-person only

Body Composition Testing — BIA Analysis

Bioelectrical impedance analysis measuring body fat percentage, lean muscle mass, hydration levels, Basal Metabolic Rate, and visceral fat. Far more informative than scale weight alone — provides an objective baseline and tracks meaningful body composition change over time. Metabolic reset, weight management, sarcopenia, longevity programs

Coming soon

DNA Nutrigenomic Testing — Nutrition Genome

DNA-based nutritional genomics identifying how your unique genetic variants influence nutrient metabolism, detoxification, inflammation, hormonal pathways, and more. Enables truly personalised nutritional recommendations grounded in your genetic blueprint.

Coming soon to this practice — complex multi-system presentations, prevention, oncology support

Ayurvedic assessments

Classical Ayurvedic assessment tools

These classical assessment tools have been used in Ayurvedic clinical practice for thousands of years. They provide a constitutional and systemic picture that complements functional lab work reading the body through a different and equally informative lens.

In-person + virtual

Dosha Prakriti Mapping + Vikriti Assessment

Establishes your Ayurvedic constitutional type (Prakriti) and current dosha imbalances (Vikriti) the constitutional lens through which all other findings are interpreted. Your Prakriti shapes how symptoms manifest, which foods suit you, and which approaches are most effective for your body. Every client forms the Ayurvedic foundation of the plan

In-person + virtual

Tongue Analysis — Jivha Pariksha

Classical Ayurvedic tongue assessment revealing the state of digestion, Ama accumulation, organ stress, and dosha balance. In virtual sessions, conducted via photo or video. One of the most immediately informative classical diagnostic tools trained practitioners can read the tongue in seconds. Every client photo or video for virtual appointments

In-person only

Ayurvedic Pulse Reading — Nadi Pariksha

Classical Ayurvedic pulse diagnosis reading the three doshas through the radial pulse. One of the most sophisticated assessment tools in classical medicine requiring years of training to develop. Nadi Pariksha provides nuanced constitutional and imbalance information not available through any modern test. In-person sessions only cannot be conducted virtually

In-person preferred · virtual possible

Ashtavidha Pariksha — The Ayurvedic Eight-Fold Examination

Ashtavidha Pariksha is the classical Ayurvedic eight-point examination a systematic assessment of the body through eight distinct diagnostic windows that together reveal the state of the doshas, the strength of Agni, the health of the Dhatus, and the overall vitality of the individual.

Nadi

Pulse — dosha state, organ vitality

Mutra

Urine — metabolic and kidney function

Mala

Stool — digestive completion, Ama

Jivha

Tongue — digestion, Ama, dosha

Shabda

Voice — Prana, lung and nervous system vitality

Sparsha

Touch — skin temperature, texture, Vata

Drik

Eyes — liver health, Pitta, Ojas

Akriti

Overall appearance — constitution, vitality

How testing works

How to access testing through my practice

Ayurveda offers a profound framework for understanding the post-treatment body one that maps with striking precision onto the terrain factors of integrative oncology. The three concepts of Ojas, Agni, and Ama together describe what cancer and its treatment do to the body, and what recovery requires.

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Bring your existing blood work — I interpret it functionally

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I refer you to specific labs — discussed privately in your consultation

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Some tests I order directly — we discuss which are right for you

Testing is never required to begin working together. Many clients start with the NAQ, health history, and Ayurvedic assessment alone and find this is sufficient to build an effective nutritional plan. When additional testing is indicated, I guide you through exactly what to order and how the results will inform your protocol. You are never left navigating lab results alone.

Not sure which tests are right for you?

Start with a free 15-minute call we'll discuss your picture and whether any testing is clinically indicated.

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The entire contents of this website are based upon the opinions of Manjiri Nadkarni (Manjiri Nadkarni Consulting) and is meant for educational purposes only and does not constitute medical/ psychological advice . Please note that Manjiri Nadkarni is not a dietitian, physician or other licensed healthcare professional in Canada. She is a Doctor of Ayurvedic Medicine - MD (Ayurveda) (licensed and regulated in India but not Canada), Registered Holistic Nutritionist as well as Oncology Nutrition Consultant.

The content on this website is not intended to diagnose or treat any diseases. The information on this website is NOT intended as medical or psychological nor is it intended to replace the care of a qualified health care professional. Always consult with your primary care physician or licensed healthcare provider for all diagnosis and treatment of any diseases or conditions, for medications or medical advice as well as before changing your health care regimen.