Probiotics may be taken before Vibrant’s Gut Zoomer. However, probiotics taken before collecting a stool sample will be measured and reported in the Probiotic Organisms sections of the Gut Zoomer report. Ask your ordering provider whether to continue or discontinue probiotics before collecting a stool sample for the Gut Zoomer test. Ordering providers usually like to use the Gut Zoomer in one of two ways.
- Discontinue the probiotic for ~2 weeks before sample collection. The sample will then represent a person’s “baseline” microbiome ecosystem and the practitioner can recommend personalized probiotic supplementation based on results.
- The second strategy is to test about ~one month into probiotic supplementation to determine if that particular product is effective in “colonizing” the gut.
