Nutrient Zoomer Collection Instructions
Important:
For optimal and clinically relevant results, patients should maintain their routine diet, medications, and supplements unless specifically instructed otherwise by their healthcare provider.
Time of Collection: Schedule your blood draw in the morning after an overnight fast for the most accurate micronutrient levels.
Avoid collection: N/A.
Fasting: Recommended. Do not eat or drink for at least 8 hours before collection.
RECOMMENDED: Preparing for the Test to Avoid Test Interference
- Medications: Continue taking prescribed medications unless otherwise directed by your health care provider.
- Hydration: Ensure adequate hydration by drinking 8 glasses of water per day for 2-3 days before the test. On the collection day, do not drink more than 8 oz of water 1 hour prior to urine collection.
OPTIONAL: Preparing for the Test to Avoid Biological Effects
- Diet: For 48 hours before collection, avoid excessive intake of foods or beverages with vitamins or minerals (e.g., energy drinks, cereals, or multivitamins).
- Supplements: Avoid non-prescribed vitamin and mineral supplements (e.g., vitamin D, B, magnesium, zinc, iron) for 72 hours before collection.
- Environmental Factors: Avoid intense physical exercise and exposure to environmental pollutants (e.g., cigarette smoke, exhaust fumes) 24 hours before collection.
Test Interference: Test interference occurs when a food, supplement, or medication alters the sample, or directly interferes with testing reagents. Test interference causes an inaccurate result (e.g., false positive, false negative, false higher, or false lower).
Biological Effects: Even without interfering with the test, some substances can influence your body’s biomarkers, affecting your results by increasing or decreasing the biomarker. However, biological effects do not interfere with test performance, accuracy, or validity. Results will be accurate as measured.