Accurate and efficient diagnostic testing is crucial for doctors to create effective treatment plans that allow us to help prevent disease and/or to support patients to recover as quickly as possible with the least amount of side effects or complications. The primary purpose of diagnostic testing is to detect a disease – preferably before it happens, its outlook, and its possibility of spread throughout the body. As Naturopathic doctors we are trained in looking at the root cause of disease and we offer many specialty testing that conventional “allopathic”doctors don’t. A Micronutrient panel, heavy metals, parasites, comprehensive gut panels, food sensitivity panel are just a few examples.