Viome at-Home Gut Microbiome Test | Get Advanced Gut Microbiome Analysis Based on Your RNA + AI Technology with Precision Health Scores & Custom Nutrition Recommendations

I’ve received my Viome Gut Intelligence results and recommendations and overall I am very pleased with what I am learning and the insights I can take action on to improve my health.I have been reading a lot about the microbiome the past year with many articles talking about its importance and connections to good or bad health. I started eating more yogurt and added kefir to my diet. But I truly didn’t know if that was the right thing to do. I heard from a friend about Viome and that they are able to measure the activity of all those bacteria, parasites, fungi, viruses and phases that live in my GI tract. Perhaps most importantly Viome is able to use this technology to determine a very personalized diet - food by food. I knew that most diets just didn’t work so this started to make sense.I received my kit, collected a small stool sample, answered some questions on the Viome smartphone app and sent my sample back to the lab. Pretty simple process.My results and recommendations now appear on my app in a pretty user friendly format. Viome gives me some useful indexes of various aspects of my health and of course lists of foods I should eat often or avoid. It’s pretty neat that by clicking on a food the app told me exactly what in my microbiome was triggering that recommendation. So I understood why they were making that personalized recommendation for me.I feel confident that by following these food recommendations my overall health will improve. I plan on reporting back after a month on the program so I can share my progress.The experience so far has been great and inspires confidence in the results.

I was amazed at the level of detail my gut test provided. I did this about two years ago and was really impressed with the information I got. I was working with a functional medicine doctor at the time and a lot of what I had learned previously matched what I learned from this test. Plus, this test provided even more information that previous tests I had done did not. I showed it to my functional medicine doctor and he was really impressed with what we could learn about my gut health. I definitely plan to take another test in the future and see what has changed since I’ve been making improvements towards my health.

More like pseudoscience and unfortunately their marketing outpaces the science. I filled out a very extensive questionnaire that took 106 minutes (that’s Viome’s estimated time to complete it not mine) and they sent me “personalized food recommendations and precision supplements to help. They tell you their supplements and probiotics are all you need for your complete health but some of the ingredients in the custom made supplements were in direct conflict with my medical conditions that took so long to complete. started to notice that I was getting itchy the first few days and by the 7th and 8th day my body was completely full of red blotchy hives from head to toe. I also noticed that my blood pressure went up for the one week I took the supplements and followed their diet recommendations. I made an appointment with doctor said to stop taking it immediately. She also pointed out that Echinacea and Quercetin (two of the ingredients in my personalized supplements is a know trigger overactive immune response for people with autoimmune issues as well as thyroid issues-both of which I have. As soon as I stopped taking the supplements and the recommended foods the hives went away.I called Viome to report my side effects but they seemed unfazed and said that I had already committed to receiving the next batch of supplements. They offered to remove anything that I thought might be responsible for my itching hives and high blood pressure for the next batch. That’s ridiculous! They claim to have artificial intelligence that knows exactly what I need (unless I have a severe reaction and then I get to decide which of the 41 ingredients might or might not be good for me.) I offered to return the remaining 22 days of suppliments and probiotics but they wouldn’t take them back and would not stop next months shipment. I have also filled a report with the FDA.

I ordered the gut microbiome test and was excited about the comprehensive list of foods to avoid, eat in moderation, and superfoods for my body. I eliminated all of the avoid foods and immediately felt a relief of symptoms of gas and bloating.The only thing I didn’t love is that some of the result description are confusing and hard to follow.

Love how this test is not just for the sake of knowing the numbers or about all these crazy-science-named things of the gut, but that it translates those numbers into "SO don't eat this for 3 months, don't eat that for 6 months, take these vitamins and eat these super foods to heal your gut and be able to eat those other things again in the future without harming your body" - what doctor ever did that after your $700 gut test? The doc only cares about "yup, all looks normal enough to keep going" and not about getting into proper balance to protect against illnesses in the future - or truly making food your medicine. LOVE IT - great results, got to a healthy weight, no more tummy pain with eating, no more bloating, and I just overall feel so much better since testing and following the recommendations annually for the past 3 years. Can't recommend it enough!