Health Testing
Vitamin & Nutrient Deficiency Panel
The most comprehensive nutritional assessment available.
This profile provides the most comprehensive nutritional assessment available by combining several methodologies and biomarkers. This panel evaluates over 95 biomarkers to help assess a patient's functional need for antioxidants, vitamins, minerals, essential fatty acids, amino acids, digestive support, and other select nutrients.
- Lab provider:
- Genova Diagnostics
- Sample type:
- Whole blood, Serum, Urine
- Fasting required:
- Yes, fasting required
- Processing time:
- 14 business days
- Collection:
- Required at a laboratory location
Patient restriction: Patients must be at least 2 year old to take this test.
State restriction: Patients located in Hawaii, Puerto Rico, New Jersey, New York, or Rhode Island cannot order this test.
Sample report: View here
A Medura account is required to order lab tests. You'll sign in or create one at checkout, where we'll collect your legal name and date of birth to match your results securely through Medura.
Reviewed by a licensed physician
Secure results in your Medura account
At-home collection or a nearby lab visit
Personalized next steps with your results
What's included
- NutrEval® FMV
Why this panel matters
The Vitamin & Nutrient Deficiency Panel offers a broad look at how your body is using and metabolizing key nutrients, including amino acids, fatty acids, and vitamins. It also provides insight into antioxidant status and oxidative stress, which can affect energy and long-term wellness, along with digestive support markers that may point to nutrient absorption concerns. Mineral levels such as copper, zinc, magnesium, and manganese play important roles in immune function, energy, and metabolism. This panel can be a useful starting point for anyone experiencing unexplained fatigue, low energy, or general wellness concerns who wants to understand their nutritional status more deeply. It is a broad nutritional and metabolic check, not aimed at any specific condition or diagnosis. Discuss your results with a licensed healthcare provider.
Additional details
Why This Test?
This testing can address a wide range of concerns, from chronic health conditions to health optimization and peak performance. It combines several methodologies and biomarkers to provide one of the most comprehensive nutritional assessments available. Dynamic reporting allows for easy interpretation and clinically actionable results.
This is both a blood and urine profile that evaluates over 95 biomarkers and assesses the body's functional need for antioxidants, vitamins, minerals, essential fatty acids, amino acids, digestive support, and other select nutrients.
Who Might Benefit From This Test?
According to the World Health Organization, every country in the world is affected by one or more forms of malnutrition. Nutritional imbalances are often root cause contributors to health concerns. Correcting these imbalances can support optimized health and wellbeing.
Common reasons someone might consider this test include:
- Mood changes
- Cardiovascular health concerns
- Weight management or insulin resistance
- Fatigue
- Dietary guidance needs
- Malnutrition (often observed in older adults)
- Digestive or absorption issues
- Athletic performance
- Recovery from physical trauma or injury
This test is not performed in patients under 2 years old.
Patient instructions
Plan Your Collection
- Use a calendar to plan your specimen collection
- Ship Monday through Friday only, and avoid US holidays which may cause delays
4 Days Before Collection
- Consult your healthcare provider about stopping medications and supplements
24 Hours Before Collection
- Eat your usual diet but avoid over-eating any single food or consuming an extreme diet
- Consume no more than six 8-ounce glasses of fluid over the 24 hours before collection
Night Before Collection
- Fast overnight (water is okay)
- Freeze the freezer brick included in the kit for at least 8 hours
- Follow your normal nightly tooth brushing and flossing routine, but do not use mouthwash
Morning of Collection
- If collecting a cheek swab, do not eat, brush or floss your teeth, use mouthwash, chew gum, or use any tobacco or coffee products beforehand; only water is allowed before specimen collection
- Collect urine and cheek swab (if ordered) immediately upon waking
- Follow the full collection instructions provided with the kit
What happens next
Order your lab test through Medura, just like any other product. Within 24 hours of your order, you'll receive a secure link to create or access your lab test account, where your lab requisition is generated. Depending on your specific test:
Specialty tests
Specialty tests (such as certain stool, saliva, or breath tests) ship directly to your home within 24 hours of your Medura account being set up, with all collection materials, instructions, and prepaid return packaging included.
Standard panels
Standard panels generate a digital requisition inside your Medura account. Enter your zip code to find a nearby Quest or LabCorp location, or schedule a mobile phlebotomist to come to you.
Your account may include personalized supplement recommendations to help address areas of concern identified by your lab work.
Medura provides comprehensive lab testing services. Test orders are reviewed by a licensed physician as required by law. Your health records and results are securely stored through the secure account link Medura provides you. Results are for informational purposes and do not constitute a diagnosis. Always discuss your results with a licensed healthcare provider.