Your Gut Drives
More Than You
Think.
The GI Effects® Comprehensive Stool Analysis evaluates digestion, gut inflammation, and your complete microbiome from a single at-home sample — giving your practitioner the data to address what standard labs miss entirely.
The Problem
An imbalanced gut
affects everything
outside it.
Research now links a dysbiotic microbiome — too many harmful organisms, too few beneficial ones — to conditions far beyond digestion.
Standard labs don't evaluate the gut. The GI Effects panel does what a routine blood panel cannot: it shows whether your gut is digesting properly, whether inflammation is present, and whether your microbiome is balanced, overgrown, or missing key organisms.
What Gets Tested
Three pillars of gut health — assessed simultaneously
The GI Effects uses the DIG framework — Digestion, Inflammation, and the Gut microbiome — to give a complete clinical picture from one sample.
Digestion & Absorption
Is your gut actually breaking down food and absorbing nutrients — or is undigested matter feeding the wrong organisms?
Inflammation & Immunity
Is your gut wall intact, or is immune activation quietly driving systemic inflammation throughout the body?
Gut Microbiome
What organisms are living in your gut — and are the beneficial ones winning, losing, or absent entirely?
Go deeper with
Microbiomix™
The GI Effects gives you a comprehensive gut snapshot. Microbiomix layers in whole-genome metagenomic sequencing — the gold standard method for microbiome analysis — detecting over 28,000 species and the metabolites they're producing.
Add it to your GI Effects order for the most complete gut health assessment available anywhere.
Ask About MicrobiomixAlso available as a stand-alone test
Clinical Context
The gut shows up
in places you
wouldn't expect.
Research associates gut dysbiosis with conditions both inside and outside the GI tract — many of which don't appear gut-related on the surface.
Associated Conditions
GI Effects provides clinical data relevant to all of the following
The Process
At-home. Simple. Actionable.
Order & Receive
Your Mend practitioner orders the kit — shipped directly to your door with everything included and a prepaid return label.
Telehealth eligible — all AZCollect at Home
Simple stool collection using the materials provided. No dietary restrictions required for most markers. Ship the same day with the prepaid FedEx label.
1-day or 3-day collection optionsPractitioner Review
Results in approximately 14 days from Genova's CLIA-certified lab. Your practitioner reviews all three pillars and builds a personalized protocol around the findings.
Targeted, data-driven protocolFAQ
Common Questions
Your gut affects
everything. Know its status.
One at-home collection. Three clinical pillars assessed. A practitioner-built protocol that addresses the root — not the symptom.
Important Information
The GI Effects® Comprehensive Stool Profile is a clinical assessment tool — not a diagnostic test for disease. Results must be interpreted by a licensed healthcare provider in the context of your full clinical history and symptoms. This test does not diagnose inflammatory bowel disease, irritable bowel syndrome, colorectal cancer, or any other condition. Abnormal results indicate areas warranting further clinical evaluation.
GI Effects® and Microbiomix™ are products of Genova Diagnostics, Inc. — a CLIA-certified and CAP-accredited laboratory. Mend Medical is not affiliated with Genova Diagnostics. Testing is ordered by a licensed practitioner. Insurance coverage varies; HSA/FSA eligibility applies for practitioner-ordered diagnostic tests. Some products not available in New York. Allow 14 business days for results after lab receipt of samples. Do not collect during an acute gastrointestinal illness.