Your genes do not change, but they do influence how your body handles food, nutrients, and medicine. A physician-ordered DNA panel can make some of that visible.
What it can tell you
- Inherited tendencies. Variants linked to higher or lower risk in areas such as heart and metabolic health.
- Nutrient processing. How efficiently you convert or use nutrients such as folate, vitamin D, and B12, and how you handle fats, carbohydrates, and caffeine.
- Medication response. Pharmacogenomic markers that suggest how you are likely to process certain common medications.
What it cannot tell you
- It cannot say with certainty that you will or will not develop a disease.
- It does not show your current levels of anything. Labs do that.
- It does not replace recommended screening.
Why interpretation matters
Genetic results are easy to over-read. A variant associated with lower vitamin D conversion means little if your measured vitamin D is excellent. That is why we pair DNA results with lab values: genes show the tendency, and labs show the reality.
Privacy
Results ordered through your physician become part of your protected medical record, not a consumer database. They are yours to keep.