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Gut Microbiome Test

We work with some of the best experts from the field of medicine, nutrition, life sciences and computational biologists, to drive the evidence based analysis and interpretation of microbiome and genomic data, employing a systems biology approach.


Test Package

What's Included:
  • Rych Index (Gut Microbiome Index)-A proprietary gut health snapshot
  • Disease Susceptibility
  • 3 Phase Nutritional Recommendation
  • Supplement Recommendation
  • Meal Plan
  • Free two way shipping
  • Free nutritionist consultation on the report


US $370 (Including shipping)

Benefits of the test


Shield yourself from diseases
  • The test aids in understanding the extent of gut dysbiosis & disease susceptibility.
  • The test qualitatively estimates your susceptibility to 15 diseases.
  • Your gut microbiome plays a role in progression of lifestyle diseases.
  • Visit “Our Science” page to know more.
  • The test also provides recommendations in the form of nutrition and life style modifications.
Take control of your diet and well-being
  • Community-wide assessment of digestive and metabolic function.
  • Provides information on your ability to metabolize diets and drugs.
  • Characterizes your lifestyle and diet, associated with weight, mood and disease etc.
  • Indicates whether you are deficit of certain nutrients.
  • Integrates all the above and provides you with actionable dietary recommendations to enrich, improve and sustain your health.
  • Provides recommendations of probiotic-based supplements for restoring and maintaining a healthy gut.
  • Overall, aids in improving and sustaining your health and general well-being.

What will my results tell me?

BugSpeaks® analyses your complete gut microbiome composition, characterizes its diversity and abundance, associates them with various disease susceptibilities, with the ultimate goal of generating a comprehensive set of dietary, prebiotic and probiotics recommendations.

Gut Microbiome Index

A numerical index indicating the state of dysbiosis or imbalance in the gut

Nutritional Recommendation

A 12-week nutritional recommendation to rebalance the gut

Diseases Risk Index

A qualitative risk estimate for 16 diseases

Probiotic Recommendation

A personalized probiotic recommendation

Pathogen Characterization

A list of gut pathogenic microbes that have been identified

Prebiotic Recommendation

A detailed prebiotic supplement recommendation


Why BugSpeaks®?

It is South Asia’s first microbiome based test which predicts susceptibility to over 15 diseases analysing the microbiome composition of the gut and provides actionable dietary and probiotic recommendations based on your gut microbiome. This may enrich, improve and sustain your health for a long term. The test is non-invasive, simple, easy to perform at home which takes small amount of faecal matter and uses next generation sequencing to detect and analyse all microorganisms based on their DNA. This test is brought to you by Leucine Rich Bio, an award winning company headquartered in Bengaluru, India. In house developed and patent pending matrix driven interpretation engine along with in house curated databases drive BugSpeaks®.

Our process

Signup and fill

Register yourself to book a test. Take a small quiz so that we can have a brief understanding of your lifestyle.

Sample Collection

A small kit for collecting the sample will be delivered to your home. Once you collect your stool sample and inform us, we will collect the sample and take it for the test.

Testing

This is the step where we perform the tests and characterize all the micro-organisms within your gut. We analyse the patterns based on sequencing data and prediction algorithms.

Report & Recommendations

Based on our findings, we work with experts to generate a personalized report and recommend ways through which you can enhance your health and lifestyle.

What is in the kit

The kit contains a stool collection tube, an instruction leaflet, and a questionnaire. The stool collection tube contains a spoon and a Stool DNA stabilizer reagent for collection and preservation of the sample. The instruction leaflet enclosed within the kit describe in detail the steps for stool collection, which ensures that right amount of sample reaches us without any degradation. Also, a questionnaire is provided with the kit which is needed to be filled by the person taking the test, as it helps us to understand your regular diet and help you accordingly. The questionnaire provided in the printed form is also available as an online clickable format, for which the link will be provided in advance to the person taking the test.

What do I do after the test result?

We would recommend you to take this report to a nutritionist or a physician for getting proper guidance and help in taking next steps to improve your health. We have tied up with doctors, nutritionists and boutique companies that provide solution like customized food preparation, access to health supplements including but not limited to prebiotics, natural probiotics etc. These services are currently available in select cities and collaborators who have established background in working on the microbiome space, to help our clients in the best possible way. Please feel free to connect with them should you desire the same, using "Our Experts".


Frequently asked questions

It is a wellness report.
We primarily identify “the diverse microbial species” within your gut, followed by characterization, analysis and interpretation of larger patterns within them using the ‘microbiome sequencing analysis” and our patent pending technology.
We achieve this through the aid of associations between your gut microbe composition and that of reported evidence utilizing our patent pending technology, giving you a detailed report on disease risk assessments and personalized nutritional and supplement recommendation for better intestinal health and general wellness.
Our intestines are home to good and bad bacteria. Probiotics are live beneficial microorganisms. You may be taking a wrong probiotic or may not be needing any probiotic. Also, excess of everything is bad so taking probiotics which are unnecessary might be bad for you. This test provides a snapshot of all the probiotics that your gut may be harbouring and thus might help you fine tune your probiotic requirement.
BugSpeaks® is a unique and easy to use “do it yourself” kind of a test which not only provides disease risk analysis but extends to provide you with personalized dietary and lifestyle recommendations to improve your overall health. In summary we provide :-
  • Disease susceptibility index based on the gut microflora abundance and diversity
  • A snapshot of the intestinal health
  • Personalized and unique 3 phase nutritional recommendation based on gut microflora
  • Personalized supplement recommendation based on gut microflora
  • Personalized trait information such as proneness to fatigue etc.
The recommendations contained in the report may aid in the therapy for any specific disease that you are undergoing and or improve the general well being and health.
That’s great! However as you would know all our food passes through the intestine where these microorganisms act on them helping in overall digestion. Various microorganisms act on different food to produce metabolites which might be good or bad for our health. Secondly, there is something called “cross-feeding” wherein metabolite of one microbe is food for the second. Our recommendations are based on the microflora that resides in the gut and therefore provides the relevant food items that one must consume to keep the good intestinal flora happy. This will thus help finetune your well-planned diet with proper evidence.
No, we operate remotely pan India and globally. Our test can be ordered online and the test kit is delivered to the address and picked up once the sample is ready.
We generally initiate the test procedure by sending the Microbiome Kit to the mentioned address after the payment is made successfully. You will be notified via email about the courier service company and the tracking number, when we dispatch the kit.
The kit basically is a stool collection kit with a specialized stool tube containing a liquid which is used to transport the sample without contamination and DNA degradation. The details on the collection process and the relevant do’s and don’ts will be sent to you along with the kit. A questionnaire will also be sent along with this kit.
Please follow the instructions provided within the kit to collect the stool sample and fill the questionnaire. Please notify us once the sample is ready and we will arrange to pick up the kit from your address through our courier partner.
You can reply to us on the same email thread or give us a call (provided in the kit), that the sample is ready to be shipped. Then we would initiate the pickup from your specified address.
Once we receive the sample, we will assign a unique ID to the sample. And you will be notified via email about the ID’s and any relevant details. We will keep you notified at regular intervals.
The analysis and the report generation process are carried out in a secure environment, redacting any personal information and is tracked only using the unique ID.
It is generally within 3-5 weeks from the day we receive the sample and assign the ID to the sample.
It is now generally accepted that intestinal inflammation due to gut microbiota dysbiosis can be a reason for many diseases. Our recommendations provide guide to personalized nutrition aimed at improving gut dysbiosis. If the recommendations contained in the report are followed and correct preventive measures are undertaken including certain lifestyle modifications then there is a good chance that overall health might improve.
We provide discounts based on volume and for certain individual cases. Please enquire
We would be able to clarify any queries pertaining to the report. If you would like to further discuss with a doctor or a nutritionist, you can take the help of “our expert” section on our website that will help you connect with the relevant experts in the field for next steps. Please be informed, the doctor or the nutritionist charges are not included in the test price.