Optional Holistic Insight
Go beyond the prescription.
See what your standard lab ranges may be missing.
Standard laboratory ranges can show when a marker is high or low. Functional Blood Chemistry Analysis looks more closely at patterns involving metabolism, blood sugar, thyroid function, hormones, inflammation, nutrient status, hydration, and other foundational areas.
Start with the correct labs.
Build clearer insight from them.
Your Functional Blood Chemistry Analysis is created from your bloodwork. A complete laboratory panel provides the markers needed to evaluate functional body systems, nutrient status, metabolism, blood sugar, thyroid function, hormones, inflammation, and other foundational patterns. After purchasing your analysis, you’ll be guided directly to the portal to order the panel needed for your report.
First: Begin Your Analysis
Begin by purchasing the Functional Blood Chemistry Analysis through Practice Better. This covers the detailed review and preparation of your personalized functional report.
Next: Complete Your Lab Panel
After checkout, continue to the portal, as directed, to order the comprehensive laboratory panel that supplies the data needed for your analysis.
WHY A COMPLETE LAB PANEL MATTERS
More Markers. More Context.
A comprehensive panel allows patterns to be viewed across multiple body systems rather than interpreting one isolated number at a time.
A Report Built Around Your Results
Your completed results are translated into a detailed report with educational guidance for nutrition, hydration, nutrient support, muscle preservation, digestion, and sustainable lifestyle habits.
Standard Lab Results Meet Functional Insight
One shows the numbers. The other helps you understand the patterns.
Standard Lab Reference Ranges
Functional Lab Target Ranges
Standard ranges help identify values that are significantly high or low and support medical diagnosis and treatment.
A result may be considered “within range” even when it is beginning to move away from a healthier functional target.
Functional Blood Chemistry Analysis uses tighter target ranges and examines relationships among multiple markers. This can reveal developing patterns involving metabolism, blood sugar, thyroid function, inflammation, hydration and nutrient status - an opportunity to course-correct with nutrition, supplementation and other natural wellness strategies.
Conventional ranges help identify significant abnormalities. Functional ranges help reveal patterns that may show where the body is moving off course.
The Beyond the Numbers Approach
Your results deserve more than a list of numbers.
Your Functional Blood Chemistry Analysis examines relationships among multiple biomarkers rather than looking at every result in isolation. Using tighter functional target ranges, it can highlight developing patterns involving metabolism, blood sugar, thyroid function, inflammation, hydration and nutrient status.
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Your confidential 30+ page report organizes your results into Functional Body Systems, Accessory Systems, Nutrient Status and potential Nutrient Deficiencies. Clear graphics and educational guidance help you understand where your body may need additional support through nutrition, supplementation and other natural wellness strategies.
Your labs show the numbers. Your analysis helps connect them.
A Simpler Way to Get Answers
One guided process - from purchasing your analysis to receiving your personalization.
Choose Your Analysis
Select self-guided or guided support.
Order Your Lab Panel
Continue to the portal for the panel needed for your report.
Complete Your Blood Draw
Follow the instructions provided with your laboratory order.
Receive Your Report
Your results are translated in a personalized 30-50 page Functional Blood Chemistry Analysis
How Ordering Works
Begin by purchasing your labs and then one of the following Legacy Wellness options. The Lab Ordering Page will open in a separate window, so that you can come back to this page to order your package.
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After completing your purchase, you will be redirected to the separate laboratory-ordering page. You must order the required laboratory panel directly through our laboratory partner to receive your Functional Blood Chemistry Analysis.
Your FBCA purchase does not include laboratory testing. If you purchase an FBCA option but do not order and complete the required labs, an analysis cannot be prepared or delivered. All purchases are final and nonrefundable.
First: Order Functional Labs
Labs are ordered through our lab partner and drawn at your closest Quest Diagnostics Lab.
Your analysis cannot be completed without those laboratory results.
Second: Choose the Level of Support That Fits You
Both options include your personalized Functional Blood Chemistry Analysis.
Receive your 30+ page functional report and review your results independently.
Required next step: Your analysis cannot be completed without those laboratory results. All purchases are final.
Receive your report and supplemental recommendations based on your lab work.
Required next step: Your analysis cannot be completed without those laboratory results. All purchases are final.
Report Sample
Ready for a Clearer Picture?
Go Beyond the Shot.
Choose the level of insight and support that fits you.
​Begin with a personalized Functional Blood Chemistry Analysis and review your results independently, or add a private 30-minute telehealth review with our Naturopathic Doctor for an explanation of your most important patterns and personalized next steps.
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No large wellness program required. Just professional medical access, flexible options, and the freedom to choose your level of support.
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DISCLAIMER: Legacy Wellness and Beyond The Shot provide educational and holistic wellness support focused on restoration, lifestyle, and foundational care. Advanced physician-managed therapies, when appropriate, are reviewed and prescribed separately through licensed medical partners. This information is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent disease. Intended for adults 18 and older.
Legacy Wellness provides naturopathic wellness and educational services only. Information and recommendations from Lisa Metzger, Board-Certified Naturopathic Doctor (BCND / ND), are not intended to diagnose, treat, or cure any medical condition and do not replace care from a licensed medical provider.