Exploring the advantages of a weight-loss consultation blood test
Embarking on a weight-loss journey can significantly impact your health, and a weight-loss consultation blood test can be a crucial tool in optimising your progress. Excess weight is intricately linked with various chronic conditions such as diabetes and heart disease, often accompanied by chronic inflammation and nutrient deficiencies.
Incorporating regular blood tests into a weight-loss programme provides you with the proactive benefit of identifying and addressing any potential nutrient deficiencies. It’s also an excellent way to obtain valuable insights into your progress, a significant factor that can help maintain your motivation. As you start to lose weight, improvements in key biomarkers such as cholesterol, blood sugar levels, and inflammation are frequently seen, reducing the risk of obesity-related illnesses.
A weight-loss consultation blood test facilitates tailored nutritional adjustments and serves as a tangible measure of your journey towards a healthier tomorrow.
The results of this test will give you a view as to your current health levels, repeating every three months through your weight loss period will help you to monitor the progress that you can’t see. Results will be tracked over time.
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| Price | £169 |
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What biomarkers are we looking at?
● Cholesterol and apolipoproteins
● HbA1c
● CRP
● Advanced Iron profile
● B-Vitamins (Folate and active B12)
● Vitamin D
Fasting: You do need to fast for this test, please do not eat or drink anything other than water for 8 hours before your appointment
Appointment: Your appointment will be 20 minutes, we suggest you make the appointment as early as possible as this is a fasting blood test.
How to Book: Follow the link to the Book Now portal and under Blood Tests select Superdrug Blood Test
Weekends: We don’t offer blood test appointments at weekends, this is to ensure they reach the laboratory as quickly as possible
Sample Return: After your appointment you will be asked to post your sample in a Royal Mail post box, it will be delivered to our lab the next working day.
Restrictions: This test is suitable for patients aged 18 years and over.
Time for Results: Results are usually available in 2-5 days
Results: We work with a company called Thriva to deliver your blood test results. During your appointment an account will be set up for you and your test will be registered against this. When your results are ready you will be contacted by Thriva to go into your account and view your results. You will need an email address to complete this registration.
Sometimes not all results will be available, because there may have been a delay in receiving your sample or another reason. This is nothing to worry about. You will be contacted by either the Superdrug or the Thriva Customer teams who will advise on what we need to do. If you have any concerns please contact SD.Bloodtests@superdrug.com.
For more information about our tests please look at our Frequently Asked Questions here.