Micronutrient Panel

Nutramed's micronutrient panel identifies deficiencies and suboptimal levels of key vitamins, minerals, and co-factors through blood analysis, providing the evidence base for targeted oral supplementation or IV micronutrient therapy.

Nutramed Clinic's Micronutrient Panel is one of the clinic's most clinically impactful offerings, directly reflecting the practice's foundational expertise in nutritional and metabolic medicine. Rather than relying on dietary recall or generic supplementation advice, the panel uses objective blood biomarker data to identify specific nutrient deficiencies and imbalances unique to each patient — enabling evidence-guided supplementation that is both precise and effective. Micronutrient deficiencies are far more common than many patients expect, even in well-nourished individuals. Modern agricultural practices, food processing, chronic stress, gut dysbiosis, and individual genetic variation (including MTHFR and other metabolic polymorphisms) can all impair nutrient absorption, utilisation, or storage, leading to subclinical deficiencies that manifest as fatigue, poor concentration, immune dysfunction, low mood, muscle weakness, skin problems, or accelerated ageing — without any obvious dietary cause. The Nutramed Micronutrient Panel typically assesses vitamin D (25-hydroxyvitamin D), vitamin B12 (serum and active holotranscobalamin), folate (serum and red cell), vitamin B6 (pyridoxal phosphate), iron studies (serum ferritin, serum iron, TIBC, transferrin saturation), magnesium (red blood cell, not serum — a more accurate reflection of intracellular status), zinc, selenium, copper, and omega-3 index (EPA + DHA as a percentage of total fatty acids in red blood cells). For patients with specific concerns — such as poor wound healing (suggesting vitamin C or zinc deficiency), neuropathy or fatigue (B12, B1, or alpha-lipoic acid), or cardiovascular risk (CoQ10, omega-3, vitamin K2) — the panel can be expanded to include these and other clinically targeted markers. Patients following vegetarian or vegan diets, those with known malabsorption conditions (e.g. coeliac disease, IBD, post-bariatric surgery), women of reproductive age, or individuals taking long-term medications that deplete micronutrients (statins, PPIs, metformin) are particularly good candidates for comprehensive micronutrient testing. Following the panel, the treating physician reviews results in detail, explaining the clinical significance of each finding and designing a personalised supplementation protocol that prioritises the most impactful corrections first. Where oral absorption may be impaired or where rapid repletion is clinically indicated, the physician may recommend IV micronutrient therapy as an adjunct — directly delivering nutrients such as high-dose vitamin C, magnesium, B vitamins, or glutathione into the bloodstream for maximum bioavailability. Repeat testing after three to six months of supplementation allows the physician to confirm that levels have normalised and adjust the protocol as needed.