Instructions:
Gut Flora Microbiome Test
With the mybody® Gut Flora Microbiome Test, you can analyze your gut health easily, safely, and conveniently from home—without visiting a doctor.
This guide takes you step by step through the entire process—from preparation and sample collection to shipping the sample to the laboratory.
This way, you’ll receive reliable results that help you better understand your digestion, well-being, and overall health.
Your feel-good body in 3 steps
Step 1
Try it at home
We’ll send the right test kit for saliva, blood, or stool samples directly to your home. You simply perform the test yourself and activate it online. Then send the sample to our laboratory in the enclosed return envelope. It’s that easy.
Step 2
Get results
We’ll keep you informed by email about the status of your sample. Once the analysis has been completed by the specialist laboratory, you can access your results online. There, you’ll find your detailed test results and receive recommendations on how to improve your well-being and work toward your goals. Here you can access your user account and results.
Step 3
Maintain well-being
In your user account, you have access to all your analyses at any time. In addition, the analysis reports include personalized tips and helpful information to help you better understand your body. You can also contact our customer support free of charge at any time.
Please read these instructions in full before starting. The laboratory can only carry out an accurate analysis if you follow all the steps.
Please note the following:
- Collect the stool sample immediately after a bowel movement – not during menstruation.
- Make sure that no urine or water comes into contact with the sample.
- Store the sample in the refrigerator (4–8 °C) until you send it (please do not freeze!).
- The stabilizer contained in the tube is corrosive – avoid contact with skin, eyes, or mucous membranes.
- Keep the materials out of the reach of children.
- If it comes into contact with your skin or eyes, please seek medical attention immediately.
- Use the sample tube only once.
- Please take the sample to the post office on the same day if possible.
Step 1: Preparation
Have the following items ready:
- 1 stool collector
- 1 stool sample tube (brown cap)
- 1 microbiome sample tube (white cap)
- 2 shipping containers
- 1 mailing envelope
Toilet preparation:
- For flat-bottom toilets: Remove any toilet fresheners if necessary and flush once beforehand. Place toilet paper in the bowl so that the stool does not fall into the water.
- For deep-water toilets: Attach the stool collector to the back of the seat. Make sure it does not come into contact with water or urine.
Step 2: Procedure – stool tubes with brown caps
- Carefully open the tube.
- Use the integrated spoon in the lid to collect small amounts of the stool sample from 5–6 different places (beginning, middle, and end).
- Fill the tube up to the marked fill level (½ tube).
- Close it securely.
- Label it with your name and the collection date.
- Place the sample tube in the shipping container with the brown lid and close it securely.
- Store it at 4–8 °C in the refrigerator until shipping (do not freeze!).
Step 3: Procedure – Microbiome Sample Tube (white cap)
- Label the container with your name and the date.
- Open the tube by turning the white sampling stick counterclockwise and carefully pulling it out.
- Use the tip of the stick to pierce the stool sample at three different points—only the grooves should be completely covered.
- Wipe off excess material on the blue adapter, place the stick back into the tube, and turn the cap clockwise until it clicks into place.
- Place the tube in the shipping container (white lid) and close it securely.
- The same applies here: store refrigerated; do not freeze.
Step 4: Shipping
- Place both shipping containers in the provided shipping bag.
- Remove the protective film from the adhesive strip and seal the bag carefully.
- The shipment should be sent between Monday and Thursday to ensure prompt delivery to the laboratory.
- Ideally, take the sample to the post office on the same day or by the following day at the latest.
Congratulations—you’re all done!
You have successfully completed all the steps. Your mybody® test is now ready for laboratory analysis.
You will soon receive your personalized report with valuable insights into your gut flora, microbiome, and nutritional recommendations for more energy, well-being, and balance.
If you have any questions, our support team is available to assist you at any time:
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How does a microbiome test work?
A microbiome test analyzes the composition of your gut flora, meaning the bacteria that live in your digestive system. With a simple test kit, you can collect a small stool sample and send it in for laboratory analysis. Using state-of-the-art DNA sequencing technology, the laboratory determines which types of bacteria are active in your gut and the proportions in which they occur. The results show you how healthy your microbiome is and whether an imbalance (dysbiosis) is present. With the right microbiome analysis from mybody®, you also receive personalized recommendations on how to restore balance to your gut flora.
How can I get my microbiome tested?
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What exactly does the microbiome analysis show?
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Understanding gut flora—why your microbiome is so important
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