Organic Acid Test (OAT)

Hi all

Thank you for all your replies - and the very detailed ones.  Very interesting and thought provoking to say the least.

I'm not here to persuade or try and influence anyone, I just wanted to see if anyone had any thoughts or personal experience as this is a big unknown for me and like you have said.. is costly.

There are a few things I have read up on and wanted to share.

University of Birmingham in the UK done the studies in the 1990s testing the urine and exploring the theory of leaky gut amongst other things (diary and gluten).  The book below was a great read for me and talks positively about it.  It does seem like this "idea" has been around for a significant amount of time.  And therefore you will naturally get others trying to make money by interpreting the results wrongly...but wonder whether there is credibility in the tests themselves if interrupted correctly.

https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/9781885477446?gC=5a105e8b&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIw5m3yKvF4AIVWYXVCh2oFQ7-EAkYAiABEgL8nvD_BwE

I also then saw a clip from great plain lab which linked yeast to stimming with sensory challengers. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3TAvjdKSeY

But what keeps getting me, is that no physical tests at all seem to be carried out in the UK.  We look at speech and language, occupational therapy, educational therapists plus more which I really value but no where along the line has any of these professionals ever mentioned to me to even look at diet, or to look at probiotics (which many of us seem to believe can help).  I have been on this journey for over a couple of years now as my 2 children are going through the system and being diagnosed.  I just feel there is a massive gap between the two approaches - here in the UK, and other countries. 

I spent some time finding a nutritionist (we dont have one available on the NHS) who could interpret the OAT results.  Every nutritionist I spoke to briefly on the phone to find a suitable one would say something along the lines of "its all about the gut"... and their frustrations were that this wasn't a common thought of approach (yes they were private and therefore paid)..

My son's OAT test has come back that he has an infection in the gut.  He has no "physical symptoms" and would not get tested on the nhs for this.  However, he is non verbal, has sensory challengers, and can stim all day.  He is autistic.

I completely understand the comments to be careful - much appreciated and will bear that in mind every step of the way.

Just to be clear the OAT isn't just genetic testing, but it gives recommendations of quantities of probiotics I need to give (which is significantly more than Ive been currently giving), immune system, infections and much more.

If anyone has gone on a similar journey, or about to start please get in touch.  Thanks again.

Hi I had my sons OAT test done report says few bacterial markers elevated as you said GP doesn’t consider this test still hanging out there and thinking out where to go from there but probiotics are definitely helping him.

Hi I had my sons OAT test done report says few bacterial markers elevated as you said GP doesn’t consider this test still hanging out there and thinking out where to go from there but probiotics are definitely helping him.