For dietitians & nutritionists
Gut microbiome context for a nutrition consultation — described, not prescribed.
GutX™ profiles a client’s gut microbial composition and diversity from an at-home stool sample. VAMS ATLAS™ organises the result into structured scores, panels and confidence context you can read alongside your own assessment. It never tells your client what to eat.
How it runs in practice
- Client In your practice
- At-home sample Stool sample, returned for laboratory sequencing
- Sequencing Laboratory arrangements confirmed for each implementation
- ATLAS™ Structured interpretation
- Consultation You read the context with your client
- Follow-up Comparable repeat timepoint
What you receive
Every report is built the same way, so the tenth client reads like the first.
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Composition and diversity context
Relative abundance of major microbial groups and community diversity from a stool sample, presented in one consistent grammar across clients and repeat timepoints.
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Functional-potential context where supported
With WGS Advanced™, which metabolic pathways the community carries the genes for — potential, not activity, and never a dietary instruction.
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Confidence on every output
A qualitative confidence cue travels with each score and panel. Where confidence is insufficient the output is withheld, not caveated.
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Reference-cohort context, labelled as association
Where a client sits relative to a described cohort — context for a conversation, not a reference interval and not a verdict.
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Longitudinal comparison
Repeat timepoints run on pinned pipeline versions, so a later result is genuinely comparable with an earlier one.
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Plain-language client framing
Wording your client can follow, without shifting the interpretation away from you.
How composition reads
Relative abundance is presented in one consistent stacked grammar across clients and repeat timepoints, so comparing a follow-up with a baseline is a matter of reading, not re-learning.
Illustrative
- Taxon group A
- Taxon group B
- Taxon group C
- Taxon group D
- Remaining groups
Which tests apply to nutrition practice
GutX™ is the primary test for nutrition consultations. The Oral–Gut Axis bundle adds a second ecosystem where a client’s question spans sites; cross-ecosystem panels describe concordance and context, never causation.
- GutX™ — gut microbiome test, stool sample
- Oral–Gut Axis — GutX™ + OralX™
- Sequencing depths — 16S Foundation™ vs WGS Advanced™
Professional Insight — a professional report layer — is scoped with the team and sits outside consumer checkout. Ask about it in the walkthrough.
What the report will not do
Boundaries are enforced in the architecture, not just written in the footer.
- It does not diagnose digestive, metabolic or any other condition.
- It does not prescribe a diet, a food list, a probiotic or a supplement.
- It does not turn an association in the literature into an instruction for one person.
- It does not replace history, examination or investigations your client’s clinician may order.
Diet–microbiome research is largely associative and varies between individuals. The report states this; it does not convert it into personal advice.
How professional access works
- Request a walkthrough Tell us about your practice
- Walkthrough The illustrative sample report, end to end
- Professional access Arranged where appropriate
- Client follow-ups As repeat timepoints accumulate
Questions dietitians and nutritionists ask
Can I use a GutX™ report to build a client’s diet plan?
The report gives composition, diversity and, where supported, functional-potential context. It does not generate dietary instructions, and no diet plan or supplement comes with a VAMS BIOME report. How you use the context in a consultation is your professional judgement.
Does the report say which foods a client should eat or avoid?
No. It describes the microbial community. Research on diet–microbiome relationships is largely associative and varies between individuals; the report states this rather than converting it into personal advice.
What does a reference-cohort comparison mean?
It shows where a sample sits relative to a described population — an association, not a clinical reference interval. Cohorts may not match your client on age, geography or life stage, so it is context rather than a verdict.
Which sequencing depth is most useful for a nutrition consultation?
16S Foundation™ gives a robust composition and diversity baseline at lower cost, which suits first tests and follow-ups. WGS Advanced™ adds finer taxonomy and functional-potential context; for GutX™ it is scoped for professional and research work and quoted per engagement. Both are read through the same ATLAS™ structure.
Can clients collect the sample themselves?
Yes. GutX™ uses an at-home stool sample: clients collect it using the supplied kit and its instructions, then register and securely return it for processing. No lab visit is part of the journey.
What happens when sample quality is poor?
The affected output is withheld and the reason is stated. We would rather return less than present a number the data does not support.
Do I need to understand sequencing to use the report?
No. Method support is stated on each output in plain language. The technical detail is available if you want it, but it is not a prerequisite.
Request a walkthrough
Tell us about your practice and how you work with clients. We will follow up with a walkthrough of the illustrative sample report and how composition context reads in a consultation.
Thank you. Your enquiry has been received.
Our team will review your organisation, goals and requested pathway, and route the enquiry to the appropriate VAMS team.