Consumer Testing

Personal testing may reveal individual patterns but is not equivalent to randomized clinical research. Consumer-accessible microbiome sequencing and blood testing can track biological changes from fasting and refeeding strategies. Consumers can use sequencing, blood tests, and measurement devices to observe biological changes after altering fasting routines. A practical experiment could compare different ways of breaking a fast. Individuals can compare different ways of breaking a fast across separate trial periods. Microbiome sequencing and blood testing could help measure differences between fast-breaking approaches. Microbiome sequencing and blood tests could compare biological responses between conditions such as coffee and scrambled eggs. Natural direct-to-consumer microbiome products may make personal experimentation more feasible.