PATIENT REFERRAL

How to refer patients

We will call your patient within 1-2 business days to explain how to get started. We will also send you updates about your patient's Ixcela journey so that you have peace of mind they are getting the supportive care they need.

If you don't have a fax, you can simply fill out our patient referral form. We will call your patient within 1-2 business days to explain how to get started.

We will also send you updates about your patient's Ixcela journey so that you have peace of mind they are getting the supportive care they need.

Medical Provider

Value priced to ensure access and affordability


Ixcela’s virtual Registered Dietitian clinic provides unique expertise in improving gut health. We accept all major commercial insurance in Kansas, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Carolina to cover Registered Dietitian visits. Our standard procedure is to use our proprietary gut health test that allows our dietitians to create highly personalized recommendations for patients, which is $220 and not covered by insurance. If that is price prohibitive, we have a free digital tool that uses AI and survey questions to estimate the state of the gut.

IXCELA RESEARCH COLLABORATIONS

Ixcela research comes from in-house experimentation (conducted with pharmaceutical partners like Pfizer, nonprofit organizations like NASA, and academic institutions such as Harvard, Massachusetts General Hospital, Duke, and Mayo Clinic), peer-reviewed literature, and clinical studies conducted at other laboratories around the world.

What providers are saying

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I have found that Ixcela serves as a terrific way to not only empower our breast cancer patients to participate in their own healthcare but also to ensure their success. When we think about the fundamental determinants of how well any body functions, food choice is a powerful tool to accelerate wellness and mitigate side effects from treatments.

Megan Baker, MD, Interim President and CEO of Roper St. Francis Healthcare
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As both a physician and a cancer patient, I can not recommend the Ixcela Gut Microbiome Test highly enough. Ixcela helped me optimize the parameters that I can control in a situation in which I felt powerless. The Ixcela report broke down my gut health into tangible pieces and allowed me to make changes to optimize my cancer treatment. I feel so lucky to have had the opportunity to improve my health with Ixcela.

Diana Racusin, MD

  • Indole-3-acetic acid plays a crucial role in maintaining beneficial Lactobacillus species of gut bacteria.
  • Above-optimal levels cause sleep issues, bloating, heartburn, abdominal pain, irregular digestion, and frequent illness.
  • Below-optimal levels cause potential dysbiosis, symptoms including bloating, heartburn, abdominal pain, irregular digestion, sleep disturbances, acne, and eczema.
IAA

  • Indole-3-lactic acid is crucial in producing other essential metabolites, like indole-3-propionic acid (IPA), a strong antioxidant.
  • Above-optimal or below-optimal levels cause gut bacteria dysbiosis (bacterial imbalance), which can lead to various adverse symptoms, including gastrointestinal (GI) distress, inflammation, poor immune system, sleep disturbances, acne, and eczema.
ILA

  • Indole-3-propionic acid is crucial in regulating intestinal permeability.
  • Below-optimal levels cause bloating, irregular digestion, diarrhea, constipation, abdominal pain, gas, brain fog, and food sensitivities.
IPA

  • Kynurenine plays a crucial role in energy, dilating blood vessels, inflammatory mechanisms, immune response, and neurological function, maintaining DNA integrity, and turning food into energy.
  • Above-optimal levels cause decreased mental clarity, emotional imbalances, and inflammation.
  • Below-optimal levels cause decreased energy and a weakened immune system.
KYN

  • Serotonin plays a crucial role in mood regulation, muscle health, gut health, brain health, the ability to fall asleep, and initiating digestion.
  • Above-optimal levels cause emotional imbalances, sleep struggles (trouble falling asleep and staying asleep), diarrhea, and a “faster-moving gut.”
  • Below-optimal levels cause emotional imbalances, sleep struggles (trouble staying asleep or waking up several times throughout the night), constipation, and stomach issues.
SER

  • Total indoxyl sulfate plays a crucial role in maintaining kidney and heart health.
  • Above-optimal levels cause slow recovery and increase the risk of inflammation.
  • Below-optimal levels cause decreased energy and a weakened immune system.
IDS

  • Tryptophan is crucial in manufacturing several vital metabolites, including serotonin, kynurenine, and indole metabolites. It also supports normal brain processes that affect mood, behavior, sleep, memory, and learning.
  • Above-optimal levels cause GI distress, irregular digestion, and inflammation.
  • Below-optimal levels cause trouble falling asleep, poor stress management, and reduced motivation.
TRP

  • Tyrosine plays a crucial role in regulating mood, motivation, behavior, general feelings of well-being, and dopamine production.
  • Above-optimal levels cause low energy, muscle fatigue, soreness, and inflammation.
  • Below-optimal levels cause feelings of anxiousness, difficulty sleeping, and constipation.
TYR

  • Uric acid is crucial in the immune system, DNA, and RNA production.
  • Above-optimal levels cause inflammation and pain.
  • Below-optimal levels cause decreased energy and a weakened immune system.
UA

  • Xanthine plays a crucial role in digestion by inducing hydrochloric acid production and the secretion of pepsin from cells lining the stomach. XAN also helps to break down food and turn it into energy.
  • Above-optimal levels cause oxidative stress, inflammation, muscle fatigue, soreness, low energy, and slowed recovery.
  • Below-optimal levels cause irregular digestion.
XAN

  • 3-Methylxanine is crucial in regulating hydrochloric acid and pepsin secretion, which aid digestion.
  • Above-optimal levels cause irregular digestion, indigestion, and poor sleep.
XAN