Getting Started
Check your kit
Lay everything out before you start. You should have a swab tube, a clear hair sample bag, extra clear bags for supplements, your activation card and a pre-labeled return envelope.
Watch the video above for the full process.
Getting Started
Timing matters
Your samples give the clearest picture when your body is in its normal rhythm. First thing in the morning is ideal, before eating, drinking or brushing your teeth.
If mornings don’t work for you, wait at least twenty minutes after eating or brushing. That includes coffee, gum and mints.
Collect on a normal day for you, rather than when you’re acutely ill.
Saliva
Open your swab
Remove the wrapper and twist the cap off the tube. Hold the swab by the cap end and keep your fingers away from the tip.
Saliva
Swab, then seal
Run the swab along the inside of one cheek for about five seconds, then switch and do the same on the other side. Press firmly enough to feel it, gently enough to stay comfortable.
Slide the swab back into the tube and twist the cap until it’s firmly closed. Give it a gentle tug to check it’s sealed.
The tip should look damp, but not dripping, before you seal it.
Hair
Cut and bag your hair
Using clean scissors, cut about a teaspoon of dry hair. Anywhere on your body works, and you don’t need to cut close to the scalp. Put the hair in the clear sample bag and press it closed along the seal.
Colored hair works just the same, but please skip hair products (gel, spray and so on) before you collect.
Not enough hair? Email hi@attuned.health and we’ll help.
Supplements
Are you sending supplements?
Your kit came with extra sample bags, so you can send supplements to be tested alongside your samples.
Supplements
Bag and label each supplement
Each supplement needs its own bag. Put a single capsule, gummy or tablet, or a small amount of liquid or powder, into each one.
On the stickers marked “SUPPLEMENT NAME”, write the product name clearly and stick one on each bag. Brand plus product name is ideal.
We can’t test combined or unlabeled bags, so it’s worth checking both. We also can’t test pharmaceuticals.
Sending It Back
Label your samples
Write your first and last name on the stickers marked “NAME - HAIR SAMPLE” and “NAME - SALIVA SAMPLE”, and put them on the bag and the swab tube.
Collecting for a child or someone else? Use their name, not yours. It has to match the name on the health form.
Sending It Back
Pack it up and send it
Put your labeled swab tube, hair sample bag and any supplement bags into the pre-labeled return envelope, and seal it. Hand it to USPS or drop it in any mailbox.
We email you the moment it reaches our testing center, and your results are ready about one week after that.
Next is your health form. It gives us the context of your actual life, so your recommendations fit you.