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The foundational blood chemistry panel — kidney, liver, and electrolytes
A Comprehensive Metabolic Panel (CMP) is a standard blood test that measures kidney function, liver function, electrolyte balance, and blood sugar — providing essential baseline data on your core metabolic health.
While the CMP is a conventional test, it's a critical foundation for health assessment. Gabriel uses CMP data through a functional lens, identifying subclinical patterns that conventional medicine misses — like early kidney stress, liver congestion, or electrolyte imbalances that drive fatigue and muscle cramps.
The CMP is foundational. Even if you're running advanced functional tests, you need baseline kidney and liver function data. Gabriel interprets CMP results functionally — not just looking for disease, but for optimal ranges. Elevated AST-to-ALT ratio suggests alcohol or mitochondrial stress. Low CO2 indicates acidosis. High-normal creatinine in a lean person suggests dehydration or early kidney stress. These nuances guide hydration protocols, liver support, and detoxification readiness.
A fasting blood draw at any local lab. Fast for 10–12 hours (water only). Results are typically available within 24 hours. Upload to Gabriel alongside your advanced functional tests for a complete metabolic picture.
Conventional practitioners read these results through a disease-focused lens — looking for what's broken. Gabriel reads them through a holistic lens — looking for what's out of balance and how to restore it. We see optimal ranges, not just "normal" ranges. We connect findings across all your diagnostics to reveal patterns that siloed specialists miss.
A CMP includes 14 markers: glucose, BUN, creatinine, sodium, potassium, chloride, CO2, calcium, total protein, albumin, bilirubin, alkaline phosphatase, AST, and ALT. It provides a snapshot of your kidney function, liver function, blood sugar, and electrolyte balance.
The markers are the same, but interpretation differs. Conventional medicine flags values only when they fall outside broad 'normal' ranges. Functional medicine uses tighter optimal ranges to identify trends before disease develops. For example, fasting glucose of 99 is 'normal' conventionally but considered pre-diabetic functionally.
Yes. The CMP is one of the most commonly ordered and covered blood tests. Most annual physicals include it. It's typically part of routine bloodwork and costs $15-50 without insurance through direct labs.
At minimum annually as part of routine health screening. More frequently (every 3-6 months) if you're monitoring specific conditions, taking medications that affect liver or kidney function, or actively working on metabolic health improvement.
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