Blood Testing

After you’ve placed an order you’ll get an email inviting you to create a ‘results account’ with Thriva so you can view your results. Unless you choose to have a nurse visit and take your blood, you’ll receive a testing kit at home and collect your sample following the instructions in the pack and our helpful video here. You’ll then post this back to the lab for testing. Once they’ve been tested and analysed, a doctor will review your results and the information you shared when you created your account with Thriva, and you’ll get an email to tell you when these are ready.

After you’ve registered for a ‘results account’ you’ll be able to view the status of your order, track your parcel and see where they are in the lab testing process. Once your results are ready, you’ll see a series of helpful charts to show you your results.

Make sure when you submit the return form in the sample, your name and date of birth match exactly the details you registered with in your ‘results account’ or Thriva will be unable to process your sample. This means making sure your date of birth matches and also that you use the same form of your name, e.g. do not use abbreviations or initials on one and not the other.

You’ll be able to place your order when you complete your weight loss consultation, when you check-in every month to get your next pen or at any other point as a stand-alone order. We do this so you can track the most important biomarkers for your metabolic health and see the impact of the changes you’ll make on the Slimmr programme.

In an ideal world, you’d test at the start of your programme and then every 3-6 months so you can see progress in real time, in addition to the other changes people see on the programme in terms of their weight and how they feel.

We believe it’s most effective to monitor your internal health regularly over time and to see the impact of the changes you make on the Slimmr programme. So if you do want to do this, we recommend taking your test up to every three months. This is the amount of time it typically takes to see the impact of health and lifestyle changes.

No, not at all, this is an additional service for those who want more information on how their body is responding to the Slimmr programme. It’s entirely up to you whether you choose to add this to your first order, your check-in orders or at any other time if you want to see the impact the changes you are making are having on your body beyond your weight and how you feel.