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This test is an indicator of the level of dysbiosis (toxicity) of your large bowel.

A certain amount of the toxic load in our bodies comes from exogenous sources (from outside the body – such as from industrial chemicals, pollutants, pesticides, food chemicals, smoking and cleaning agents. However, the colon or bowel is often the largest contributor to the toxic load in a person’s body. Research over the last 100 years has proven the existence of bowel toxins, and shown that it is just as important to keep the colon healthy as it is to minimise exposure to exogenous toxins.

Urine Indican test

Indican is found in the urine when there has been putrefaction of protein in the colon following a high protein meal. Indican is a by-product of the metabolism of putrefactive bacteria, and in high enough amounts will fail to be detoxified by the liver, saturate the bloodstream and then be excreted by the kidneys.

Your indican test result is a measure of the extent of toxaemia in your colon.