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Have you ever wondered how well your body's defense system is working? Your body’s immune system is your defense against invisible invaders that seek to use you as a host to infect and reproduce. Your immune system may not be ready to fight the invading bacteria or viruses if it’s already dealing with inflammation caused by cellular stress, or toxins produced by your gut microbiome due to an unhealthy diet.
Your Viome Immune System Health Score provides personalized insights into your body's immune function and defense capabilities by analyzing over 14 functional pathways that provide insights into your immune system's effectiveness. It reveals your body’s ability to defend against potentially harmful pathogens + maintain overall health. Our health scores offer a comprehensive overview of different aspects of your body's wellness through the lens of your unique biology.
Why measure immune health?
Think of your immune system as your body's personal army, working around the clock to protect you from harmful invaders. This defense network operates through two main divisions: innate immunity (your body's first-line rapid response team) and adaptive immunity (your specialized forces that remember and target specific threats). When you get your Immune System Health Score, we're essentially checking how well this entire army is performing. Are the first responders properly patrolling? Is the communication between specialized units efficient? Are response levels proportional to threats?
Your score comes from an incredible process where we analyze millions of data points from your stool, saliva, and blood samples. This gives us a detailed picture of your immune health across three critical areas:
- Immune surveillance (innate immunity)
- Immune communication (cytokine and interleukin signaling)
- Immune response to microbial threats (adaptive immunity) and injury (wound healing)
Creating your Viome Health Scores
Your unique biochemistry tells an important story about your health. Using advanced AI technology, Viome analyzes over 10 million data points from your oral, gut, and human cell samples to create comprehensive health scores that guide your personalized nutrition and supplement recommendations. These scores reflect how your body's systems impact your overall wellness, drawing from thousands of scientific pathways and peer-reviewed research.
Here's how we transform your Viome test samples into actionable health insights:
- Sample Analysis: We sequence your biological samples to start your health story
- Molecular Translation: We convert your molecular data into meaningful biological functions
- Clinical Alignment: We map these functions to relevant health indicators
- Score Creation: We generate your personalized Integrative Health Scores
Immune System Health Score
Your Immune System Health Score is designed to give you insights into your body's defense capabilities and resilience. It reveals how your immune system is functioning on multiple levels, from immediate responses to long-term protection. This score is available with our Full Body IntelligenceTM Test.
Your Viome nutrition recommendations are designed to optimize your immune system support processes.
What we report on:
- Immune system efficiency
- Inflammatory balance through cytokine pathways
- Barrier defense strength
- Immune cell function
- Oxidative stress management
- Toxin clearance capabilities
- Short-chain fatty acid production
What will I learn about immune health?
Using samples from your gut, blood, and microbiome, we can assess how your immune system interacts with microbial communities throughout your body. This gives us a clear picture of your immune response patterns, inflammation levels, and how well your body maintains its protective barriers. We can identify factors that might be challenging your immune system, such as physiological stress or compromised gut barrier function. Our analysis examines:
- Immune signaling patterns that regulate inflammation
- Production of beneficial short-chain fatty acids by gut bacteria
- Oxidative stress levels and antioxidant responses
- Microbial diversity and its impact on immune function
- Gut barrier integrity and its role in immune regulation
- Inflammatory pathway activation levels
What does an Attention score mean?
Don't worry, this isn't a failing grade. An Attention score means your immune system could use more support right now. Your body's defenses may not be working at their best, which can mean less resilience when life gets demanding and more sensitivity to seasonal and environmental changes.
Think of this score as a signal. Just like shivering tells you you're cold, this score points to where your immune system needs help. It may be:
- Working harder than it needs to just to keep up with daily defense
- Handling more inflammatory activity than usual
- In need of extra nutritional support to keep producing and maintaining immune cells
- Having a harder time keeping its inflammatory response in balance
What Viome may recommend
- Anti-inflammatory foods matched to your biology
- Foods rich in immune-supporting nutrients
- Fiber-rich foods that help your gut bacteria make short-chain fatty acids, compounds that help keep your immune system balanced
- Cutting back on your Minimize and Avoid foods, which may be putting extra strain on your immune system right now
- Precision Supplements formulated to provide immune support*
What does an Improve score mean?
An Improve score means your immune system is doing a lot right, with a few areas that could use support. Your defenses are keeping up with daily challenges, but some signals suggest they're working harder than they should. Your immune system may be:
- Responding well most of the time, with less in reserve when you're stressed or short on sleep
- Showing some inflammatory activity that's worth addressing
- Ready for more support from your gut microbiome, which plays a big role in immune balance
What Viome may recommend
- More of the foods on your Superfoods and Enjoy lists
- Fiber-rich foods that help your gut bacteria make short-chain fatty acids
- Simple swaps for foods on your Minimize list
- Precision Supplements formulated to provide immune support*
- Retesting to see how your score responds as you follow your recommendations
What does a Maintain score mean?
A Maintain score means your immune defenses are working well. Your immune system is:
- Responding efficiently to daily challenges
- Keeping inflammation and stress in check
- Maintaining strong protective barriers, like the lining of your gut
- Coordinating well between different immune responses
- Scaling back activity when there's no threat
What Viome may recommend
- Keeping the foods on your Superfoods and Enjoy lists in regular rotation
- Staying consistent with the fiber and gut-friendly habits that got you here
- Precision Supplements to keep your immune support consistent*
- Retesting to keep your recommendations current as your body changes
Wherever your score lands, your recommendations are built from your own biology, with personalized guidance on 370+ foods. Open the Viome app to see your Immune Health Score and your full list of recommendations.
Immune health impacts energy for everyday life
Your immune system's health has far-reaching effects on your daily functioning, and its connection to your gut health is particularly fascinating. Did you know that your gut is home to 70% of your immune system, making it your largest immune organ? This crucial connection involves complex interactions between your gut microbiome, intestinal barrier, and immune cells. Your gut microbes produce essential compounds like short-chain fatty acids (particularly butyrate) that help regulate immune responses and maintain gut barrier integrity.
Common signs that your immune system might need support include:
- Increased sensitivity/intolerance to multiple foods
- Fatigue
- Brain fog
- Skin irritations
- Slow recovery times
Healthy immunity provides a foundation for your overall well-being
Understanding your immune system's vital role helps explain why maintaining its health is so crucial for your overall wellness. Your immune system serves as a sophisticated defense network, operating continuously to protect you from various threats while maintaining your body's balance. Your immune system serves as your body's primary defense mechanism, protecting you from:
Your immune system serves as a sophisticated defense network, operating continuously to protect you from various threats while maintaining your body's balance. It protects you from:
- Viruses, bacteria, and fungi through coordinated innate and adaptive responses
- Environmental toxins through specialized detoxification pathways
- Cellular changes that could lead to disease through immune surveillance
- Inflammatory responses that could damage tissue through regulatory T-cells
When this complex system is functioning optimally, the benefits are noticeable in many aspects of your health.
If your immune system is working efficiently, you may experience:
- Better resistance to infections
- Faster recovery from illness
- Improved energy levels
- Better skin health
- Reduced allergic responses
- Enhanced wound healing*
- Optimal inflammatory balance
Stay on track with the Viome
Your Immune System Health Score is one of many Viome scores that work together as your health compass, guiding you toward optimal wellness. To make the most of these insights:
- Test regularly to monitor immune function changes
- Follow your personalized recommendations for immune support*
- Make healthy lifestyle choices that support immune balance
- Pay attention to your gut health and microbiome diversity
- Monitor your symptoms and recovery times
Remember, you're not just looking at numbers—you're gaining insights into your body's fundamental defense mechanisms that can be tailored to fit your lifestyle. Your immune system works hard for you daily, and we're here to help you support it. Understanding your Viome health scores is a powerful step towards taking control of your health.
To learn more, connect with our community through weekly chats and virtual open houses, or contact our Customer Experience team for personalized guidance. We can help you take positive steps toward better immune health and keep you feeling your best.
