A reduction in the consumption of animal products is one of the dietary recommendations that can be beneficial to your health and the environment. Whatever your reason for choosing this type of diet, a targeted blood test can be used to monitor the nutritional deficiencies it may cause in some people.
Options available in the Vegetarian/Vegan Profile:
Who is the Profile for? vegetarian / vegan :
Have you reduced or eliminated animal products from your diet and want to make sure you are not compromising your health? Whether you are a woman or a man, young or old, the Vegetarian/Vegan Profile will help you make sense of it.
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What the Profile vegetarian / vegan includes :
- 15-30 minute telemedicine consultation with a health professional
- Laboratory request for the following analyses*:
- Vitamin B12
- Vitamin D
- Complete Blood Count
- Ferritin
- TSH
- Iron profile (serum iron, % saturation, UIBC, TIBC)
- In-Home blood sample collection
- Blood analysis done in a private laboratory
- Telephone follow-up of your results with one of our health professionals
Note: the deadline for receiving the complete results is 4 working days.
Your results will be available via the Medfuture mobile application. You will be notified by text message as soon as your results are available there.
Please note that the date and time of the appointment to be chosen are for the telemedicine consultation with a health professional. A member of our team will contact you to schedule your home samples.
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*Please note that our consultations are offered in telemedicine only, with a physician or a specialized nurse practitioner (NP). The prescription of the requisition form may vary depending on your health condition. Our health professional may add or remove tests depending on your situation. Prices will be adjusted accordingly.
Our consultations and check-ups are only offered to people who are in Quebec at the time of the telemedicine consultation. If our health professional prescribes more tests than those already included in the check-up, you have the choice of performing these additional tests with our private laboratories or within the Quebec public health system.
You will receive the official receipt for your insurance claim by email, following the nurse's In-home visit.