

Organic Acid Testing
Course Overview
Just a few things you’ll learn in this Advanced Organic Acid Testing Course
- Organic Acid Testing (OAT) basics and background
- Section-by-section analysis of the OAT
- How to correlate with other screenings
- How to effectively clinically correlate
- How to properly interpret the OAT to your client
- How to construct an effective protocol
- Retesting and additional testing considerations
- Case studies to put it all together
What's Included....

Over 16 hours on-demand video

Quiz at the end of each lesson

Final exam at the end of the course

16 PDC
(like CEUs)
This course is open to the public and you do NOT have to be a graduate of the FDN Certification Course in order to learn more about Organic Acid Testing.
LESSON-By-LESSON:
Explore the course!
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Lesson 1 | Organic Acids Test Introduction
Learn the foundation of Organics Acids Test, including the test history, basics, review, and reference ranges.
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Lesson 2 | Dive Deeper
Dive into yeast and fungal markers on the OAT. Learn to evaluate creatinine levels for concentration of metabolites. Identify each marker related to yeast and fungus. Receive tips on fungal metabolite interpretation and supplement recommendations.
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Lesson 3 | OAT Bacterial Markers
Identify OAT bacterial markers. Learn about endotoxemia symptoms and treatment strategies.
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Lesson 4 | Clostridia Bacterial Markers
Identify clostridia bacterial markers and review several examples.
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Lesson 5 | Oxalates
Dig into oxalates. Learn what they are, symptoms of excess oxalates, sources of oxalates. Identify the ways in which oxalates cause metabolic dysfunction, OAT oxalate markers, and treatment strategies.
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Lesson 6 | Glycolysis
Understand glycolysis, including the glycolytic cycle metabolites. Review examples of the markers on an OAT test.
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Lesson 7 | Mitochondrial Function Function and the Citric Acid Cycle Metabolites
Focus on mitochondrial function and citric acid cycle metabolites. Learn about Krebs Cycle metabolites, amino acid metabolites, and support considerations for each.
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Lesson 8 | Mental Health Connection
Dive into the mental health and neurotransmitter metabolites connection. Includes case study review of an 86 year old female with Parkinson’s disease.
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Lesson 9 | Pyrimidine Metabolites
Learn about purines, uric acid, and a pyrimidine OAT analysis.
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Lesson 10 | Ketones & Fatty Acid Oxidation
Dig into ketones and fatty acid oxidation. Learn about the metabolic functions of fatty acids, metabolism pathways, ketone formation, omega oxidation, and carnitine shuttle. Includes case study review of a 1 year old with autism.
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Lesson 11 | OAT Nutritional Markers
Learn the foundations of the OAT nutritional markers: methylmalonic acid, pyridoxic acid, glutaric acid, ascorbic acid, 3-hyroxy-3-methyglutaric acid, N-acetylcysteine, and methylcitric acid. For each marker you’ll identify deficiency symptoms, food sources, low values, and high values.
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Lesson 12 | Detoxification Markers
Identify the detoxification markers, including possible causes of both elevations & low levels. Learn about the markers to cross-reference with. Includes case study review of a 2 year old boy.
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Lesson 13 | OAT Amino Acid Metabolites
Dig into OAT amino acid metabolites and phosphoric acid. Learn the functions, deficiency symptoms, food sources, and causes for high & low values.
Frequently Asked Questions
The course contains 16 hours of video teaching. So if you watch it from start to finish, that’s how long it would take to complete, plus 5-10 minutes per module for quizzes. If you really want to dig in and understand the content, we recommend applying the old college rule: 2 hours of studying for every 1 hour of teaching (48 hours total).
No. Anyone qualifies to take this course.
Absolutely! You can identify sources of your health struggles with an OAT test and this course! With a comprehensive analysis covering everything from neurotransmitters, bacterial & fungal overgrowth to nutritional deficiencies, you’ll be presented with unique healing opportunities that could change your life.
Yes!! Uncover the healing potential within your clients! This Organic Acids course will give you the skills to interpret OAT tests and help bring about positive change for those you serve.