Detective Health · Stephen Duncan, FDN-P MSc

Books, Guides &
Clinical Tools.

Every product built on thirty-seven years of clinical practice, personal experimentation, and one principle — test, don't guess.

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Gut Health & Digestion
GI-MAP · gut barrier · microbiome · bloating · IBS
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Hormones & Stress
DUTCH · cortisol · oestrogen · pregnenolone · adrenals
Energy & Fatigue
OAT · mitochondria · brain fog · thyroid · B vitamins
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Metabolic Health
Blood sugar · insulin · weight resistance · HOMA-IR
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Brain & Mood
ADHD · anxiety · gut-brain axis · focus · neurotransmitters
Bundles

Save with a Bundle

Curated combinations at a reduced price — for when you know you need more than one.

Best Value · 5 Guides

The Five-Test Interpretation Bundle

All five PDF reading guides covering every test in the TDG programme — GI-MAP, DUTCH Plus, Blood Chemistry, OAT, and Food Sensitivity. Everything you need to understand your results across all five tests.

  • GI-MAP Interpretation Guide
  • DUTCH Plus Hormone Guide
  • Blood Chemistry Interpretation Guide
  • OAT Interpretation Guide
  • Food Sensitivity Framework
Practitioner Grade · 4 Tools

The Interactive Tools Bundle

All four interactive interpretation tools in one bundle — enter your results and receive personalised clinical interpretation across blood chemistry, hormones, gut, and organic acids.

  • Blood Chemistry Interpretation Tool
  • DUTCH Plus Hormone Guide Tool
  • GI-MAP Stool Analysis Tool
  • OAT Interpretation Tool
Weight · Metabolism · Supplements

The Metabolic Health Bundle

The three guides that address the metabolic picture together — weight loss resistance, blood sugar and insulin, and the supplement framework that supports both. The complete metabolic investigation starting point.

  • Weight Loss Resistance — Clinical Investigation
  • Blood Sugar & Metabolic Health
  • Before You Buy Another Supplement
Brain · Stress · Focus

The Brain & Nervous System Bundle

The three guides covering the neurological and stress picture — ADHD and neurotransmitter balance, the gut-brain axis, and the HPA axis. The upstream drivers of focus, mood, and cognitive function.

  • ADHD & Brain Health
  • The Gut-Brain Axis
  • Stress & the HPA Axis

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Coaching Programmes

The Resilient Gut System™

A 16-week structured gut health coaching programme. Three tiers — The Map, The Investigation, The Case — from self-directed study to full clinical investigation with GI-MAP testing and practitioner oversight.

Tier 1 · Self-Directed

The Map

The complete 16-week programme — all 8 modules, five phases, video lessons, and protocols. Self-paced via Practice Better. Lifetime access.

  • 8 guided modules — all five phases
  • Practice Better portal access
  • Metabolic Nature nutrition module
  • Lifetime access
Tier 3 · Full Clinical

The Case

GI-MAP with zonulin, three strategy consultations, full practitioner oversight at every phase transition, and direct messaging throughout.

  • GI-MAP + 3 strategy consultations
  • Full clinical oversight
  • Direct messaging throughout
  • OAT upgrade option (+£895)

Full programme details and GI-MAP order form → rgs-programme

Clinical Entry Programme · Testing + Interpretation
GI-MAP Entry Programme

Your GI-MAP stool test, ordered and interpreted by me in full. Quantitative PCR analysis of bacteria, parasites, fungi, inflammatory markers, and gut barrier integrity. Full written report, priority action plan, and a 45-minute results call. The fastest way into the TDG clinical framework without committing to the full five-test programme.

GI-MAP
Quantitative PCR
65+
Markers interpreted
45 min
Results call included
2 wks
Typical turnaround
£597
Test kit posted to you · Home collection
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Interactive Clinical Tools

Enter your values. Receive personalised interpretation. Browser-based — not PDFs.

Interactive Tool

DUTCH Plus Hormone Guide

Personalised interpretation of every marker on your DUTCH Plus report. Cortisol rhythm, oestrogen pathways, testosterone, melatonin, and organic acids — all 40+ markers covered.

  • All 40+ DUTCH markers personalised
  • Diurnal cortisol and HPA patterns
  • Oestrogen methylation pathways
  • Single HTML file — works in any browser
Interactive Tool

GI-MAP Stool Analysis Guide

Enter your GI-MAP values. Personalised interpretation of every marker — pathogen load, microbiome, digestive function, permeability, and severity-routed clinical next steps.

  • All GI-MAP sections personalised
  • Catches pathogens standard culture misses
  • Severity-routed clinical next steps
  • Single HTML file — works in any browser
Interactive Tool

Blood Chemistry Interpretation Guide

Enter your results. Functional interpretation — pattern recognition, cross-marker relationships, and clinical significance at a level standard lab reports never reach.

  • Functional vs standard reference ranges
  • Personalised pattern recognition
  • RDW, HbA1c, fasting insulin in depth
  • Single HTML file — works in any browser
Interactive Tool

OAT Interpretation Guide — Interactive Tool

Enter your OAT values across six sections. Personalised interpretation, five clinical patterns detected, priority action plan. Includes Quick Reference Guide PDF companion.

  • All six OAT sections personalised
  • Five cross-section pattern detectors
  • Priority action plan from your results
  • Includes Quick Reference Guide PDF
Interactive Tool

Blood Chemistry Health Audit

Comprehensive functional interpretation of your blood values — functional ranges, cross-marker patterns, and clinical significance beyond what standard lab reports provide.

  • Functional vs standard reference ranges
  • Full pattern recognition engine
  • Cross-marker clinical relationships
  • Single HTML file — works in any browser
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Clinical Programme

Complete structured protocol — three phases, three intensity levels, week by week.

8-Week Programme · 3 Phases · 3 Levels A/B/C

8-Week Detoxification Programme — Complete Clinical Protocol

The real biochemistry of detoxification — Phase I and Phase II liver enzyme pathways, binders, sauna, and the food matrix. Not a juice cleanse. Week-by-week supplement tables at three intensity levels, troubleshooting for detox reactions, pre-protocol readiness checklist, pre/post testing markers, and a full maintenance calendar covering daily through annual practices.

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Weeks
3
Phases
A/B/C
Intensity levels
6
Phase II pathways
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Clinical Guides — £37

Deep dives from the Test, Don't Guess framework — the science, the testing, and the targeted protocol.

Clinical Guide

Blood Sugar & Metabolic Health

The insulin resistance epidemic begins a decade before fasting glucose rises. The five-stage metabolic timeline, how the natural GLP-1 system works, why HbA1c is a lagging indicator, and what the five-test investigation reveals that standard testing misses entirely.

  • Five-stage insulin resistance timeline
  • Why fasting insulin beats HbA1c for early detection
  • The natural GLP-1 system explained
  • What testing reveals before diagnosis
Clinical Guide

Men's Health: A Functional Approach

Most men with low testosterone don't need TRT — they need to know why it's low. Eight suppression drivers, the LH diagnostic key, the three-phase optimisation protocol, hair loss beyond finasteride, prostate, male fertility, and the fertility caveat that must precede any TRT conversation.

  • LH — the marker that changes everything
  • Three-phase natural optimisation protocol
  • The fertility caveat before any TRT prescription
  • Two detailed clinical case studies
Clinical Guide

Immunity, Inflammation & Detoxification: The Clinical Trinity

Recognition, response, resolution — one continuous process in three phases. Interrupt any phase and you convert an acute appropriate response into a chronic problem. Covers omega-3 and the resolution mechanism, Phase I/II liver biochemistry, autoimmunity, and why sIgA is the most important marker practitioners never measure.

  • Why suppressing inflammation often perpetuates it
  • Omega-3 and the resolution mechanism
  • Phase I/II liver detox biochemistry
  • The functional approach to autoimmunity
Clinical Guide

Stress & the HPA Axis: A Deep Dive

The master regulator that conventional medicine almost never investigates. Three stages of HPA dysfunction and why Stage 1 treatment worsens Stage 3. The cascade through thyroid, sex hormones, blood sugar, gut, and immunity. Includes the practitioner's personal account of new parenthood, sleep deprivation, and hormonal breakdown.

  • Three HPA stages with stage-specific protocols
  • Cortisol's cascade through six body systems
  • Vagal tone — trainable, not fixed
  • The personal clinical account
Clinical Guide

The Gut-Brain Axis

Your gut has 500 million neurons. The vagus nerve is 80% gut-to-brain. How Clostridia blocks the dopamine-norepinephrine pathway. How the tryptophan steal explains treatment-resistant depression. The OAT marker that identifies it. The five-priority intervention sequence.

  • Clostridia blocking the dopamine-norepinephrine pathway
  • Quinolinic acid — the treatment-resistant depression marker
  • The oestrobolome and hormone-gut-brain link
  • Five-priority intervention sequence
Clinical Guide

Thyroid: The Full Picture

You can have every hypothyroid symptom with a completely normal TSH. The five failure points TSH cannot see. Reverse T3 — the inactive blocker. Hashimoto's triggers and how to address them at root cause. The targeted protocol for conversion failure — the most common missed pattern.

  • Five failure points — TSH sees none
  • Hashimoto's triggers and root cause approach
  • Cortisol as the primary conversion blocker
  • When T4 medication alone is insufficient
Clinical Guide

Women's Health & Hormones

PCOS is a metabolic condition — the pill doesn't treat it. Oestrogen dominance is frequently a gut problem. Perimenopause is years of unpredictable fluctuation. Four PCOS phenotypes, the 2-OH/4-OH oestrogen pathways, the oestrobolome, MTHFR and oestrogen methylation, and two detailed clinical cases.

  • Four PCOS phenotypes with distinct protocols
  • Beta-glucuronidase — the gut driver of oestrogen dominance
  • The 2-OH/4-OH/16-OH metabolite ratios that matter
  • Catherine's perimenopausal transformation
Clinical Framework

Food Sensitivity Results: A Clinical Framework

How to act on your results without creating nutritional gaps — integrated with GI-MAP, OAT, DUTCH, and blood chemistry. The 4-day rotation protocol, conflict resolution when tests disagree, and the full reintroduction sequence.

  • Four-test integration framework
  • 4-day rotation protocol
  • Conflict resolution when tests disagree
  • Reintroduction sequence and timing
Clinical Guide

ADHD & Neurodivergence: The Biochemical Investigation

Most adults with ADHD have been offered medication without anyone investigating the underlying biochemistry. Four biochemical clusters — dopamine-norepinephrine, gut-brain axis, methylation, and blood glucose instability — each measurable, each addressable.

  • Four biochemical clusters with protocols
  • The dopamine-norepinephrine pathway in detail
  • Gut-brain axis and neurotransmitter production
  • Why stimulant medication is not always enough
Clinical Guide

Autoimmune: Root Cause Investigation

Autoimmunity is not random. Molecular mimicry, intestinal permeability, and the environmental trigger triad — infection, gut, and toxin load — are identifiable and addressable. Why immunosuppression alone is insufficient.

  • Molecular mimicry and trigger identification
  • Intestinal permeability as the gateway
  • Environmental trigger triad
  • Five-test investigation for autoimmune drivers
Clinical Guide

Cardiac Risk: Beyond Cholesterol

Total cholesterol is a poor predictor of cardiovascular events. ApoB, Lp(a), HOMA-IR, hsCRP, and the triglyceride:HDL ratio tell a fundamentally different story. The metabolic drivers standard lipid panels miss.

  • Why total cholesterol is a poor predictor
  • ApoB, Lp(a) and particle-level risk
  • Insulin resistance as the primary driver
  • The functional cardiac risk assessment
Clinical Guide

Muscle, Recovery & Performance

Performance isn't built in the gym — it's built in recovery. Iron status, thyroid conversion, cortisol rhythm, testosterone, and mitochondrial efficiency all determine whether training produces adaptation or breakdown.

  • Iron, ferritin, and oxygen-carrying capacity
  • Cortisol rhythm and overtraining markers
  • Testosterone and recovery capacity
  • Mitochondrial efficiency on OAT
Clinical Investigation

Weight Loss Resistance

Five biological patterns that block fat loss regardless of caloric intake. The investigation standard medicine never runs — and the intervention sequence that determines whether anything else works.

  • Five clinical patterns with full protocols
  • Why the same diet fails different people
  • Six-level intervention hierarchy
  • Three clinical case studies
Clinical Protocol

The Complete Gut Restoration Protocol

The 12-week gut restoration sequence used in the TDG clinical programme. Four phases — remove, replace, reinoculate, repair — with specific supplement stacks, dietary modifications, and testing checkpoints at each stage. Covers SIBO, leaky gut, dysbiosis, and post-antibiotic restoration.

  • Four-phase 12-week protocol in full
  • Phase-specific supplement stacks and dosing
  • Dietary modifications by phase
  • GI-MAP and OAT testing checkpoints
Clinical Guide

Common Conditions Quick Reference

19 conditions. The conventional approach, what functional testing reveals that standard medicine misses, and the priority investigation sequence — for each one. From chronic fatigue and thyroid dysfunction to autoimmune conditions, weight loss resistance, anxiety, and skin conditions.

  • 19 conditions mapped across 6 categories
  • Conventional vs functional approach for each
  • Priority test sequence per condition
  • The investigation that changes outcomes
Clinical Guide

The Caffeine Protocol

Caffeine doesn't give you energy — it blocks the signal that tells you you're tired. The adenosine mechanism, HPA axis interaction, CYP1A2 metaboliser types, the 90-minute rule, and what your DUTCH results may be revealing about your caffeine pattern.

  • The adenosine mechanism explained
  • Fast vs slow metaboliser — and why it matters
  • Cortisol pattern-specific guidance
  • Four-week intelligent reset protocol
Clinical Guide

The Placebo & Nocebo Effect

The placebo effect is not imagination — it is measurable neurobiology. And the nocebo effect is equally real, equally measurable, and far more consequential in clinical practice than most practitioners acknowledge. Why expectation directly affects biological outcomes.

  • The neurobiological mechanism in full
  • Three nocebo patterns in functional medicine
  • Clinical communication framework
  • Self-compassion and health outcomes — the research
Case Studies

Client Transformations

Eight real cases from 37 years of clinical practice. The presenting picture, what testing revealed, what changed, and the clinical lesson that generalises. The same symptoms in different people almost never have the same cause — these cases show why.

  • Eight detailed clinical cases
  • Full investigation and protocol for each
  • The transferable clinical lesson per case
  • Covers fatigue, hormones, gut, autoimmune, cardiac risk and more
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Reading Guides — £27

Companion reading guides to the interactive tools and the broader framework.

Reading Guide

Sleep & Circadian Health

You don't have a sleep problem. You have a light problem — or a cortisol problem, a blood sugar problem, a gut problem. Circadian biology, the glymphatic system, the historical first and second sleep, and the five-test investigation.

Reading Guide

OAT Interpretation Guide

Six sections, 40+ markers, five clinical patterns. Microbial, energy, neurotransmitter, detoxification, and amino acid markers — with cross-test integration.

Reading Guide

GI-MAP Interpretation Guide

Every marker on your GI-MAP stool analysis — pathogens, microbiome, digestive markers, permeability — and how each connects to the rest of the five-test programme.

Reading Guide

DUTCH Plus Hormone Guide

Every DUTCH Plus marker explained — cortisol diurnal pattern, oestrogen metabolites, testosterone, melatonin, neurotransmitter metabolites. The companion reading guide to the interactive tool.

Reading Guide

Blood Chemistry Interpretation Guide

Functional ranges, cross-marker patterns, and clinical significance beyond standard lab reports. The companion reading guide to the interactive tool.

Clinical Guide

Clean Skin — The Toxic Load Investigation

The average woman applies over 160 chemicals to her skin before leaving the house. This guide maps the enzyme competition mechanism, the oestrogen disruption pathway, the biomonitoring data, and the practical framework for reducing toxic load — without replacing your entire bathroom cabinet at once.

Clinical Guide

Before You Buy Another Supplement

What actually works, what to test first, when to take it. 14 core supplements reviewed — timing, interactions, quality markers, and test-first protocols.

Companion Guide

Move Well First — Quick Reference

All 13 Move Well First modules distilled to one non-negotiable each — with clinical notes connecting each to your functional test results.

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Audiobooks — Clinical Education You Can Listen To

Narrated by Stephen Duncan MSc FDN-P in his own voice. Clinical depth — accessible anywhere.

Audiobook · ~30 Minutes

Test, Don't Guess — Gut Health

Why your gut won't settle — and what testing actually reveals. SIBO, leaky gut, the migrating motor complex, what the GI-MAP shows, what the OAT adds, and how to build a gut protocol that holds. Ten focused chapters.

  • 10 chapters · approximately 30 minutes
  • SIBO, SIFO, leaky gut — mechanisms explained
  • GI-MAP and OAT cross-reading
  • Protocol sequence — why order matters
Audiobook · ~40 Minutes

Test, Don't Guess — Hormones

Why your hormones are out of balance — and what testing actually reveals. The HPA axis as master regulator, cortisol pattern reading, the thyroid conversion problem, oestrogen metabolites, progesterone, testosterone, and the perimenopause years. Ten focused chapters.

  • 10 chapters · approximately 40 minutes
  • DUTCH Plus explained — what standard testing misses
  • Oestrogen metabolite pathways in plain language
  • The upstream approach to hormonal balance
Audiobook · ~25 Minutes

Test, Don't Guess — Detoxification

The five detoxification systems — liver and bile, fatty liver and insulin, kidneys and mineral regulation, lymphatic drainage, and the gut's SCFA ecology. Each system explained in clinical depth, with what testing reveals and what to do about it.

  • Five focused chapters — the detox series
  • Liver Phase I and II, bile, beta-glucuronidase
  • Kidneys, lymphatic drainage, butyrate
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Books & Full Programmes

The complete clinical education — from the full book to the clinical manual and movement science.

Clinical Book

The Science of Movement as Medicine

Why how you move matters more than how much you move. VILPA, Zone 2, power training for longevity, and five clinical training templates matched to your functional test results.

  • 12 chapters of movement science
  • DUTCH, OAT & GI-MAP integration
  • Five clinical training templates
  • The motor learning neuroscience
New to TDG?

TDG Starter Kit

The complete introduction to the Test, Don't Guess approach — what the five tests reveal, what drives the most common patterns, and how to decide whether the full programme is right for you.

  • Full TDG methodology overview
  • The five-test programme explained
  • Common clinical pattern frameworks
  • Decision guide for next steps
The starting point
Not sure where to begin? Book a discovery call.

45 minutes. Your health history reviewed before you arrive. Clear direction, a specific testing pathway, and an honest conversation about which programme is the right fit. £145, credited against any programme if you proceed.

£145
45 min · Credited to programme
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07Specialist Investigations & Test Bundles

Individual specialist tests and paired investigations that answer specific clinical questions — available separately from the TDG five-test programme.

HTMA · Mineral Analysis
Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis
TEI Labs USA · 14 essential minerals · 16 toxic metals · 8 key clinical ratios · Metabolic type analysis · Written interpretation + 30-min results call. One teaspoon of hair. No blood draw.
Clinical Consultation · Paid Service
Detective Health Consultation
The first paid clinical session with Stephen Duncan FDN-P MSc. By the time you meet, all twelve intake forms are reviewed and a Health Status Report compiled. This session covers your priority patterns, the tests most likely to explain your symptoms, and the testing pathway your programme will follow. You leave with clarity on what is being investigated, why, and what comes next. 60 minutes. Online.
All Bundles · Paired Testing
Test Bundles & Combinations
GI-MAP + OAT full gut screen · Blood chemistry + DUTCH hormones · OAT with environmental toxin add-ons · HTMA + blood chemistry. Tests that are more informative together than apart.
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