Question for Smart Science-Minded members on DNA Connexions testing

I was having a discussion with someone who was claiming the DNA Connexions test is the best...and here's why:




"They have you exercise for 30-60 min , focusing on moving and stuff/sore joints/muscles (or get a massage if you can’t exercise that much) This is to get the bacteria and fragments out into the bloodstream, as the Borrelia spirochete and other pathogens tend to hide in tissues. Then you wait one hour to give the kidneys time to filter the debri out of the blood and into the urine. Then you urinate and collect the sample. This means that instead of 5 to 15 cc of blood as a sample, you essentially have your entire blood volume (filtered by your kidneys) as a sample size, not that “small”.


So is that accurate about having your entire blood volume as a sample size?

I thought it was just another blood test, this sounds good.

Should be good for...$400 (??).

I'm no expert on this but your entire blood volume is filtered about every 40 minutes. Problem is, filtration from the glomerulus to the bowmans space is to the exclusion of macromolecules. So I don't think DNA from the blood should be ending up in the urine unless it was broken down into much smaller fragments. If there was DNA in the urine I would suspect it was coming from the urinary tract and not the blood. But I don't know for sure.

If y'all are interested. Here is a podcast with the lab manager at DNA Connexions:

/www.youtube.com/watch?v=Udro8VLmp1U&t=215s