Alcohol Nutrition & Neurologic Panel

Consider this panel if

• You drink most days, or have for years

  Depletion is cumulative. Alcohol interferes with absorption in the gut and storage in the liver, so intake alone doesn't predict where your levels sit.

• Tingling, numbness, or unsteadiness on your feet

  Low thiamine is one of the treatable causes of nerve symptoms in people who drink. Folate contributes too. Testing shows whether either is a factor.

• Appetite, taste, or wound healing has changed

  Low zinc can blunt taste and smell, slow healing and affect skin and hair. Meals skipped or replaced by drinking drive folate down alongside it.

Why it matters

Four nutrients that regular drinking depletes: thiamine (B1), folate, zinc and phosphate. Together they affect nerve function, energy, appetite and how well your body recovers.

Alcohol reduces how much of these nutrients you take in, how well you absorb them, and how much you hold onto. Thiamine and folate matter most for nerves and cognition, and shortfalls can build for months without obvious signs, which is what makes them worth measuring rather than guessing at.

• Where thiamine, folate, zinc and phosphate actually sit
• Shortfalls that build for months before you'd notice them
• The nutrients behind nerve function, energy and appetite

How you'll test