Overwhelming scientific evidence confirms that vitamin deficiencies are associated with disease processes and the overall condition of one’s health. Vitamin, mineral and antioxidant deficiencies have been shown to suppress immune function and contribute to chronic degenerative processes such as arthritis, cancer, Alzheimer’s, cardiovascular disease and diabetes. This body of research has been reaffirmed by the Journal of the American Medical Association (June 19, 2002-Vol 287, No 23).
Nutritional health is integrative, science based healthcare which treats illness and promotes wellness. We use a variety of labs in order to gain important knowledge about your health and tests kits are available in our clinic. In most cases, we are able to collect blood and specimens onsite. Turn around time can be anywhere between two to six weeks, depending on the the lab work being done. Some of the Test Kits we offer include:
These tests give conventional levels of information but often go further to measure the function of your biological system. For example, in assessing fatigue, the impact of nutrition, immunity, hormones and detoxification must all be considered.
Micronutrient Testing
The micronutrient tests measures how micronutrients are actually functioning within your patients’ white blood cells. These tests allow nutritional assessment of your patients for a broad variety of clinical conditions including arthritis, cancer, cardiovascular risk, diabetes, various immunological disorders, metabolic disorders and micronutrient deficiencies. Also offered is a specialized profile of homocysteine, lipids and proteins to assess cardiovascular risk.
Many diagnosis and risk assessments are based on clinical observation and measurements of certain nutrients in serum. Static serum levels are not always representative indicators for assessing cell metabolism and utilization. Micronutrient testing measures the biochemical function of vitamins, minerals, amino acids and antioxidants, intracellulary, an important role in overall health and wellness of your patients. This testing, also provides you with targeted nutrient repletion recommendations for those vitamins and minerals found to be deficient.
Anti-Oxidants
The same technology also provides a total antioxidant function test (SPECTROX) which assesses the ability of cells to resist damage caused by free radicals and other forms of oxidative stress. Due to the considerable number of cellular antioxidants, measuring total function is the most accurate and clinically useful way to assess your patients’ capacity to resist oxidative damage.
Interpreting Test Results
When the results are received, a consultation is set up and your lab results are reviewed. We will detail a treatment plan designed for you and your symptoms. We provide easy-to-read test reports for the patient for each result, and we offer repletion suggestions based on each patient’s deficiencies. We also include easy-to-understand supplement information that explains the role of each nutrient found deficient, deficiency symptoms, how to obtain that nutrient in food and toxicity and RDI standards for adults.