Lab Testing

Laboratory tests check a sample of your blood, urine, or body tissues. A technician or your doctor analyzes the test samples to see if your results fall within the normal range. The tests use a range because what is normal differs from person to person. Your doctor may also compare your results to results from previous tests. Laboratory tests are often part of a routine checkup to look for changes in your health. They also help doctors diagnose medical conditions, plan or evaluate treatments, and monitor diseases.

Why Should You Get Lab Tests?

Thousands of scientific studies suggest that four kinds of biochemical imbalances may underlie many chronic problems and symptoms associated with medical and psychiatric health issues. The four kinds of biochemical abnormalities are:

• Nutritional Deficiencies
• Toxicities
• Neurotransmitter and Hormonal Imbalances
• Food Allergies

These can only be determined with assurance through laboratory testing.

For instance, key organic acids to evaluate gastro-intestinal function, cellular energy production, neurotransmitter processing, and the functional need for vitamins and minerals are tested. Additionally, co-factor and amino acid assessments evaluate dietary protein adequacy, digestion, absorption, amino acid transport, metabolic impairments, hormone levels and other nutritional deficits.

Toxic exposures commonly occur in a multitude of ways from substance abuse, air pollution, tooth fillings, skin creams, paint dyes, contact with batteries, seafood, vegetables, and even tap water. The presence of toxic metals often cause symptoms related to mood swings, problems focusing and addictions since the toxins can hinder neurotransmitter regulation in the brain.

Eventually, this increasing toxic burden can trigger a variety of physical, emotional and cognitive disorders, including low moods, anxiety, memory loss, addiction, attention problems and fatigue.

"The doctor of the future will give no medicine but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame, in diet and in the cause and prevention of disease" - Thomas Edison