A glucose tolerance test can tell you a lot about your glycemic control, your ability to metabolize sugars and carbohydrates. Your glycemic control is a BIG part of what makes up your Metabolic Type. A Glucose Tolerance Test involves the administration of 44 grams of glucose (about half of what is used by conventional glucose tests)
Blood tests can provide a lot of important data regarding a person’s health if the tests are interpreted correctly. If you’ve been following my posts regarding blood chemistry over the last few months you should know that conventional approaches to interpreting blood tests are flawed for a number of reasons. However, Functional Blood Chemistry evaluation
Copper toxicity is a hidden epidemic. Birth control pills and copper IUD’s contribute to excess copper in the body. For thousands of years, copper has been known to be anti-microbial in nature. Copper IUD’s work by releasing small but significant amounts of copper into the uterus. Copper immobilizes sperm as it travels to the fallopian
Sometimes referred to as a healing reaction, or a detoxification reaction, it is common to experience symptoms when the body is eliminating toxins, xenobiotics, heavy metals and poison from the body. A person’s first inclination is to stop detoxification reactions. And while it is important to know how to control run away symptoms, it should
Tick tock, tick tock, tick tock…as we all sit around and wait for someone to pass legislation mandating that genetically modified foods be labeled in grocery stores, the ignorant public continues to support the GMO industry by buying GMO-contaminated foods. An idea came to me, after the seemingly hundredth time someone asked the butcher which
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) affects millions of people worldwide. RA is an autoimmune disease that has the greatest and most damaging effect on synovial joints causing pain and inflammation. RA symptoms can be significantly reduced, and this is especially true the sooner the intervention takes place. RA sufferers very frequently have numerous, hidden internal stressors which
Conventional medical diagnostics still fails to recognize adrenal fatigue as a real problem. Tell this to the millions of people who suffer from depleted adrenal function, chronic fatigue and symptoms of exhaustion and complications that are associated with these symptoms. Dysfunction of the adrenal glands has become one of the most ubiquitous components of chronic
Candida albicans is a yeast that is part of the normal intestinal terrain and gut flora. It is also present in the saliva. Under certain circumstances candida albicans can become pathogenic where it can cause very real and serious symptoms including: headaches, fatigue, itching, gas and bloating as well as irritation in the mucous membranes
When looking at a Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis report, understanding mineral patterns is one component to good interpretation. If interpreted correctly, there are numerous variables a hair test can identify. This includes: Adrenal Function, Thyroid function, Toxic Metals & Hidden Toxic Metals, Various components of Digestive Function, Carbohydrate Tolerance. In addition to this, there are
Vitamin E, also known as tocopherol and tocotrienol is one of the most powerful exogenous antioxidants. Vitamin E has a wide range of biological functions in the body, including protecting cells from Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS’s) and other potentially harmful free radicals. Vitamin E has two variations, tocopherols and tocotrienlos. Tocopherols are of 4 kinds: