Assessing nutritional deficiencies
Micronutrient Testing
Nutritional balance plays a key role in optimal wellness, chronic disease prevention and managing the aging process.
Eating a balanced diet, exercising and taking a multivitamin is simply not enough. Each person’s body is unique in its own way. Micronutrient testing is key for a through understanding of your unique nutritional requirements.
What is micronutrient testing?
Micronutrient testing is a comprehensive nutrient analysis that measures functional deficiencies at the cellular level of a person’s nutritional status. It is used to assess how efficiently the body utilizes 31 vitamins, minerals, amino/fatty acids, antioxidants and metabolites. It is a simple blood /lab draw that measures vitamins, antioxidants, fatty acids, minerals, metabolites on a more specific level.
What are vitamins?
Vitamins are essential organic nutrients, most of which are not made in the body, or only in insufficient amounts, and usually must be obtained through food. When dietary intake of a vitamin is inadequate, deficiency disorders result. Although vitamins are only present and required in minute quantities, compared to the macronutrients, they are just as vital to health and need to be considered in the context of nutrition quality.
What are minerals?
Minerals are inorganic nutrients that also play a key role in ensuring health and well‐ being. They include the trace elements copper, iodine, iron, manganese, selenium, and zinc together with the macro elements calcium, magnesium, potassium, and sodium. As with vitamins, minerals are found in small quantities within the body and they are obtained from a wide variety of foods.
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Why should I care about micronutrient testing?
Evidence shows that micronutrient deficiencies are associated with inflammation and chronic disease, therefore affecting physical and mental health and ultimately quality of life. The micronutrients tested enable production of enzymes, hormones, and other substances essential for proper growth, development and overall good health. Despite taking supplements and multivitamins, 92% of the population is suffering from at least one mineral or vitamin deficiency based on the Dietary Reference Intakes.
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What conditions are affected by micronutrient deficiencies?
- Inflammation
- Diabetes
- Fatigue
- Mood disorders
- Weight management
- Osteoporosis
- Sports nutrition
- Cardiovascular disease
- Migraines
- Stress tolerance
- Women’s health
- Hypertension
Frequently asked questions
Examples of micronutrients include vitamin B6, vitamin C, vitamin E, magnesium, and zinc. Deficiency of any of the nutrients affects growth and development.
Sources of micronutrients include cereals, bananas, tomatoes, citrus fruit, sweet peppers, and broccoli. They also include kiwi fruit, sunflower seeds, almonds, peanut butter, whole wheat, legumes, nuts, seeds, and oysters.
Iron deficiency is the most common micronutrient deficiency globally.
Vitamins and minerals are often called micronutrients because your body needs only tiny amounts of them.
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