Are you taking vitamins and minerals? Do you know why you are taking them? Are they necessary? Are they helping you? There is so much misinformation when it comes to vitamins and minerals. Most rush to buy them on the bad advice from TV and social media. If you take this, you will be cured of that! Lose 40 pounds in 40 days! The fountain of youth has been discovered in the form of this pill! Sensational advertising to say the least! WHAT DO WE KNOW? We know that micronutrients – vitamins and minerals – are important. They are required in small quantities to ensure normal metabolism, growth, and physical well‐being. Almost every physiological function in your body requires micronutrients to function optimally:
Therefore, we must test for these micronutrients. MICRONUTRIENT TESTING We use cutting edge technology when it comes to lab testing. If, necessary, we will order a micronutrient panel. The results will give us what vitamins and minerals you are deficient in. From there we can put together a very specific program of care that is designed for your biochemistry and metabolism. Also, you could have an excess of a certain vitamin and mineral. If this is the case, we may recommend you stop taking that micronutrient. The important aspect of this is to get tested. Because if you are not testing you are guessing and when it comes to your health we do not guess. VITAMINS AND MINERALS 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 may result. Minerals are inorganic nutrients that also play a key role in ensuring health and well‐ being. They include the trace elements such as copper, iodine, iron, manganese, selenium, zinc, calcium, magnesium, potassium, and sodium. Taking vitamins and minerals can be beneficial. You want to know what specific vitamins and minerals you should be taking. WHY TEST FOR VITAMINS AND MINERALS? Extracellular micronutrients have been well studied and deficiencies have correlated to multiple chronic diseases including cancer, Alzheimer’s, diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases. Testing extracellular micronutrients may play a role in patient management for such chronic diseases. THE BENEFITS OF EXTRACELLULAR TESTING INCLUDE:
Intracellular micronutrients have been studied scientifically and have long been considered a more sensitive tissue measure of micronutrient absorption. For example, vitamin C levels in lymphocytes have been found to be deficient in Type 2 diabetes patients as compared to plasma levels. 5 RBC folate and magnesium are clinically more significant than whole blood measures of these nutrients. 6 RBC omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acid levels have been found to be markers of accelerated structural and cognitive aging. THE BENEFITS OF INTRACELLULAR TESTING INCLUDE:
WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT MICRONUTRIENT TESTING Visit or call our office today. Then, we can answer specific questions you may have. Yours in health, Dan Cardellichio DC, MS Clinical Nutritionist MS, Human Nutrition Adjunct Professor, University of Bridgeport, Nutrition Institute Functionised Integrative Therapeutics 9 Professional Circle, Suite 110 Colts Neck, New Jersey 848-444-9032 |
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