Posted by Emily Sears on Jul 7, 2015 in Functional Medicine, Nutrition | 0 comments
Nutrition is at the core of integrative health and SpectraCell’s Micronutrient Testing is one of the most advanced diagnostic tool available. As previously mentioned, micronutrient testing looks inside a white blood cell to see what the your nutritional status is and measures vitamins, minerals, anti-oxidants, carbohydrate metabolism, oxidative stress levels, and can even assess immune function.
While the genetic test can help you understand what diseases or deficiencies you might be prone to and the resulting supplements or lifestyle changes that could help, micronutrient testing pinpoints what your body is lacking. The testing looks at your nutrition status over the past 90 days, so if you had a really good week or a really bad week, don’t worry that won’t alter the test.
SpectraCell’s test is quite comprehensive and analyzes your blood for the following:
This test does require you to have a blood sample drawn, but you can easily identify a facility to have this done on Spectracell’s website using your zipcode: http://www.