OUR APPROACH

The practice is based on creating individualized health promotion programs based on scientific, objective functional laboratory testing. Comprehensive functional laboratory analysis enables us to target your individual nutritional and metabolic needs, and select therapies that will deliver results. Benefits extend to those looking to have a deeper understanding of their health and have a effective, efficient plan of action, whether the goal is maintenance or improvement.

What is functional laboratory analysis?

Many people are falling through the cracks of conventional medicine because they are not unhealthy enough to be diagnosed with a disease using the current medical model. But the absence of disease does not necessarily mean the presence of health. In other words, just because your doctor tells you your blood work is "normal" doesn't mean it is.

Many patients get blood work done and are told they are "normal" based on current laboratory values. These values are created using an unwell population of people, not healthy ones.

Patients who receive a "normal" bill of health from their doctor often do not feel like they are in optimal health, and are often quickly dismissed or handed a prescription. Frustrated, patients then seek the help of the Internet or a health food store for assistance and end up receiving nothing more than non-specific advice without laboratory testing to back up the recommendations.

Sometimes, general advice works out well. For example, Vitamin C is generally a safe and beneficial nutrient. However, the body and our modern enviroment is very complex, and using haphazard protocols without valid laboratory testing yields inconsistent results and often ends up being a waste of time and money.

Functional laboratory testing is different.

Functional laboratory testing refers to scientific, objective and repeatable analysis of your overall metabolic function. Through providing an initial test prior to receiving nutritional recommendations, a baseline is objectively created with which to later evaluate your progress. In other words, you won’t have to wonder whether you are benefiting from your time or efforts under my care. Having had an initial baseline assessment allows follow-up testing to provide objective proof to reliably track your progress.

How does Functional Blood Chemistry Analysis differ from how my doctor reviews my blood work?

We use "functional" blood chemistry ranges instead of "pathological" ones to get a better picture of health. In other words, we’re interested in finding specific patterns in your body that indicate problems before you get the disease. Typically functional ranges are much smaller in range than the pathological ones, and are better indicators of a person's current state of health.

Pathological laboratory ranges are established based on a sick population - people who visit doctors. Take a minute to think about the last time you went to the doctor's office. Were the other people in the waiting room the epitome of health? People sitting in a doctor's waiting room are generally not the picture of health. It is these people that determine the values of today's blood work values. This very wide range is easy to fall into to be diagnosed as “normal” by your doctor, but has little to do with health.

Which range would you rather fall into and use to determine your health? A disease range, or a health range?

The most valuable component of functional blood chemistry analysis is that when functional imbalances exist, nutritional therapies, lifestyle modifications, and natural remedies can be very helpful and most pharmaceutical interventions can be avoided.