So, you may take prescription drugs so why do you need a blood test to prove a deficiency before you begin supplementation? Why not just take a broad-spectrum nutrient supplement and move on with your life?
The program is designed to help the individual make strategic modifications to their lifestyle to create the overall greater sense of physical and mental fitness. Our program starts with broad spectrum supplementation, then as the results of patient's blood tests arrive, we target which key nutrients to replete as the program continues.
It's important to keep in mind that while drugs do decrease the serum concentration of important mineral co-factors the levels may not necessarily fall down into the inadequate or deficient range. That is, the co-factor level may deplete enough to be clinically significant. Not all patients will develop clinical manifestations of inadequate or deficient nutrients when they take prescription drugs. However, given the prevalence our baseline nutrient-deficient diets, and the widespread use of multiple drug agents at a time, for my patients, I like to make sure there are no missed mineral deficiencies, even partially, when we start. Then we periodically reassess nutrient levels to document improvements with strategic repletion.
By measuring, we can take the guessing out of your health habits. And when we find the deficiency we can replete it.
