Dr. Gregory Tefft
This topic may stimulate a fit of prolonged laughter for those of you who have read
For Your Body Only, and I'm sorry for this, although as they say, laughter is good for the soul. So, maybe, I'm not sorry. But for those of you who aren't tuned in to the final megatrend of nutrition exploding in THE media this year, let's get into the greatest wellness and fitness phenomenon of all time.
First, let's define what a nutrition test is:
Any direct measurement of a mineral, vitamin, amino acid, fatty acid, vitamin-like substance (like CoQ10), phytonutrient (like Indole), enzyme intermediate (like HMG which is the metabolic precursor for cholesterol), toxin (such as Mercury or Pthalates), nutrient ratio (such as Calcium/Magnesium or Omega 6/Omega 3), nutrition-related allergy, hormone pattern, specific gene direct tests which demonstrate nutrient usage patterns, metabolic rate classifications, and balascopic overviews (nutrient-related disease tendencies).
Whew! It sounds complicated ?- but it's not anymore thanks to explosive technological advances which make all of the above a "lead pipe" cinch ? a pushbutton, easy to use, lab generated, computer analoged, super simplified, non-doctor-essential, inexpensive arsenal of tests that facilitate the most powerful nutrition approach ever seen.
This is not an exaggeration in the least. At-home hair, saliva, urine, blood spots, and even fecal tests reveal all. Unfortunately, conventional medical tests don't even scratch the surface of this hidden domain.
To test or not to test ?- that is the question! From a simple logic standpoint, it makes absolute sense to know whenever possible exactly what foods and supplements your body truly needs, from gene, to enzyme, to toxin ?- before you indulge yourself. Any other approach is just pure guesswork, especially when "no two people are alike" and therefore have very differing nutritional needs from person to person.
This uniqueness phenomenon is known as biochemical individuality and is based upon 640 nutrient chemicals and 400 toxins that we can accurately measure and precisely repair. In fact, using this type of nutrition information in regards to Arizonian Biosphere II researchers, UCLA predicts for them 166 years of disease-free life if they stay on their uniquely perfect diets in a clean environment.
Furthermore, the government research document entitled "An Evaluation of Research in the U.S. on Human Nutrition: Report #2 Benefits From Nutrition Research" states that "major health problems are diet-related" and "the solution to illness can be found in nutrition" and further recommends testing to sort this out for individuals.
Heck, we've been testing everything from soil to produce to livestock to virtually product on the shelf in the supermarket. This information is on their labels. So why not test people ? it only makes sense. By the way, this government study was conducted 52 years ago before these new nutrition tests really became as precise and remedially foolproof as they are today. This is thanks to studies on literally millions of people where again these tests reveal that at every level that no two people are alike and require personalized nutrition intervention for best results.
So, if you don't test, what's your alternative: