Home test for nutrient deficiencies

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Home test for nutrient deficiencies

Wed, 19 May 2004 14:50:33 -0700

 

Ever wonder if a blood test can accurately tell if you have a nutrient

deficiency, or even if you are overloaded with a particular nutrient? Health

reporter Bill Sardi examines blood testing for nutrient deficiencies and reveals

how you can detect six nutritional deficiencies at home by observing body signs

and symptoms.

 

 

 

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HOW TO DETECT SIX VITAMIN AND MINERAL DEFICIENCIES, AND ONE MINERAL OVERLOAD, AT

HOME

SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY

 

By Bill Sardi

 

Consumers often wonder about nutritional deficiencies. How would a person know

if they are getting enough of one nutrient or another?

 

Frequently blood or urine tests are suggested. But these tests are so flawed as

to be nearly worthless. In general, blood levels of nutrients only reflect

recent consumption of a nutrient. Furthermore, certain nutrients are in very low

concentration in the blood circulation, such as calcium and magnesium. Blood

serum levels of calcium, magnesium and zinc are notoriously inaccurate. Even

more perplexing is how to interpret a blood test. If the blood serum level of

calcium is high, does that mean your body is getting plenty of calcium from the

diet or does it mean your body is losing calcium from your bones?

 

Even if blood, urine and hair samples accurately detected a nutritional

shortage, or overload for that matter, the public is not likely to incur the

cost of repeated testing.

 

Some nutritional deficiencies are silent, that is, they don’t provoke overt

symptoms. For example, a shortage of folic acid, a B vitamin, raises

homocysteine to undesirable levels, which can harm blood vessels, the brain

(mood), eyes and other tissues. But these symptoms are not easy to associate

with folic acid deficiency. Unless a person obtains frequent blood tests there

is no way of knowing if you are getting enough folic acid. Optimal consumption

is what is needed, in this case at least 800 mcg per day of folic acid and

possibly as much as 5000 mcg per day.

 

What this writer has found is that the body often provides observable signs and

symptoms of nutritional deficiency or overload. These common signs and symptoms

are often more reliable than blood testing. While an accurate diagnosis of a

nutrient deficiency may require a doctor’s investigation, there is no harm in

observing your own body signs of nutritional shortage or overload and taking a

therapeutic dose of nutrients to see if your symptoms disappear.

 

A free online survey form will assist you in determining if you have typical

signs and symptoms of nutrient overload or deficiency. Go to

www.onlinenutritionalsurvey.com now.

 

Copyright 2004 Bill Sardi, Knowledge of Health, Inc.

Posted at www.askbillsardi.com and www.onlinenutritionalsurvey.com

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