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Changes are in the air!
April 2001
Contents:
CellMate Conferences and Seminars
How to read a CellMateTM Report
ASD & ADHD Testing Protocols Now Available
CellMate Wellness Systems has developed a comprehensive testing protocol system for both ASD and ADHD children. Based upon the latest scientific research and put together by members of our Medical Advisory Board with over 40 years of laboratory analysis experience. These reports will give guidance to both the health care practitioner and the parent on what to expect with lab testing and almost more importantly, what sequence to run the tests in.
Lots more information will be coming out on this subject in the days to come.
CellMate Wellness Speaks
Seminars and conferences all over the country is where you'll be finding the people of CWS. San Francisco on March 24th, Portland, Oregon on March 31st and Jacksonville, Florida on May 5th are just a few dates where you'll be able to learn from our staff on topics as diverse as Autism, Epilepsy, Thyroid Function and General Wellness. Call our offices for more details or e-mail us at info@cellmatewellness.com.
Instructional Manual Available
April 2001 note: The manual is in the process of being revised and will be available again shortly. Check our web page, or newsletters for further information!
The much anticipated Carbon Based Instructional Manual is now available. Included in the 250+ page manual, are Profiles of Disorders (Lupus/Lipid Disorder, Diabetes, Autistic Spectrum Disorder, Chronic Fatigue), Nutrient Definitions, Patterns of Disease, In-Depth Metabolic Profiling (Fatty Acid Metabolism, Organic Acid function, Amino Acid Metabolism), Resources, Lab Investigations, and Medical Resources.
Why Do You Recommend Certain types of Minerals?
A number of practitioners have asked the question, "Why don't you recommend Nutrient X when common knowledge is to have the patient take it when element Y is low/high?" This is an important question and lies at the very heart of the Carbon Based Report's Metabolic Pharmacology section.
Scenario 1 - Decreased Alkaline Phosphatase
In this case, the standard recommendation would be to add the most bioavailable form of Zinc. What you also have to look at is the patients Glucose level (Zinc will increase the Glucose in some patients) and the Triglyceride level. If the patient is high in Triglycerides or Glucose, there may be a contraindication to Zinc until those results are bought into a normal level first.
Scenario 2 - Why use Zinc Sulfate over Zinc Aspartate, Citrate, Picolenate, etc.?
When the recommendation calls for Zinc Sulfate, it is not just for the Zinc, it is also for the Sulfate. There are many forms of minerals and what Carbon Based is trying to do is to provide the form which would be most helpful in balancing the individuals chemistry, not the brand which makes the most profit. This is why we don’t recommend only one company for all the nutrients we list. No one company produces everything. We believe in only recommending the best product available.
Comparative Blood Test Report - A Valuable Tool
Did you know that CellMateTM includes a Comparative Test Report whenever you have two or more tests run. This report allows the reader to quickly focus on those areas which have improved and which have worsened in an easy to understand and graphical format. The cost for this addition? Absolutely nothing! The report is included with the second report on everyone.
Just another service from CellMate Wellness SystemsTM!
Oral Electrolyte Solution Now Available
March 2001: Peltier Water, the most advanced electrolyte formula ever created is available exclusively through KTS Products.
5 different formulas are available, customized to your individual needs. Remember, one size does not fit all.
The study of electrolytes and the human body has been one of the most extensively researched subjects in medicine. Thousands of articles, books and manuals have been produced over the years on the subject. The very beginnings of life itself depends on electrolytes and water. Understanding this subject is essential in any discussion of health. Yet, with all this research, electrolyte balancing has been woefully under utilized in medical practices outside the hospital setting.
To begin our discussion, we need to define what an electrolyte is. The standard definition in relation to human body fluid is "a substance that develops an electrical charge when dissolved in water." The main electrolytes in our systems are sodium, potassium, calcium, chloride, and bicarbonate. Others include phosphorus, magnesium, and sulfates. The electrolytes are further broken down into cations and anions.
The electrolytes that travel through your body act like a battery, creating electrical charges. Optimal health is not possible without this life force traveling through our bodies. Not only are nutrients carried throughout the body by this mechanism of electrolytes and water, but waste materials are also carried out.
"The very beginnings of life itself depends on electrolytes and water."
Good health is a byproduct of a balance of one’s electrolytes and water as well as nutrients. You could have all the nutrients in the world, in the right balance and still be in an unhealthy state without the correct balance of water and electrolytes.
This brings us to the issue of "What is a good balanced electrolyte and where can I get it?" KTS Products has come up with the answer. They have developed 5 custom formulas which fit the need of just about everyone. We believe that this electrolyte drink is the most sophisticated on the market today and will provide the patient with an effective means of increasing fluid intake and balance their electrolytes in a cost effective way.
There are other formulas on the market, but most are either skewed towards certain electrolyte salts and therefore may cause an imbalance or they only have one formula that they want you to believe is all you need? Does everyone have the same shoe size? Of course not. So different needs require different formulas. Ask the people at KTS Products for more information on their revolutionary product line.
Organic Acids and Health
Organic acids in urine gives the health care practitioner information about metabolic processes ranging from fatty acid and carbohydrate metabolism to energy production, neurotransmitter metabolism, detoxification markers, intestinal dysbiosis markers, the citric acid cycle, "leaky gut syndrome" and much much more. A simple test to take, this report and interpretation reviews the delicate interactions of 40 different organic acids.
Organic acids also give an insight into how our toxic environment is affecting your health.
This test is easy to take (first morning urine sample) and can show abnormalities no other test can.
Who would benefit from this test?
- Toxic evaluation.
- People with intestinal disorders.
- Those with unexplained neurological problems.
- Ascertain B-vitamin imbalances and deficiencies.
- Chronic fatigue sufferers.
- Hypoglycemics and diabetics.
You have questions, we have answers
Q. Plasma Amino Acid Test or the Urine Organic Acid Test – Which one first?
The amino intervention will work for 70-80% of the population. That other 20-30% will respond only with customized intervention from multiple levels. A healing formula is never that easy.
The aminos should be tried first. Without adequate aminos, the damaged cells can't rebuild. Using free form aminos, there is no digestive process - they get absorbed - that we know. Utilization is another matter. That is why I suggest a multi and B-complex with additional minerals as a general accompaniment to the aminos.
When amino intervention (also consider increased doses - it may take 30 grams of amino daily for a time) doesn't get the desired response, it should be followed by Organix. It may be that pathogens are present or that pharmacologic doses of cofactors are needed. In the case of a very ill patient, perhaps both tests should be done simultaneously. That is why it is important to make the integrated report.
We know from experience that there are a lot of individuals that respond to the aminos quickly. In some Drs' populations, the ratio may be more like 50/50 instead of 80/20. Just depends. In my previous AIDS/Cancer populations, amino intervention made dramatic improvements in the first week in less than 20%, but I knew they needed it. It was common to start them on Metronidazole, Yodoxin, Nystatin and S. boulardii simultaneous with the aminos. The patient condition must be a factor.
Generally, practitioners should allow at least 6 mos. to see substantial improvement in difficult patients. It is a slow laborious process to rebuild from the ground up in that 20-30% segment. It is not wise to "throw the kitchen sink" in, but some "pharmacologic" level intervention with nutritionals may be indicated.
When the organic acid test is done, any gut pathogen or dysbiosis condition should be addressed.
There is no magic for the 20-30% group and no way to make it happen as quickly. All factors are needed simultaneously in those individuals. Cost and practicality demands that the aminos be tried first. Ideally, we would have chemistry, aminos and organics each time the test is run. Cost is usually prohibitive, and for 70-80% it is unnecessary. Unfortunately, we don't know how to project which people will be in the 20/30% group until the aminos are tried.
If you intervene first with the cofactors (organics), you will experience the same frustration, due to the imbalance or deficiency of aminos.
Does that help? Sorry, no magic formula.
We can design protocols that more explicitly outline this approach - using flowcharts. We just need to have the tools in place to provide the necessary components.
You could start with the combination reports.
You have good thought processes and you ask good questions. Sometimes it just isn't as easy as we would like it to be. When we first learn to drive a stick-shift, we are overwhelmed with all the operations that must be conducted simultaneously. "Regulate the gas, brake AND clutch while shifting, turning AND watching the road, reading directions yelling at the kids and explaining to the spouse why being late will not be a problem?" Chronic health care is infinitely more complex, but just as some eventually learn to drive the car seamlessly (most of the time), so can an Health Care Practitioner address chronic illness successfully (most of the time), if there are not too many distractions.
Come back each month for more answers to health questions.How to Read a Carbon Based Blood Test Report
A method to quickly and efficiently review the blood test report.
- Check first page for gross alterations in the chemistry.
- Flip to panel section and scan for significant aberrations in the panel status deviation, checking those that are greater than 25%. Next examine each of the following panels in both graphic and numerical representation:
- Electrolyte
- Differential and Allergy
- Cardiac and Lipids
- Renal and Liver Function
- Hematology
- Nitrogen and Proteins
- Ratio Panel
- Review Nutritional Recommendations for suggested supportive nutrients specific to the person's chemistry.
- Examine Drug Interactions and check patient’s chart to assess medications and their possible interaction with patient's chemistry.
- View Clinical Correlations section with consideration of patient's presenting of symptoms and disturbances in chemistry that match to disorders of blocked or disturbed metabolic pathways - altered chemistry linked to documented disorders. This data is not a diagnosis but offers the clinician areas of scientific exploration into the patient’s in-depth chemistry.
- Check overall chemistry on the second page of the report with Anion Gap [(Na + K) - (Cl + CO2)] for a full picture of the degree of balance or imbalance in the chemistry as noted in graphical representation and overall status deviation in numerical terms at the bottom of the report.
For a sample of an interpretation, call our office and request a "Blood Chemistry Overview" report.
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