Bio-Terrain Testing
ANYONE, whether they perceive themselves as healthy or sick, will benefit from
Bio-Terrain tests analyzed at Optimal Fitness!
By looking at the results of the testing it is possible to:
- Learn how biochemical abnormalities decrease your health & vitality
- Quantitatively assess baseline and ongoing progress to optimal health
- Find out your levels of the most influential vitamins & minerals and take out the guesswork
- Figure out your best foods to eat for weight loss, immune health and optimal energy
- Assess whether your body is stressed and aging too quickly
Your metabolism changes naturally to counter-balance stressors in your lifestyle. These changes can result in metabolic reactive patterns that create chronic health issues, revealed as a collection of abnormal test results. All physiological imbalances involve at least one unbalanced metabolic pattern or blockage. Optimal Fitness uses a unique and innovative approach for the assessment of nutritional deficiencies and the related metabolic blockages.
Through the use of the specialized urine and saliva tests, it is simple to assess these blockage(s), and balance the body, minimizing the deficiency. This unique testing system provides a reliable picture of the nutritional and biological terrain of the body. With this system, nutritional supplements and dietary recommendations can be objectively targeted for faster and more effective results, saving both time and expense. The progress of an individual can also be accurately tracked to monitor the success of the treatment and help direct the course of the action to full health.
Diseases can occur when underlying metabolic patterns become chronic.
What is Biological Terrain Analysis?
Your "biological terrain is the interstitial fluid that bathes and nourishes every cell in the human body. The characteristics and condition of the biological terrain can affect the entire body. When a cell lives in an unhealthy biological terrain environment that lacks the proper pH or balance of nutrients, the cells can become unhealthy and fail to thrive. Too few as well as too many nutrients and substances in the terrain can interfere with the cell's abilities to procure the critical balance of elements that it needs to survive. With prolonged exposure to these stressful conditions, the probability that the cell will lose its vitality and develop illness or disease increases significantly. With a lowered vitality and resistance the cell also becomes more susceptible to the effects of microbes and organisms such as bacteria, viruses, parasites, yeast and fungus.
What are the benefits?
Through the precise monitoring of the body's biological terrain, valuable information can be obtained that may help individuals address underlying imbalances that may be contributing to cellular stress and lack of vitality. With this valuable information, proper nutrition, stress management and detoxification of specific toxins and poisons can be implemented. These measures, in turn, may help reestablish and support healthy cellular functioning.
How does it work?
These bodily fluids can, therefore, serve as mirrors or indicators of what is happening at the deepest cellular level. Saliva gives valuable information about your digestion, hydration and lymph, liver and pancreas function. Urine gives information about your kidneys and the body's elimination activities.
Free Radical Urine Test - This Oxidata Urine Test is a test of the true cellular damage due to free radicals. Free radical damage can lead to cell degeneration, initiating a host of diseases such as fatigue, allergies, arthritis, elevated cholesterol, degenerative heart disease and acceleration in the aging processes.
Zinc Taste Test - Zinc is an important mineral for enzyme production and essential co-factor of the immune and the reproductive systems. This test will indicate your zinc status.
Adrenal Stress Urine Test - This is a specialized urine test that measures the amount of chloride displaced into your urine. Chloride in urine is a reliable measurement of adrenal stress and adrenal fatigue. Adrenal stress and adrenal fatigue are now MAJOR health challenges of the American population.
Malabsorption Urine Test - This urine test allows us to screen you for the presence of harmful anaerobic bacteria and bowel dysbiosis. Dysbiosis is a toxic condition caused by a decline in the population of beneficial digestive bacteria. This can lead to malabsorption, allergies, indigestion, irritable bowel syndrome and inflammatory symptoms.
Calcium Urine Test - Calcium is an essential mineral for many cellular functions, as well as for healthy bone development. With this urine test, we can accurately determine whether your calcium level is adequate, low or even if it is too high!
Chemstrip Urine Test - This is a quick in-house urine test that measures 13 separate urine categories. We use this test to screen for serious health problems including infections, tissue degeneration, liver disorder, kidney disorder and diabetes.
Vitamin C Urine Test - Vitamin C is essential to the health of the immune system, vascular and connective tissue and is a powerful anti-oxidant. Recent research has also placed Vitamin C in the category of an anti-cancer nutrient. This urine test will accurately determine your Vitamin C status.
Saliva pH Test - The Saliva pH Test helps to detect deep levels of physical and mental stress. When highly stressed the body becomes acidic, which in turn destroys valuable alkaline minerals. Thus, this is also a screening for mineral deficiency.
Sugars – Sugar metabolism is tremendously important in accessing the appropriate energy production pathways. Without proper glycemic control, energy will easily fluctuate. Abnormal levels indicate hypoglycemia or insulin resistance.
Electrolytes – Electrolytes are minerals suspended in a colloidal solution that is capable of conducting an electrical charge or, in Chinese medicine; chi. High readings of electrolytes stress indicate the degree of stress on body systems, while low readings indicate weakness, anemia, etc.
Nitrates - Nitrates indicate the levels of nitric oxide (NO) the body is producing at a given time. NO transmits signals between nerve cells and is associated with learning, memory, sleep, feeling pain and depression. High levels can trigger chronic inflammation, which can cause arthritis, colitis and IBS. High NO also promotes free radical production, and is associated with other negative consequences like brain aging, memory loss and destruction of antioxidants. Low levels are associated with hypertension, obesity, diabetes, heart failure and atherosclerosis.
Ammonia – Ammonia is a toxic byproduct of normal cell function. Because ammonia is normally converted to urea before excretion, the level of ammonia in the urine provides an evaluation of the body’s ability to process wastes efficiently. A high level of ammonia may also be indicative of the body’s inability to buffer acid produced by the digestive process or by negative emotions. Either high or low; the kidneys and liver may be affected.
ADDITIONAL TESTS:
Cholesterol – The only test requiring blood, the client uses a lancet (the type that may be used by diabetics checking blood sugar) to draw a few drops of blood. Analysis provides LDL, HDL, and triglyceride levels. Cholesterol is vital to proper body function, a component of cell membranes, a precursor to several hormones (including estrogen and testosterone), an antioxidant, and synthesizes bile salts and Vitamin D. Note that cholesterol excess or imbalance is a result of other problems in the body rather than a primary cause. Fee: $35
Blood Type Test - Most people simply do not know their blood type and most doctors do not routinely test for it! This is an extremely important test for developing the diet that is genetically ideal for you. This test can be performed in less than 10 minutes at the Center. Fee: $30
Body Composition Analysis - This computerized instrument is the most accurate way to determine your body Fat %, Lean %, and Water %. This is crucial information for determining the proper diet for you. Furthermore, the actual cell vitality can be measured through the assessment of the Intra-Cellular and Extra-Cellular fluids ratios. We can also determine your cardiac disease risk, and easily determine if your health program is producing greater cell vitality. Fee: $35