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BCB (Body Chemistry Balancing) Package
NutriChem has developed the innovative BCB (Body Chemistry Balancing) Test over the past 25 years.
It is a powerful assessment tool that can be used to simplify the process of finding the root of health problems.
Price:
$599.00
The Oxymark Testing Panel
Nutrichem's Oxymark profile is our recommended combination of testing panels designed to provide you with accurate information into how well your nutritional needs are being met. This complete package includes Essential and Non-Essential Amino Acids, Essential Fatty Acids, Urinary Organic Acids, Oxidative Stress and Antioxidants. When analyzed together these biomarkers will give us a detailed look into your metabolic needs. When our biochemists evaluate your results they take into consideration your current diet, your current supplementation, prescription medications as well as your diagnosed conditions. Each of these Panels are described in detail below. When done separately these panels will give you an idea into issues that you may be experiencing. When completed together you will receive not only the proof of why your feeling the way you do but we will be able to give a detailed recommendation on how to improve your current health status. The combination of the Oxymark Profile and Nutrichem's scientific knowledge is a powerful tool in helping to meet your specific health goals. Making your body the best it can be.
The Oxymark Package
Price:
$849.00
Antioxidants Panel
Antioxidants comprise one of the body's primary chemical defense mechanisms. Antioxidants scavenge for free radicals and prevent their reactions with DNA, protein,membranes or lipids. Low levels of plasma antioxidants are associated with increased oxidative stress and a variety of degenerative diseases.
Listed below are the antioxidants assessed through Nutrichem's specialized metabolic testing:
Alpha-Tocopherol : This is the predominant form of vitamin E in food and human tissue. Deficiency has been clinically associated with numerous human disorders including cancer,heart disease,hemolytic anemia, neurologic disease and other neuropathies.
Gamma-Tocophherol : Provides a more detailed measure of vitamin E levels in the tissues.
Coenzyme Q-10: Deficiency creates a functional impairment of energy production in the body, particularly in the high energy-dependent tissues such as the heart and skeletal muscles.
Retinol: This important antioxidant nutrient is essential for vision, bone growth, cataracts, skin integrity,atherosclerosis, macular generation, and spermatogenesis.
Alpha and Beta Carotene: These measurements provide useful information about the convesion in the liver to vitamin A.
Antioxidant Panel
Price:
$119.00
Amino Acids Panel
Amino Acids are considered crucial "Building Blocks" within an individual's body. They are complex structures with many different chemical properties that make them unique. Using these chemical properties, amino acids play a primary role in important pathways of the body. By Measuring the different amino acid levels, blockages within the body's pathways can be detected. These Blockages can manifest themselves in symptoms of fatigue, impaired brain function or muscle weakness. These symptoms are likely to show improvement with optimized amino acid supply. Nutrichem's analysis of 10 essential and 16 non-essential amino acids in plasma provides valuable information about protein absorption and malnutrition, mitochondrial dysfunction, urea cycle abnormalities, functional nutrient deficiencies and metabolic disorders. If the amino acid levels in plasma are found to be low, this indicates the need for supplementation. Individually customized nutrient formulations can be constructed and will provide an improvement in many of the symptoms listed above. As well as Nutrichem's Logical Whey protein supplement.
Amino Acid Panel
Price:
$229.00
Urinary Organic Acids Panel
Measured in the urine, Nutrichem's Organic Acid Panel evaluates the acidic by-products of carbohydrate, amino acid, fat and hormone metabolism at the mitochondrial level. Nutrichem measures 30 organic acid markers. These markers provide valuable information about energy production, neurotransmitter function, gastrointestinal health as well as vitamin and enzyme deficiencies. On a functional level, organic acids are used to analyze the metabolic effects of vitamin deficiencies, toxic overload, neuroendocrine activity and intestinal dysbiosis (bacterial, fungal or protozoal overgrowth). Normally absent or in very low amounts in the urine, elevated urinary organic acid levels may indicate a metabolic blockage. Identifying these blockages provides useful clinical information. This information can be use to develop an individual treatment protocol specific to the patient's needs. This protocol maximizes the patient's response, leading to improved long term results.
Urinary Organic Acids Panel
Price:
$339.00
Oxidative Stress Panel
The term oxidative stress refers to free radicals in the body that interfere with normal cell function. One of the ways that the body manages the threat of free radicals is by transferring the unpaired electrons to antioxidants. Increased oxidative stress, caused by numerous chemical, physical or emotional imbalances can deplete antioxidant defenses. Elevated oxidative stress biomarkers are associated with aging, cancer, Alzheimer's, cataracts and diabetes.
Outlined below are the measures Nutrichem's Biomedical Testing Laboratory uses to determine levels of oxidatve stress:
Plasma Lipid Peroxides: An evaluation of total Lipid peroxide levels in plasma is an accurate means of reflecting whole body free radical activity. Cancer, Heart disease, stroke and aging are all associated with high levels of lipid peroxides.
Malondialdehyde - Urine and Plasma: Measures malonaldehyde in reaction with thiobarbituric acid. This value is accepted generally in research and clinically as a standard means of assessing the body's antioxidant capability and overall oxidative stress.
Creatinine - Urine: Urine creatine is used in ratio to the urine malonaldehyde to determine oxidative stress in the urinary tract.
Oxidative Stress Panel
Price:
$69.00
Essential Fatty Acid Panel
New evidence highlights the importance of a correct physiological balance of essential fatty acids. Their role is pivotal in cell membrane structure and function, as well as hormone production in the body. An imbalance can lead to dysfunction at the most basic cellular level, disrupt endocrine system function or cause uncontrolled inflammation leading to numerous conditions which are common in our population today. A constant supply of essential fatty acids from the diet or liver synthesis is required to meet the demands of the body for energy production, cell membrane function, nutrient absorption and hormone synthesis. Red blood cell fatty acid status reveals the metabolic effect of fatty acids in the body as well as long term fatty acid status, making it useful for identifying deficiencies and imbalances and for monitoring supplementation. Essential Fatty Acids are important for growth and development, immune function, and blood metabolism. Nutrichem's RBC Fatty Acid Panel measures over 30 fatty acid markers. Including detailed measures of Omega 3, Omega 6, Monounsaturated, Saturated and Trans Fats.
Fatty Acid Panel
Price:
$199.00
Urinary Peptides
Urinary Peptides refer to the proteins found in an individual's urine. When our bodies are unable to breakdown these proteins, it is referred to as Protein Intollerance. These undigested proteins (peptides) are then eliminated harmlessly in the urine. Protein intolerence is not to be mistaken for a food allergy to protein. When there is an excess of undigested proteins, some of them cross over iinto the blood stream,and this causes an antibody response tha then simulates an allergic reaction. Therefore, many protein intolerances can be misdiagnosed as food allergies. a non-invasive urinary peptide test can detect any protein that is not fully broken down and digested. Nutrichem's urinary peptide panel measures gluten and casein levels. Gluten and casein are proteins that are found in wheat, rye oats, barley and diary products. Studies have shown that the inability to break down certain foods may affect neurological processes as well as cause many other disturbances within the body. Msot health car professionals use this test in order to find out if a gluten and casein-free diet would be beneficial to their patients.
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