So, it turns out that nutrition - like many other things - has a long, complex history and there are many things that contribute to optimal nutritional health. So many, in fact, that we forgot to mention some very important factors in our previous episode.
Achieving optimal nutrition is more than eating the right foods, but the real question is - how should practitioners assess the nutritional levels in their patients?
Today, we explore nutrient assessments and the most common nutrients clinicians and medical practitioners assess in patients. We discuss the challenges associated with assessing certain vitamins, minerals, and nutrients and how the NutrEval test can help clinicians determine which nutrients their patients are not absorbing adequately. Product Research and Development Manager and fellow Genovian, Ashley Gibbons, also joins us to discuss the various methodologies we use to test a patient’s nutritional health.
 
“By looking at those biochemical pathways, we know that the enzymes that are responsible for maintaining those biochemical processes and we know the co-factors for those enzymes.” - Michael Chapman
 
This week on The Lab Report:

How practitioners should determine whether their patients have adequate nutrition
The most common nutrients clinicians and medical practitioners are most concerned about
The challenges associated with assessing certain vitamins, minerals and nutrients
What exposures and oxidative stressors can help clinicians determine
What is the NutrEval test and how it can help clinicians determine nutritional inadequacies and deficiencies
The various testing sections included in the NutrEval test
The benefit of assessing a patient's genomics
How we assess the information collected in the NutrEval test to develop nutrition recommendations
The various methods we use in the NutrEval test to test nutritional health

 
Question of the Day:

If a patient is doing a comprehensive nutritional assessment, should they continue taking their nutritional supplements or stop them?

 
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