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AAAcupuncture is now providing functional blood analysis to determine functional health and help you reach optimal health level. We can use existing blood test reports or we can refer you to a lab that will offer a significant discount.

What is the difference between functional and pathological analysis?

The pathological range is used to diagnose disease. The functional range is used to assess risk for disease before disease develops. The references that are provided with laboratory test results are referred to as “the pathological range”, because if the test results are out of range, it usually indicates potential for pathology or disease. The main difference between the functional and pathological range is the degree of deviation allowed within their normal ranges.

For example, the functional range for glucose may be 85-100 mg/dl, but the pathological range may be 65-110 mg/dl. Levels above the pathological range may indicate diabetes. Levels above the functional range, but before they reach the extremes of the pathological range, may indicate insulin resistance and future risk for developing diabetes. Conventional medical training is concerned with the diagnosis of disease and rarely preventative medicine. Therefore, patients are usually not consulted regarding the parameters of incorporate consulting with patients when their levels present outside of the functional range.

AAAcupuncture provides preventative care and incorporates consulting with patients when their levels present outside of the functional range. If biomarkers can be managed before they fall within the pathological range, preventive medicine can be achieved.

How are Western standards different from functional standards?

You may think the ranges presented on your lab report and labeled “normal” for each test are decided upon by a panel of international practitioners, telling us what is healthy and what is sickness. In reality, these mean ranges on your report are determined by samples taken in THAT lab only. A standard that everybody uses does not exist. And as if that weren’t enough to make you scratch your head, think about who is most likely going to have blood tests run. Sick people. There’s no reason for “healthy” people to get blood tests, especially if insurance companies aren’t willing to pay for it. Since only sick people’s scores are being used for the averages, all of the “normal” results are skewed away from health and wellness. Functional health practitioners and researchers have looked at the data, determined what constitutes wellness and set out a range guideline for everybody. Here is an example how the standards are different, using Hypoglycemia: Twenty years ago, according to Western standards, if your glucose reading was less than 85, it was determined that you had Reactive Hypoglycemia. (This is also the current standard for functional heath.) Now, with the skewed norms, you are considered a Reactive Hypoglycemic with a reading less than 65. A current patient came to us with a glucose reading of 70. Twenty years ago, she would have been diagnosed with Reactive Hypoglycemia, but today, she is considered healthy by Western standards. The really bad news is that by the time a Western medicine practitioner discovers you are sick, you are really sick. Maybe you haven’t had a recent blood test. Maybe you just haven’t been sick enough to be sent for one. You don’t have to wait until you have a disease. Get your blood test today and find out how to keep yourself healthy enough to avoid sickness and disease.

What things do you look at in the test report to determine wellness?

Once a blood test is completed, we look for what we call “biomarker” to health, such as:

• Anemia (a lack of iron)
• Too much iron
• Thyroid problems
• Hidden chronic infections (viral, fungal or bacterial)
• Adrenal problems
• Digestive problems
• Blood sugar problems
• Liver/gallbladder disorder
• Cardiovascular disorder

Since the insurance companies have basically taken over the health profession, they are the ones who determine what the tests the doctors can run. Twenty years ago, the blood panels that doctors ordered included an extensive number of tests and gave a broader picture of overall health. Today, only a fraction of those tests in a typical blood panel exist. For example: 4 thyroid tests are necessary to determine whether your thyroid is working properly. The typical blood panel today includes only one. When was the last time you had a blood panel that included the 4 thyroid test.

Maybe the reason you haven’t had these tests is because you haven’t been sick enough for the insurance companies to pay for it.

What do I do once I have decided to get my blood test read functionally?

Call us for an appointment. If you have a current blood work report, we can use that to determine your wellness. If not, we can refer you to a lab where you pay a fraction of the retail price for your test. Then we combine with the Energetic Nutritional Testing to find out the cause of your health problems and get rid of the cause by applying potent herbal extracts and homeopathic remedies. Call us today so we can help you reach your optimum health.

Functional Blood Analysis

AAAcupuncture is now providing functional blood analysis to determine functional health and help you reach optimal health level. We can use existing blood test reports or we can refer you to a lab that will offer a significant discount.

What is the difference between functional and pathological analysis?

The pathological range is used to diagnose disease. The functional range is used to assess risk for disease before disease develops. The references that are provided with laboratory test results are referred to as “the pathological range”, because if the test results are out of range, it usually indicates potential for pathology or disease. The main difference between the functional and pathological range is the degree of deviation allowed within their normal ranges.

For example, the functional range for glucose may be 85-100 mg/dl, but the pathological range may be 65-110 mg/dl. Levels above the pathological range may indicate diabetes. Levels above the functional range, but before they reach the extremes of the pathological range, may indicate insulin resistance and future risk for developing diabetes. Conventional medical training is concerned with the diagnosis of disease and rarely preventative medicine. Therefore, patients are usually not consulted regarding the parameters of incorporate consulting with patients when their levels present outside of the functional range.

AAAcupuncture provides preventative care and incorporates consulting with patients when their levels present outside of the functional range. If biomarkers can be managed before they fall within the pathological range, preventive medicine can be achieved.

How are Western standards different from functional standards?

You may think the ranges presented on your lab report and labeled “normal” for each test are decided upon by a panel of international practitioners, telling us what is healthy and what is sickness. In reality, these mean ranges on your report are determined by samples taken in THAT lab only. A standard that everybody uses does not exist. And as if that weren’t enough to make you scratch your head, think about who is most likely going to have blood tests run. Sick people. There’s no reason for “healthy” people to get blood tests, especially if insurance companies aren’t willing to pay for it. Since only sick people’s scores are being used for the averages, all of the “normal” results are skewed away from health and wellness. Functional health practitioners and researchers have looked at the data, determined what constitutes wellness and set out a range guideline for everybody. Here is an example how the standards are different, using Hypoglycemia: Twenty years ago, according to Western standards, if your glucose reading was less than 85, it was determined that you had Reactive Hypoglycemia. (This is also the current standard for functional heath.) Now, with the skewed norms, you are considered a Reactive Hypoglycemic with a reading less than 65. A current patient came to us with a glucose reading of 70. Twenty years ago, she would have been diagnosed with Reactive Hypoglycemia, but today, she is considered healthy by Western standards. The really bad news is that by the time a Western medicine practitioner discovers you are sick, you are really sick. Maybe you haven’t had a recent blood test. Maybe you just haven’t been sick enough to be sent for one. You don’t have to wait until you have a disease. Get your blood test today and find out how to keep yourself healthy enough to avoid sickness and disease.

What things do you look at in the test report to determine wellness?

Once a blood test is completed, we look for what we call “biomarker” to health, such as:

• Anemia (a lack of iron)
• Too much iron
• Thyroid problems
• Hidden chronic infections (viral, fungal or bacterial)
• Adrenal problems
• Digestive problems
• Blood sugar problems
• Liver/gallbladder disorder
• Cardiovascular disorder

Since the insurance companies have basically taken over the health profession, they are the ones who determine what the tests the doctors can run. Twenty years ago, the blood panels that doctors ordered included an extensive number of tests and gave a broader picture of overall health. Today, only a fraction of those tests in a typical blood panel exist. For example: 4 thyroid tests are necessary to determine whether your thyroid is working properly. The typical blood panel today includes only one. When was the last time you had a blood panel that included the 4 thyroid test.

Maybe the reason you haven’t had these tests is because you haven’t been sick enough for the insurance companies to pay for it.

What do I do once I have decided to get my blood test read functionally?

Call us for an appointment. If you have a current blood work report, we can use that to determine your wellness. If not, we can refer you to a lab where you pay a fraction of the retail price for your test. Then we combine with the Energetic Nutritional Testing to find out the cause of your health problems and get rid of the cause by applying potent herbal extracts and homeopathic remedies. Call us today so we can help you reach your optimum health.