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Micronutrient Test

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Micronutrients, as opposed to macronutrients (protein, carbohydrates and fat), are comprised of vitamins and minerals which are required in small quantities to ensure normal metabolism, growth and physical well-being.

Vitamins
These are essential organic nutrients, most of which are not made in the body, or only in insufficient amounts, and usually must be obtained through food. When dietary intake of a vitamin is inadequate, deficiency disorders result. Although vitamins are only present and required in minute quantities, compared to the macronutrients, they are just as vital to health and need to be considered in the context of nutrition quality.

Minerals
These are inorganic nutrients that also play a key role in ensuring health and well- being. They include the trace elements copper, iodine, iron, manganese, selenium, and zinc together with the macro elements calcium, magnesium, potassium, and sodium. As with vitamins, minerals are found in small quantities within the body and they are obtained from a wide variety of foods.

Intracellular Micronutrients
Intracellular micronutrients are the micronutrients absorbed by your circulating white blood cells and red blood cells.

Cellular micronutrient absorption is an important step in maintaining and promoting optimal functioning of all our cells.

It is important to understand that, even though you may be consuming an adequate or healthy diet or supplements, your cellular intake levels of those nutrients may not be sufficient and may still provide risks for deficiencies and the disorders associated with them.

Your genetics, aging, lifestyle, chronic illness, and medications all affect your cellular nutrient absorption. The intracellular portion of Vibrant’s micronutrient test takes all the above factors into consideration to identify your cellular nutrient absorption status. This test can reveal a person’s functional nutritional status over a much longer time (4-6 months) than extracellular testing.

Role of Micronutrients

Almost every physiological function in your body requires micronutrients to function optimally. Vitamin, minerals and anti-oxidants play a key role in:

• Producing and releasing energy.
• Strengthening the immune system.
• Reducing systemic inflammation.
• Protecting against free radical damage.
• Maintaining a healthy hormonal balance (i.e. thyroid, sex hormones, adrenal hormones, neurotransmitters/brain hormones, etc.).
• Maintaining insulin sensitivity.
• Slowing down cellular aging.
• Promoting the health of all tissues: skin, bone, brain, breast, gut, prostate, heart, muscle, organs, etc.
• Protecting against the development, progression, and recurrence of cancer.

Why Test for Micronutrients?

The Benefits of Intracellular Testing Include:

• Identifying functional deficiencies in intracellular micronutrient levels (cellular nutrient absorption deficiency).
• Identifying essential micronutrient absorption deficiencies which cause or increase the risk of chronic diseases.
• Providing a long-term nutritional status of the previous 4-6 months.

Intracellular micronutrients have been studied scientifically and have long been considered a more sensitive tissue measure of micronutrient absorption. For example, vitamin C levels in lymphocytes have been found to be deficient in Type 2 diabetes patients as compared to plasma levels. ¹ RBC folate and magnesium are clinically more significant than whole blood measures of these nutrients. ² RBC omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acid levels have been found to be markers of accelerated structural and cognitive aging. ³

Regulatory Statement:
This test has been developed and its performance characteristics determined by Vibrant America. This test has not been cleared or approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Although FDA does not currently clear or approve laboratory-developed tests in the U.S., certification of the laboratory is required under CLIA to ensure the quality and validity of the tests.

References

1. Yamada, Hiroshi, Kaoru Yamada, Masako Waki, and Keizo Umegaki. “Lymphocyte and Plasma Vitamin C Levels in Type 2 Diabetic Patients With and Without Diabetes Complications.” Diabetes Cares, vol. 27, no. 10, Oct. 2004, pp. 2491-92, care.diabetesjournals.org/content/diacare/27/10/2491.full.pdf. Accessed 18 Sept. 2017.

2. Cox I. M., Campbell M. J., Dowson D. (1991). Red blood cell magnesium and chronic fatigue syndrome. Lancet 337, 757–760. 10.1016/0140-6736(91)91371-Z [PubMed]

3. Tan Z.S., Harris W.S., Beiser A.S., Au R., Himali J.J., Debette S., Pikula A., DeCarli C.S., Wolf P.A., Vasan R.S., et al. Red blood cell omega-3 fatty acid levels and markers of accelerated brain aging. Neurology. 2012;78:658–664. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e318249f6a9. [PubMed]