Anti-Aging (Healthy Aging)
How old are you really! Vibrant energy, mental clarity, virtual freedom from pain and lowered disease risk are possible if we
work at it! We developed our Bio-marker Longevity Plan to scientifically measure and monitor your healthy aging response to our individually tailored dietary, nutritional supplement and lifestyle suggestions. We are living longer as human beings, but with a greatly reduced quality of life. Our Bio-marker Longevity Plan involves measuring dozens of “bio-markers”; tests that, when considered all together, predict how old you really are (biological age) as opposed to how you are in years (chronological age). Bottom line, feeling better is great, but it’s not enough! Let us guide you ensuring that your efforts are statistically reducing your disease risk and encouraging a healthier quality of life!
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The Anti-Aging Encyclopedia provides detailed medical and nutritional explanations for over 170 standard laboratory tests in addition to all variety of hormone tests (blood, saliva, urine, and more)! Common medical conditions associated with the abnormal lab test finding is also provided along with drug-nutrient interactions, additional recommended tests and evaluations and nutritional compound suggestions. Probably the most comprehensive nutritional-laboratory manual recommended. This book is currently the recommended text for the International & American Association of Clinical Nutritionists (IAACN) - the largest nutritional educational and certifying body in the United States.
Below are just a few examples of the biomarkers we use for helping to determine the biological age (as opposed to the chronological age) of our patients. A large number of biomarker tests are available and are carefully chosen depending upon the current health and health goals of our patients.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20671743 -Shows that the Bioimpedance analysis (BIA) of extracellular/intracellular cell mass is a significant indirect predictor of mortality in peritoneal dialysis patients.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14531774 - This study shows that Bioimpedance analysis (BIA) indexes reflect the nutritional status in peritoneal dialysis patients.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12028177 - Low relative skeletal muscle mass (sarcopenia) in older persons is associated with functional impairment and physical disability. Bioimpedance analysis measurements estimated the amount of skeletal muscle mass and helped in the observation and determination of increased morbidity and mortality in older patients.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21184919 - Bioimpedance analysis in conjunction with blood work and physical performance measurements helps in the determination of functional health in hemodialysis patients.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20863969 - BIA is a good assessment of nutritional status in patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16701923 - Supplemental creatinine improved bioimpedane parameters that may be predictors of nutritional status in colorectal cancer patients.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20467382 -Bioimpedance analysis may be used along side other measurements as an assessment of nutritional status in children with Chronic Kidney Disease.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20097150 - The use of bioimpedance in the detection/screening of tongue cancer.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14618476 -Bioimpedance analysis is a useful procedure for the study of nutritional status, water distribution and its measurement of fat-free mass in children.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17452840 - This study showed the use of bioimpedance analysis to evaluate lymphedema.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2197849 - BIA is a useful clinical method for measuring change in body composition.
Biochemical Individuality Comprehensive Chemical Panel 1 (CCP1)
An important part of our longevity focus Our exclusive Comprehensive Chemical Panel One is a metabolic panel that provides valuable medical and nutritional information. If you want to know if you are actually using various nutritional products this testing panel is for you. This test will measure the following important metabolites:
1. You’re level of urinary vitamin C – how much vitamin C you are wasting in your urine. If you do not have any vitamin C in your urine you are likely deficient.
2. How well your body is using vitamin C – taking vitamin C and absorbing it is one thing, but converting it to a useable form is another thing entirely. Dehydroascorbate (the oxidized form of vitamin C should be high in most forms of cancer therapy), but low or non-existent in almost everyone else. Vitamin C inadequacy may predispose to hundreds if not thousands of medical conditions.
3. A test for absorption and malabsorption – urinary levels of a chemical called indicant is high (to different extents) depending upon one’s degree of malabsorption (or, inability to absorb certain amino acids).
4. Malonyldialdehyde (MDA) – a test for overall oxidative stress giving indirect information as to whether or not you are effectively using antioxidants. Oxidants are needed to degenerate dead, dying and abnormal cells and tissues in the body. Antioxidants are needed for repair of cells, tissues and organs. Thus, oxidation and antioxidation balance one another. The presence and amount of MDA in the urine indicates how well balanced you are in terms of antioxidant utilization. This test should always be considered in context of a careful medical and nutritional history as well as other tests for accuracy. MDA in the urine may be involved in various degenerative and disease processes including cancer.
5. Urinary calcium – calcium in the urine may indicate osteoporosis in the bones, hormonal imbalance, acid-base imbalance, vitamin D deficiency and other conditions. Decreased calcium levels may result from vitamin D problems, hormonal imbalances and kidney problems.
6. Urinary chloride – Increased levels of urinary chloride may indicate adrenal fatigue, excessive salt intake, inflammation of the kidneys and overproduction of water (hormonal problems). Decreased urinary chloride may indicate decreased salt intake, fluid loss (diarrhea, vomiting and other causes), adrenal hyperactivity and other problems.
7. Zinc use – zinc is involved in over one hundred and seventy (170) essential enzyme reactions in the body necessary for immunity, tissue repair, weight management, detoxification (including metals) and many other reactions. Together – these tests, when considered in the context of a medical and nutritional examination and consultation and other tests can help guide you to optimal health.
