Do you have symptoms of deficiencies in any of these 54 categories?
There are 54 deficiencies that the analysis measures.

On the left side of this (and every) page are links to background information for the 54 nutritional imbalances that can be tested by the nutritional symptomatology analsysis. Note that your analysis will contain additional links to the complete corrective measures for each deficiency.

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How does the analysis work?

The nutritional symptomatology questionnaire tabulates hundreds of documented symptoms of nutritional deficiencies and imbalances. Your weighted answers (1-3) are subjected to a scoring algorithm that displays your results as a graph showing the probability of specific nutritional deficiencies. Next, the Registered Nutritional Consultant interprets your graph and selects recommendations for corrective measures. Finally, your graph and recommendations are posted to your own private web page for your viewing/printing and you receive an e-mail with its coded address.

The questionnaire requires between 15 and 30 minutes to complete. Its 392 questions have been condensed from a total of over 1000  documented symptoms of the 54 nutritional imbalances that the questionnaire can measure.  We have reduced the number of questions required by cross-linking the symptoms so that each of the questions of the nutritional symptomatology questionnaire relates to more than one possible deficiency. Many questions relate to dozens of different deficiencies.  As well, weighting the answers from 1-3 brings a much greater degree of sophistication and accuracy to the tabulated results than a simple "yes/no" questionnaire can achieve. It is only after entering all of your weighted answers in a computer spreadsheet and by comparing the relative levels of  imbalances that recommendations for corrective actions can be developed. 

Your recommendations are quite detailed and consist of both explanations of your deficiency(s) and advice as to which foods and/or supplements are nutritionally the most effective (and most cost-efficient) for you. Please note that we do not sell vitamins, etc. We offer a nutritional assessment and consultation service only. Specific foods, vitamins and nutritional supplements recommended are usually available from your local suppliers. 

Your answers, taken as a whole, focus attention on your most important nutritional imbalances. Once you have corrected these, other, perhaps less significant, imbalances tend to correct themselves. 

More and more doctors and medical scientists agree that it is important to build and maintain nutritional wellness in order to achieve lifelong good health -- for you and your family. Remember that you are unique -- and your nutritional requirements are unique.  Soon after completing your online questionnaire you will receive (via e-mail) the coded address to your own personal web page containing your analysis chart and recommendations -- valuable tools that can help you correct nutritional problems before they become serious health problems. 

 

Your analysis will test you for symptoms of 54 nutritional imbalances.
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How accurate is it?

Nutritional symptomatology is a very reliable way to measure one's nutritional health. In fact, symptomatology testing, such as this, often reveals deficiencies that other methods may miss. 

For instance, food intake questionnaires ignore the fact that the nutrient content of a particular food (a potato, for example) varies widely depending on the soil it was grown in, the food's maturity at harvesting, the agricultural chemicals used, how the food was cooked, etc. Neither do food intake quizzes take into consideration the varying degrees to which each unique individual's digestive system is able to assimilate the nutrients in the food eaten. That is, what we eat sometimes has little to do with what actually reaches our tissues as nutrients. As well, we are not all the same in nutrient requirements -- some of us need many times the quantity of a particular nutrient that may suffice very well for someone else. 

Also, although blood tests are very useful in many ways, they sometimes do not give an accurate analysis of your "real" nutritional health. This is because your blood constantly strives to compensate for tissue deficiencies -- it is called "homeostasis". Blood health is one of your body's highest priorities and sometimes your body will rob "less important" organs, tissues, etc. in order to maintain healthy blood. For example, a blood test may reveal normal levels of vitamins or hormones (like thyroid hormones) even while your organs, glands, bones and/or tissues are starving for those same nutrients. 

And similarly for hair analysis and urine tests -- they have serious shortcomings when used to analyze overall health. But like blood tests, hair and urine analyses may be appropriate as a follow-up to specific conditions indicated by the nutritional symptomatology test. If so, your recommendations would suggest (in part) that you consult with your doctor and/or find a reliable lab to conduct the necessary test. It is important to note that your recommendations are always intended to complement (and not to override)  any medical tests and/or treatment administered by your doctor. 

Nutritional symptomatology testing, such as this, while not as precise as blood, urine or hair analyses is  considered by many to be more relevant in determining overall nutritional health. Of course, not all of the symptoms you might document in this questionnaire will be the result of nutritional deficiencies -- some could  result from prescription drug side effects, etc. However, overall patterns revealed by the symptomatology questions are very significant. That is, while a deficiency may not be indicated if you have only two or three symptoms of a possible 23, having 11 or more of those symptoms constructs a message from your body that it almost certainly requires more of that particular nutrient. 

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