How Can SpectraCell Testing Help You?

SpectraCell testing is used to discover how your body processes 35 nutritional components including: vitamins, antioxidants, minerals, and amino acids in your white blood cells. Spectra Cell testing is especially helpful for identifying deficiencies in your body that are affecting your total body wellness.  Texas Spine & Sports Therapy Center offers these tests as part of your nutritional assessment to ascertain your risk for clinical conditions as well as prevent chronic diseases such as: cancer, arthritis, cardiovascular disease, metabolic disorders, diabetes, and immunological disorders. When you need real answers, real data is needed. SpectraCell testing gives you that.

Wait a Minute. . .I’m Deficient?

Patients are often surprised to find out, after SpectraCell testing, that they have a nutrient deficiency.  They are eating a balanced diet and taking the vitamins and supplements that they need. So, what is going on? While dietary changes are usually needed for patients to start absorbing nutrients correctly, you need to know where you are before you know what changes need to be made. Before you start taking Vitamin B12 or selenium to try and correct a perceived issue, get real data to go on with SpectraCell testing. Texas Spine and Sports Therapy Center provides this micronutrient panel analysis service right in our Austin office.

What is SpectraCell Testing?

How effective is your digestive system at extracting nutrients from the food that you eat? All those vitamins that you take, are they being absorbed and processed so they actually do something for you? How do you know? The only way you can really know how your body is doing with processing what you eat is to have your blood tested. But, standard blood tests are lacking in all they can tell you. Enter SpectraCell testing. SpectraCell testing is commonly referred to as micronutrient testing. This form of testing can help you know what amount of nutrients that you are consuming are actually making into your cells.

How Does SpectraCell Testing Work?

SpectraCell technologies and labs provide a level of micro-nutrient testing that no one else can. Their patented technique and tests have been found to be more helpful that standard serum testing. Your standard blood test only measures the static amounts of minerals and vitamins in your blood–primarily focusing on your dietary intake. But with SpectraCell patented technology we can assess the long-term intracellular needs by using your unique lymphocytes. We use a variety of nutrient depletion scenarios to measure your cellular growth response to mitogenic stimulation.  This can help us pinpoint deficiencies in your cells which often go undetected in standard serum tests. Simply put, SpectraCell testing tells you more.  The test requires that we take a small blood sample where your white blood cells are extracted. These white blood cells are then split and put into a control group. This control group is closely compared to other test samples using SpectraCell technology and allows us to determine how many of the nutrients are reaching your body’s cells.

Nutrient Deficiencies–Why You Shouldn’t Ignore Them

Our fast-paced society is constantly reaching for quick, processed foods that lack in really nutrients. Whole foods make up the minority of our daily intake where they should be the majority.  Even if you feel like you are eating “regular meals” you can develop deficiencies in Vitamin A, Vitamin C, calcium, Vitamins B1 and B3, zinc, and iron. A lack of these minerals leads to:

• Lowered immune system
• Slow growth in children
• Painful skin and muscle disorders like pellagra and beriberi
• Osteoporosis and other bone disorders
• General fatigue and lethargy
• Depression
• Weakness and other symptoms that may appear neurological
• Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia
• Weight gain or sudden loss
• Migraines and cluster headaches

Take Action for Better Health

While several methods are out there for testing your current nutrient levels, the SpectraCell test provides you with unique benefits that the other tests don’t. Other tests only measure a base level of each nutrient in your blood. A doctor must then extrapolate to determine if you are healthy or in need of supplements. The SpectraCell test doesn’t leave anything to guessing or chance. It is customized for your age and gender so that recommendations are spot on. During your initial evaluation, we will learn more about your habits and lifestyle which can further help our Texas Spine and Sports Therapy Center team to determine your unique nutrient needs.

A Few Things About Nutrient Absorption

Certain chronic illnesses and medications can prevent you from absorbing the nutrients you need.  Some vitamins also require calcium or other minerals to be absorbed correctly. Without enough Vitamin D, women can not absorb the calcium they need for strong and healthy bones as they age.  Taking action now to find out areas of weakness can help prevent serious health conditions and consequences down the road.  It is worth the time you take now to have years of vitality and freedom that you wouldn’t have otherwise.

Call for a SpectraCell Consultation

Call now for a FREE SpectraCell Consultation at (512) 806-0015, or simply contact us by clicking here. Consultations can be done online, via the phone, or in person.  Now is the time to take your health into your hands.  You don’t have to wait until you are suffering from symptoms of nutrient deficiency.  Save yourself the pain, possible irreversible damage, and challenges that nutrient deficiencies can cause and find out what your body needs now.