Fatty Acids Profile - Blood Spot

Bloodspot Fatty Acid Profile

The Fatty Acid Profile: Dietary Intake and Beyond - Fatty acid testing can provide a great deal of information allowing for individualized interventions. Varying patterns can help to identify not only essential fatty acid deficiency or excess, but also signs of insulin resistance, hypertriglyceridemia, proinflammation, or omega-3 dominance.
Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid-induced Antioxidant Insufficiency - Patients with elevated levels of serum PUFA are at increased risk of oxidative damage due to lipid peroxidation.

Laboratory Evaluations for Integrative and Functional Medicine - Your evidence-based resource for the biochemical basis of chronic illness. A must-have desk reference for laboratory testing associated with nutritional and metabolic medicine.

IFM: The New Paradigm of Medicine - This PowerPoint presentation was developed by the Institute for Functional Medicine. It provides a concise explanation of the new paradigm of medicine that focuses on underlying causes of disease and treatment from that level rather treating symptoms alone, the approach often taken by modern medicine.
Essential Fatty Acid Supplementation Guided by Bloodspot Fatty Acid Testing - Evaluation of fatty acid status and supplementation with oils to replace low levels.

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