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Naturally Nourished

Episode 380: Why Test Your Micronutrients & What Deficiency Trends Tell You

Naturally Nourished

Ali Miller RD

Health & Fitness, Nutrition, Health & Fitness:nutrition

4.8655 Ratings

🗓️ 29 January 2024

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Curious about your micronutrient status? Wonder if you’re still deficient even though you take a multivitamin and eat a whole foods diet? Want to know how a simple blood test can tell you exactly what to supplement with and what foods to focus on? Tune in to learn about micronutrient testing--from the mechanisms of testing, to why you might be deficient in the first place, to how you can use this data to optimize and thrive!    In this episode, we will cover micronutrient testing and what trends of deficiency can tell you about your health. Even if you eat “healthy” you can be deficient based on increased demand, inability to absorb or use, inadequate intake. Testing micronutrients can play a turnkey role in your wellness as we can see beyond the nutrient itself and see the story of the deficiency trends to address the root cause of imbalance. Plus we’ll explore case studies, from a postmenopausal woman to a carnivore to someone dealing with chronic fatigue and brain fog and discuss actual interventions that made a world of difference for these clients!    Get the Cellular Nutrient Analysis Micronutrient Panel for only $374 with code MNT25 Includes a customized email review from Ali or Becki with diet, lifestyle & supplement recommendations!   Also in this episode:  Episode 261: Micronutrient Testing and Our Personal Results Episode 177: Why You Need Supplements Episode 178: Why You Need Supplements Part 2 Episode 247: Drug Induced Nutrient Deficiency How the Cellular Nutrient Analysis is different from a serum blood test Why you may be deficient despite a healthy diet and supplementation Case Study #1: Postmenopausal Woman with weight gain, anxiety, disrupted sleepThyroid Optimizer B-12 Boost Grassfed Whey Calm and Clear Force of Nature use code ALIMILLERRD Superfood Chicken Nuggets Case Study #2: Biohacker Carnivore doing everything right but under high stressB Complex Adaptogen Boost Case Study #3: Chronic fatigue and brain fogMultidefense with Iron GI Lining Support CoQ10 Complex Carnitine Complex Apple Cider Vinegar Shooter Noble Origins Organ Blend use code ALIMILLERRD ResearchArulselvan P, Fard MT, Tan WS, Gothai S, Fakurazi S, Norhaizan ME, Kumar SS. Role of Antioxidants and Natural Productsin Inflammation. Oxid Med Cell Longev. 2016;2016:5276130. Epub 2016 Oct 10. Review. PubMed PMID: 27803762;PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5075620. Angelo G, Drake VJ, Frei B. Efficacy of Multivitamin/mineral Supplementation to Reduce Chronic Disease Risk: A Critical Review of the Evidence from Observational Studies and Randomized Controlled Trials. Crit Rev Food Sci Nutr. 2015;55(14):1968-91. doi: 10.1080/10408398.2014.912199. Review. PubMed PMID: 24941429. Liguori I, Russo G, Curcio F, Bulli G, Aran L, Della-Morte D, Gargiulo G, Testa G, Cacciatore F, Bonaduce D, Abete P. Oxidative stress, aging, and diseases. Clin Interv Aging. 2018 Apr 26;13:757-772. doi: 10.2147/CIA.S158513. eCollection2018. Review. PubMed PMID: 29731617; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5927356. Rheaume-Bleue, K. Choosing the Right Vitamin K2: Menaquinone-4 vs Menaquinone-7. Clinical considerations of different forms of vitamin K2. Natural Medicine Journal (October, 2015)  Sanders, TAB., Functional Dietary Lipids, 2016. Linoleic Acid, Shichiri, M., Yoshida, Y., Niki E., 2014, Unregulated Lipid Peroxidation in Neurological Dysfunction, Omega-3 Fatty Acids in Brain and Neurological Health, Retrieved March 23, 2019 from    Sponsors for this episode:  This episode is sponsored by Wild Foods, a company that puts quality, sustainability, and health first in all of their products. They have everything from coffee to turmeric to medicinal mushrooms, and every single product is painstakingly sourced from small farms around the globe. They take their mission seriously to fix the broken food system, and believe real food is medicine. They've partnered with us to give you guys an exclusive discount, so use the code ALIMILLERRD for 12% off your order at WildFoods.co!

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Naturally Nourished Podcast that delivers cutting-edge food is medicine solutions for optimal health.

0:12.8

Ali Miller is a nutrition expert sought up by the media in America's top medical institutes

0:18.3

for her revolutionary functional medicine interventions.

0:22.6

From disease treatment to prevention, every episode will empower you with ways to put yourself

0:28.3

back in control of your health. Please know, the topics discussed are for educational purposes

0:35.1

only. Now welcome, Integrative Dietitians, Ali Miller, and her co-host, Becky

0:41.1

You. Welcome to episode 380 at the Naturally Nourished Podcast. In today's episode, we are answering

0:48.8

the question, why test your micronutrients? And we will discuss what deficiency trends tell you.

0:56.1

We're going to cover a cellular micronutrient analysis, which is an advanced lab

1:02.1

assessment that we run in clinic and actually offer online as well.

1:07.0

And we'll review some case studies and discuss how correcting micronutrient deficiency can actually

1:12.5

be the turning point for your health and wellness. Yes. So over two years ago, that seems crazy.

1:18.9

I remember sitting and recording that episode 261, Becky and I shared our results back in 2021.

1:26.8

And that was where we went through each of our own blood draw and kind of

1:31.9

unpacked each area. And then in episode 247, we also did a deep dive called drug-induced

1:39.0

nutrient deficiency where we talked about five common medications and the areas of concern of how those can drive

1:46.0

deficiency and then can create more side effects and symptoms.

1:50.0

Yes.

1:50.4

And then we've done many episodes where we talk about, they're actually some of the most popular

1:55.0

where we cover like three micronutrients at a time or we might actually more recently just hone in on one like vitamin D or

2:02.7

carnitine or vitamin C and talking about some of the studies and reasons that you might be

2:08.5

deficient in those and what repletion can do for you.

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