Testing for Micronutrients

SpectraCell’s flagship diagnostic test is the Micronutrient Test (MNT) which measures 31 specific micronutrients—vitamins, minerals, amino acids, antioxidants and metabolites—and how they affect cellular function in a person.  If someone is deficient in a particular nutrient, the MNT will uncover this deficiency so that it can be effectively treated, thus facilitating real prevention. Not only will correcting intracellular deficiencies slow aging and degenerative disease progression, but it can also prevent as well as repair cellular dysfunction, and by extension disease.

What makes the MNT particularly relevant is that it takes into consideration a person’s biochemical individuality when assessing nutritional status. The MNT is performed intracellularly—it is not a static serum measurement—thus taking into account cellular absorption, metabolism and utilization in its nutritional evaluation of cell function, which correlates with tissue health and systemic health. Serum (extracellular) nutrients fluctuate wildly, are only a snapshot and tell you nothing about the functional health of cells. The MNT measures nutrient status, in the context of cellular function, over a period of 4-6 months. No other nutritional test compares. 

• Vitamins: A, B1, B2, B3, B6, B12, C, D, E, K, Biotin, Folate, Pantothenate
• Minerals: Calcium, Magnesium, Manganese, Zinc, Copper
• Amino Acids: Asparagine, Glutamine, Serine
• Antioxidants: Alpha Lipoic Acid, Coenzyme Q10, Cysteine, Glutathione, Selenium, Vitamin E
• Carbohydrate Metabolism: Chromium, Fructose Sensitivity, Glucose-Insulin, Metabolism
• Metabolites: Choline, Inositol, Carnitine
• SPECTROX™: Total Antioxidant Function
• IMMUNIDEX™: Immune Response Score