Biochemistry 101 is about looking at your child’s “raw ingredients” and then working towards balancing any readily identifiable imbalances.
Biochemistry aims to answer the following questions:
- What is present in his/her body in terms of biochemicals?
- What is missing?
- What is in excess?
Common “ingredients” that can be out of balance include:
- Macronutrients
- Micronutrients
- Hormones
- Vitamins
- Essential fatty acids
- Catecholamines
- Neurotransmitters
- Minerals
- Trace minerals
- Unsupported genetic mutations
- Amino acids
Imbalances that affect our biochemistry and functioning may include:
- Nutritional deficiencies
- Immune dysregulation
- Genetic predispositions
- Over-methylation
- Under-methylation
- Metal metabolites
- Toxic chemicals
- Gastrointestinal malabsorption
- SIBO
- Kryptopyrolle
- Microbiome
- Salt conductivity
- Carbohydrate metabolism
- Protein metabolism
- Ammonia (metabolic toxicity)
- Cellular energy production (ATP)
- Oxidative stress
- Inflammation
- Cell membrane integrity
- Intracellular dehydration
- pHs
These biochemical imbalances can affect your child’s personality, behavior, neurological functioning, immune functioning and allergic responses.
How Do I Identify Biochemical Imbalances in My Child?
Work with your integrative healthcare practitioner to pinpoint some areas to explore.
Then find a laboratory that does specific testing for an area that you want to explore.
Work with your child’s doctor to create a protocol to help correct the imbalances.
Here are some laboratories that address biochemical imbalances:
- Great Plains Laboratory offers a variety of metabolic tests such as:
- Immune deficiency evaluations
- Amino acid tests
- Comprehensive fatty acid tests
- Organic acids testing
- Metal toxicity
- Food allergies tests
- greatplainslaboratory.com
- Doctor’s Data Laboratory offers a variety of tests for:
- Toxic and essential elements
- Environmental exposure
- Detoxification
- Allergy testing
- Immunological testing
- Nutritional testing
- https://www.doctorsdata.com/
- Body Bio Patricia Kane PhD does a metabolic application of fatty acid analysis with lipid testing from Kennedy Krieger Institute’s Peroxisomal Diseases Laboratory.
- Genova Diagnostics offers tests for:
- Hormones
- Amino acids
- Allergies
- Gastrointestinal
- Bacteria
- Viruses
- https://www.gdx.net/
- Metametrix Clinical Laboratory offers testing for:
- Allergy
- Adrenals
- Autism
- Toxic metals
- Parasite
- Hormone
- Amino acid
- Gastrointestinal issues
- Leaky gut testing
- http://www.walkinlab.com/home-lab-test-kits/metametrix-clinical-laboratory.html
- Neurosciences offers testing for:
- Biochemical imbalances in neurotransmitters
- Hormones
- Genetics
- Immunology
- https://www.neurorelief.com/index.php?p=home
- SpectraCell Laboratories offers testing for:
- Nutritional status
- Vitamin levels
- Antioxidant levels
- Hormones
- Genetics
- http://www.spectracell.com/
- Health Diagnostics and Research Institute offers testing on:
- Catecholamines
- Kryptopyrrole
- Methylation pathways
- Nagalase
- http://www.hdri-usa.com/tests/methylation/
- Immuno Laboratory offers testing for:
- Airborne allergies
- Food allergies
- Delayed food activity testing
- http://www.immunolabs.com
- ALCAT offers testing for:
- Food sensitivities
- Chemical sensitivities
- Celiac
- Crohns
- IBS
- Methyldetox
- Telomares
- Vitamin D
- Adrenal stress profile
- https://www.alcat.com/
- Moleculera Laboratories offers testing for:
- PANDAS/PANS
- Autoimmune neurobiology testing
- http://www.moleculera.com/
- Baylor Miraca offers testing for:
- Fragile X
- Chromosomal microarray
- Comprehensive autism panel testing
- https://www.bcm.edu/research/medical-genetics-labs/?pmid=14210
- Holistic Health International NutriGenomic offers testing for:
- Nutrigenome
- Biochemical levels
- http://www.holistichealth.com/dr-amy-yasko/
- Direct Health Care Access II, Inc. offers testing for:
- Metabolic panel
- Kryptopyrolle (pyroluria)
- Serum copper
- Zinc plasma
- Whole-blood histamine
- https://pyroluriatesting.com/
- IgeneX offers testing for:
- Lyme disease
- Lyme co-factors
- Tick-borne diseases
- http://www.igenex.com
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