Individual Optimal Nutrition—The ION™ Profile

In every second your amazing body analyses, synthesises, restructures, and utilises thousands of nutrient molecules. It splits proteins, burns sugars, pumps minerals, exchanges gases, and transfers electrons. The nutrients you consume each day are your body’s only source of raw materials for these reactions. A shortage of any nutrient can shut down the ‘assembly lines’ that are your body’s biochemical pathways.

Your body is astoundingly adaptive and can sometimes function for long periods of time even though particular biochemical ‘assembly lines’ are closed down. Eventually, however, nagging symptoms progress to become diseases that can destroy your quality of life, or even life itself. Early warnings can help you make diet and lifestyle changes that may both extend your life and enhance your quality of life.

The ION™ Profile is the most complete nutritional and metabolic testing program available. It measures more than 100 components, integrating them into a complete picture of your individual biochemistry. It helps reveal your unique biochemical status relating to:

energy and endurance
cardiovascular function
antioxidant function
liver detoxification function
inflammatory problems including joints and skin
mental and emotional function
digestive disorders

With the results that the ION™ Profile provides, your special nutritional needs are identified and then specifically targeted efficiently restoring you to optimal health.

The ION™ Profile is Helpful in Cases of:

Heart Disease – Deficiencies of magnesium, taurine, carnitine, fatty acids and other important substances commonly accompany heart disease. Re-supplying depleted nutrients greatly aids in prevention and recovery.

Obesity – Many obese persons have multiple nutritional deficiencies. Dietary improvement and nutritional supplementation based on ION test results help many achieve more active metabolism. In the process, they are able to eliminate excess fat and fluid.

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome – This enigmatic disorder frequently involves mitochondrial inefficiencies (deficits in cellular energy production) that can be revealed by comparing the organic acids, amino acids and minerals test results.

Cancer – Malnutrition/cachexia is usually an exacerbating factor. Overall nutritional testing helps determine the degree of supplementation needed.

Immune Disorders – Deficiencies in a wide variety of nutrients, from amino acids to fatty acids to zinc, are seen in immune dysfunction.

Developmental Delay, Autism, Down’s Syndrome – Increasing numbers of children are experiencing dramatic improvements in development and achievement due to supplementation based on ION test results.

Mental/Emotional Disorders – The biochemical imbalances underlying these conditions can be elucidated by testing for organic acids, amino acids, minerals and fatty acids.

Learning & Behavioral Disorders – As might be expected, neurotransmitter precursors and their metabolites are often deranged in disorders such as ADHD. Organic and amino acids need to be assessed.

Multiple Chemical Sensitivities – In such conditions, functional nutrient levels are affected, including many of those involved in cellular respiration. ION can determine where imbalances occur.

The ION™ Profile includes

Functional Deficiencies Marker for Vitamins B1, B2, B3, B5, B6, B12 and Folic Acid
Vitamins A, E, B-Carotene and Coenzyme Q10- (serum)
Essential Elements- (plasma)
Amino Acids - (fasting plasma)
Fatty Acids - (plasma)
Organic Acids - (overnight urine)
Lipid Peroxides (TBARS)- (serum)
Homocysteine- (serum)