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Nutritional Testing

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A nutritional supplement is simply any substance that you intake in addition to your normal diet to improve your nutrition, thereby improving your health. A daily multi-vitamin is the most common nutritional supplement. Knowing your nutritional status is very important. Vitamin, mineral, amino acid, fatty acid, and antioxidant deficiencies have been shown to suppress the function of the immune system which can contribute to degenerative processes such as arthritis, cancer, heart disease, and diabetes. You may be deficient in nutrients without even knowing it. Research shows that
50% of people taking multivitamins are still nutritionally deficient. At Dr. Freedman’s office, we use state-of-the-art labs to measure the function of selected vitamins, minerals, amino acids, fatty acids, and antioxidants. This type of testing is a more meaningful measurement of nutritional status because it looks at a longer period of time compared to regular standard lab testing. After evaluating your results, we place you on your own personalized nutritional program. This exclusive testing is also excellent for healthy people, such as athletes or people who exercise, or people with no current health conditions. These people are perfect candidates to have a full nutritional analysis done so they can find out what they are deficient in, then replace their deficiencies to hopefully prevent future diseases. In other words, this test is excellent for anyone looking to reach their highest potential for a healthy lifestyle.

Insomnia

Recognizing Signs of Insomnia
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Insomnia is a sleep disorder characterized by the inability to sleep and/or to remain asleep for a reasonable period during the night. Sufferers typically complain of being unable to close their eyes or “rest their mind” for more than a few minutes at a time.

Sleeping problems can include: difficulty falling asleep, easily disrupted sleep, difficulty returning to sleep, waking up too early in the morning, and unrefreshing sleep.

 

Facts about Insomnia

A 2005 survey titled “Sleep in America”, conducted and reported by the National Sleep Foundation, reported the following findings from recent poll questions related to insomnia.

• 76% of respondents reported experiencing at least one symptom of a sleep disorder a few nights a week or more.
• 73% report daytime sleeping at least 3 times a week.
• 61% report that sleepiness on the job interferes with the amount of work they get done.
• 59% experience one or more symptoms of insomnia at least a few nights a week.

 

Sleep Disorders and Neurotransmitter Levels

Sleep disorders are a type of neurotransmitter related condition. Neurotransmitters are chemicals that relay signals between nerve cells, called “neurons”. Deficiencies involving the neurotransmitters – serotonin and norepinephrine – appear to be involved in the development of sleep disorders.

 

Improving Treatment

Most of the drug based methods used to treat insomnia include chemicals that either imitate a neurotransmitter or redistribute existing neurotransmitters. Many a ect serotonin, and some affect other neurotransmitters like GABA, norepinephrine or dopamine. It is generally believed that drugs supporting serotonin signaling will be beneficial when insomnia results from a lack of serotonin and that GABA supporting drugs will be e ective when a person’s symptoms are caused by a lack of GABA.

 

Treatment

At Dr. Freedman’s office, we have the capability to evaluate your neurotransmitters levels. Armed with this knowledge, we are able to utilize targeted amino acid therapy to correct your neurotransmitter imbalances. This method has been utilized for over 20 years and is regarded as natural, safe, and successful.